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The Labuan Bajo Boat Builders shipyard and slipway

Full service yard

Shipyard and Construction Services in Labuan Bajo

New builds, refits, dry dock and everything between, handled on one slipway by one team.

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New build lead time
10-18mo
Service lines in house
7
Largest hull handled
38m
Interior outfitting in house
100%

In short

We run a full-service shipyard in Labuan Bajo covering new construction, refit, mechanical and electrical work, hull repair and docking, without subcontracting the core trades out.

  • One yard and one team from keel laying to launch.
  • Interior outfitting handled in house rather than bought in.
  • Scheduling built around on-time delivery, and tracked against it.

What the yard handles

Full-Spectrum Services

Seven lines of work, all on the same site. Nothing here waits on a subcontractor arriving from Bali.

Maintenance

Routine and preventative care programmes.

Engine and Drive

Propulsion diagnostics, repair and replacement.

Electrical and Nav

Installation and upgrade of systems and electronics.

Hull Work

Timber repair and anti-fouling treatment.

Beyond the Hull

The rest of what a working yard has to be able to do.

01

Interior Refit

Customisation and refitting of cabins and saloon.

02

Safety Equipment

Installation and certification assistance.

03

Docking

Docking and launching services on our own slipway.

04

Project Management

Scheduling and progress reporting across the work.

Lead time on a custom phinisi build is 10 to 18 months, depending on size, complexity and how much of the specification is bespoke.

Interior outfitting is included rather than quoted separately by a third party, which is usually where a build schedule slips.

Marine engineers working on propulsion systems in the shipyard

Craftsmanship and Schedule Together

Traditional construction has a reputation for running late. It does not have to: what causes the slip is usually coordination between trades, not the trades themselves.

Keeping every discipline on one site under one schedule is the whole reason we run a full-service yard rather than a boatbuilding shop.

Timber is sustainably sourced, and the yard runs waste and efficiency protocols across all operations.

On-Time Delivery

Reliability is a process, not a promise. This is the process.

  • Stringent scheduling

    Each phase planned and signed off before the next.

  • Progress reporting

    Written updates against the agreed programme.

  • In-house trades

    No waiting on a subcontractor who is on another job.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bring It to the Yard

New build, refit or something you are not sure how to categorise. Send it over and we will tell you what it needs.