Ulin Ironwood
Keel and structural framing. Dense, and it does not rot.
Traditional build
Wooden and Traditional Phinisi Construction
Ironwood keels, teak decks and joinery cut by hand, in the yard where the method has been passed down.
Start Your Project- Length overall, customisable
- 20-45m
- Beam, customisable
- 5-10m
- En-suite cabins
- 2-10
- Build programme
- 10-18mo
In short
We build traditional wooden phinisi in Labuan Bajo using ulin, teak and merbau, hulls shaped by hand to methods carried down through generations of Konjo and Flores shipwrights.
- Ulin ironwood keel and frames, teak decking.
- Engines, generators and navigation to your preferred brands.
- Traditional hull, current safety and systems standards.
The materials
What Goes Into the Hull
Traditional does not mean approximate. Each timber is chosen for a specific job on the vessel.
Teak
Decking and exterior joinery, for wear and for weather.
Merbau
Planking and structural work where hardness matters.
Hand Joinery
Cut and fitted on site rather than shipped in as panels.
Specifying the Vessel
Everything below is yours to choose. We build to the specification, not to a catalogue.
01
Dimensions
LOA 20 to 45m, beam 5 to 10m, drawn to your requirement.
02
Propulsion
Mitsubishi, Yanmar or Doosan main engines to your preference.
03
Generators
Yanmar or Kubota, sized to the systems aboard.
04
Navigation
Garmin, Furuno or Raymarine electronics.
Construction runs 10 to 18 months, covering design, sustainable material procurement, the build and sea trials.
Building here is generally more cost-effective than Bali, because the shipbuilding communities, the raw timber and the craftsmen are all in the same place rather than shipped to it.
Generations of Expertise
The people building your hull learned the method from the people who taught them, and it has been refined at sea rather than in a design office.
That shows up in the way a phinisi sits in the water and in how she handles a swell, which is difficult to specify on paper and impossible to fake.
Modern engineering sits behind it: structural calculation, safety equipment and systems that meet current standards.
Standard Specification
Hull material
- What we build
- Ulin, teak, merbau
- Customisable
- Yes
Decking
- What we build
- Teak
- Customisable
- Yes
Length overall
- What we build
- 20m to 45m
- Customisable
- Yes
Beam
- What we build
- 5m to 10m
- Customisable
- Yes
Main engines
- What we build
- Mitsubishi, Yanmar, Doosan
- Customisable
- Client preference
Generators
- What we build
- Yanmar, Kubota
- Customisable
- Client preference
Navigation
- What we build
- Garmin, Furuno, Raymarine
- Customisable
- Client preference
Cabins
- What we build
- 2 to 10, en-suite
- Customisable
- Yes
Ranges above are what we regularly build to. Anything outside them is a conversation, not a refusal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Specify Your Hull
Send us length, cabin count and how you plan to use her. We will come back with a specification and a build programme.