Cabin Layout
Two to ten en-suite cabins, sized to the group you sell to.
Liveaboard builds
Luxury Liveaboard Yacht Builders, Labuan Bajo and Komodo
Phinisi liveaboards built for charter and diving, where the layout has to earn its keep night after night.
Start Your Project- Typical build programme
- 10-18mo
- Diving liveaboard delivered
- 28m
- En-suite cabins, customisable
- 2-10
- Layout designed around your itinerary
- 100%
In short
We build luxury phinisi liveaboards in Labuan Bajo for Komodo charter and dive operations, designed around the itinerary they will actually run rather than a stock layout.
- Cabin count and water capacity decide how many nights a hull can sell.
- Dive deck, compressor room and gear storage planned from the first drawing.
- Traditional hull, modern systems and safety equipment.
What we design in
Built for the Charter It Will Run
A liveaboard is a working vessel with paying guests aboard. Every decision below shows up in either the nightly rate or the running cost.
Dive Operations
Compressor room, tank storage and a platform crew can work from.
Modern Amenities
Comfort and safety systems for extended voyages away from port.
Local Knowledge
Draught and range planned against real Komodo conditions.
Where the Cost Sits
Liveaboards cost more than a day boat for reasons you can point at. These are the four that matter most.
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Length and Beam
Cabin count follows the hull, and the hull sets the material bill.
02
Tankage
Fresh water and fuel capacity decide how long she can stay out.
03
Interior Standard
Guest-facing joinery and finishes, cabin by cabin.
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Systems
Generators, watermakers, compressors and navigation electronics.
A custom luxury liveaboard for delivery typically runs 10 to 18 months. That covers design, hardwood sourcing, the build itself and sea trials.
Interior requests are accommodated at specification stage rather than negotiated mid-build: layouts, materials, furnishings and finishes are all yours to dictate before the keel is laid.
The Craftsmanship Behind Her
The hull is built the traditional way by shipwrights from families who have done this for generations, which is what gives a phinisi its shape and its sea keeping.
Everything guests touch is modern: cabins, heads, galley, saloon and the systems behind them.
Timber is sustainably sourced, which matters for a hull expected to work hard in salt water for decades.
What a Purpose-Built Liveaboard Gives You
Design
- Purpose built
- Tailored to your Komodo itinerary
- Stock design
- Fixed layout, adapt around it
Timber
- Purpose built
- Sustainable, durable hardwood
- Stock design
- Whatever the yard has
Craftsmanship
- Purpose built
- Traditional hull, modern interior
- Stock design
- Varies by yard
Amenities
- Purpose built
- Specified for extended voyages
- Stock design
- Day boat standard
Local expertise
- Purpose built
- Built by people who sail these waters
- Stock design
- Built to a drawing
Comparison is against typical local practice rather than any named yard, and reflects our own experience of the market.
Keeping Her Earning
A liveaboard only makes money while she is in survey and in the water.
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Scheduled maintenance
Between seasons, planned around your charter calendar.
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Safety compliance
Equipment and certification kept current.
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Interior refresh
Guest areas updated before they start costing you bookings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Plan Your Liveaboard
Tell us the itinerary you want to run and the guests you want to carry. We will work back from that to a hull and a budget.