From the yard
Notes on building, refitting and operating vessels in Indonesian waters.
82 articles
Build Guides
A new category of commission has arrived in Bali's yards: boats designed as venues. Beach-club operators, event brands and hospitality…
Yard Services
Launch day is not the end of a Bali build — it is a change of address. A freshly splashed…
Build Guides
A boat built in Bali becomes a legal vessel through a paper sequence that runs alongside the build: a hull…
Yard Life
Every boat built in south Bali proves itself in the same water: the Badung Strait, the channel between Bali and…
Yard Life
A distinct buyer keeps Bali's boatyards busy: the island's own villa owners. Residents and part-time residents who already live the…
Yard Life
The owners who get the best boats out of Bali are usually the ones who lived near them. Basing yourself…
Cost & Decisions
Most of the high-value components in a Bali-built boat — engines, resin systems, rigging, electronics, deck hardware — arrive by…
Build Guides
On a serious Bali build, the naval architect and the yard are separate disciplines that must work as one team.…
Build Guides
When Bali's day-boat operators commission a new build, they order around five non-negotiables: real shade over most of the deck,…
Build Guides
Bali's villas and beachfront resorts increasingly commission their own small boats — guest tenders, reef shuttles, sunset launches — rather…
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