Skip to content
Phinisi under full sail off Komodo

Komodo Shipyard Journal

Engineering notes from the build desk

Notes on hull materials, systems, compliance, refit and cost, each answering a question an owner actually asked us.

New here? Start with the guides

Featured notes

Cost and Planning

Payment Milestones in an Indonesian Shipbuilding Contract

How to structure payments on an Indonesian boat build: verifiable physical milestones instead of calendar dates, retention, title and risk during construction, variation orders,… Build Desk
Refit and Conversion

Converting a Fishing Vessel into a Komodo Liveaboard

What it really takes to convert an ex-fishing or working vessel into a certified Komodo liveaboard: structural assessment, stability, accommodation and escape routes, systems… Build Desk
Cost and Planning

Can Foreigners Own a Liveaboard in Komodo? Ownership Structures Explained

How foreign ownership of a Komodo liveaboard actually works: why personal ownership is not the route, the role of an Indonesian company, nominee arrangements… Build Desk

Latest notes

View all
Compliance and Permits

Registering and Flagging a Yacht in Indonesia for Charter Work

How vessel registration and flag choice affect a Komodo charter business: Indonesian registration for domestic commercial work, why foreign flags do not solve the… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Bow Thruster Sizing and Manoeuvring for Labuan Bajo Berthing

Why Komodo liveaboards need more thruster authority than the tables suggest: windage, current at the berth, mooring buoy pickup, tunnel placement, and retrofit constraints… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Grey and Black Water Treatment for Yachts in Komodo National Park

Waste water handling for vessels in Komodo National Park: holding capacity sized to guest count and trip length, treatment options, grey water often overlooked,… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Fire Safety and Redundancy on a Commercial Komodo Liveaboard

Fire risk on a liveaboard carrying passengers in remote waters: engine room suppression, detection zones, escape routes, galley and fuel risks, battery and compressor… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Anchor and Mooring Gear Sizing for Komodo National Park

Ground tackle and mooring arrangements for Komodo: deep current-swept anchorages, scope and windlass capacity, buoy pickup in a running stream, chafe protection overnight, and… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Solar and Battery Systems for a Komodo Eco Liveaboard

Where solar and battery capacity genuinely pay on a Komodo liveaboard: silent nights, reduced generator hours, realistic panel area on a working dive deck,… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

HVAC Design for Komodo Liveaboard Cabins

Air conditioning design for a tropical dive liveaboard: cooling load in equatorial heat, humidity and condensation control, noise transmitted to cabins, redundancy, and the… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Generator Sizing for a Komodo Dive Liveaboard

How to size generating capacity on a Komodo liveaboard: real simultaneous load, why two smaller sets beat one large one, wet stacking, night-time guest… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Watermaker Capacity for a Komodo Liveaboard

Sizing fresh water production and tankage for a Komodo liveaboard: realistic consumption per guest, redundancy, energy cost, feed water quality in shallow anchorages, and… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Dive Compressor Setup for a Komodo Liveaboard

Sizing and installing dive compressors on a Komodo liveaboard: capacity against guest load, redundancy, banks and filtration, nitrox arrangements, ventilation and noise, and where… Build Desk

Systems and Equipment

View all
Systems and Equipment

Bow Thruster Sizing and Manoeuvring for Labuan Bajo Berthing

Why Komodo liveaboards need more thruster authority than the tables suggest: windage, current at the berth, mooring buoy pickup, tunnel placement, and retrofit constraints… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

HVAC Design for Komodo Liveaboard Cabins

Air conditioning design for a tropical dive liveaboard: cooling load in equatorial heat, humidity and condensation control, noise transmitted to cabins, redundancy, and the… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Solar and Battery Systems for a Komodo Eco Liveaboard

Where solar and battery capacity genuinely pay on a Komodo liveaboard: silent nights, reduced generator hours, realistic panel area on a working dive deck,… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Generator Sizing for a Komodo Dive Liveaboard

How to size generating capacity on a Komodo liveaboard: real simultaneous load, why two smaller sets beat one large one, wet stacking, night-time guest… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Watermaker Capacity for a Komodo Liveaboard

Sizing fresh water production and tankage for a Komodo liveaboard: realistic consumption per guest, redundancy, energy cost, feed water quality in shallow anchorages, and… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Dive Compressor Setup for a Komodo Liveaboard

Sizing and installing dive compressors on a Komodo liveaboard: capacity against guest load, redundancy, banks and filtration, nitrox arrangements, ventilation and noise, and where… Build Desk
Systems and Equipment

Engine Power and Fuel Range for Komodo and Flores Itineraries

How to size propulsion and fuel capacity for a Komodo liveaboard: holding schedule against six-knot tidal streams, transit speed economics, range for Alor and… Build Desk

Hull and Structure

View all
Hull and Structure

Optimal Draft for a Komodo National Park Liveaboard

How draft decides which Komodo anchorages you can sell: shallow-water access versus stability and tankage, swinging room in current, and how to derive the… Build Desk
Hull and Structure

Aluminium Expedition Yacht Builds in Indonesia: Where They Make Sense

When an aluminium hull is worth the premium for eastern Indonesian expedition work: weight and range advantages, corrosion and galvanic risks in tropical water,… Build Desk
Hull and Structure

Steel vs Wood Hull for a Komodo Liveaboard: How to Actually Decide

Steel or timber for a Komodo liveaboard? Compare capital cost, maintenance burden, damage tolerance, certification path, resale and insurance for vessels working Komodo National… Build Desk
Hull and Structure

Fibreglass vs Phinisi Hull for Komodo Operations

Where composite hulls make sense against traditional phinisi construction for Komodo: size limits, repairability in remote waters, weight and speed, guest perception, and local… Build Desk

Compliance and Permits

View all
Compliance and Permits

Registering and Flagging a Yacht in Indonesia for Charter Work

How vessel registration and flag choice affect a Komodo charter business: Indonesian registration for domestic commercial work, why foreign flags do not solve the… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Grey and Black Water Treatment for Yachts in Komodo National Park

Waste water handling for vessels in Komodo National Park: holding capacity sized to guest count and trip length, treatment options, grey water often overlooked,… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Fire Safety and Redundancy on a Commercial Komodo Liveaboard

Fire risk on a liveaboard carrying passengers in remote waters: engine room suppression, detection zones, escape routes, galley and fuel risks, battery and compressor… Build Desk
Compliance and Permits

Anchor and Mooring Gear Sizing for Komodo National Park

Ground tackle and mooring arrangements for Komodo: deep current-swept anchorages, scope and windlass capacity, buoy pickup in a running stream, chafe protection overnight, and… Build Desk

Refit and Conversion

View all
Refit and Conversion

Converting a Fishing Vessel into a Komodo Liveaboard

What it really takes to convert an ex-fishing or working vessel into a certified Komodo liveaboard: structural assessment, stability, accommodation and escape routes, systems… Build Desk
Refit and Conversion

Choosing a Stabiliser System for a Komodo Liveaboard

Gyroscopic, fin or passive stabilisation for a Komodo liveaboard: where each works, power and structural demands, retrofit constraints, and how to decide based on… Build Desk
Refit and Conversion

Hull Extension on a Komodo Liveaboard: When It Works and When It Ruins the Boat

Extending a liveaboard hull to add a dive platform or cabins changes trim, longitudinal strength and stern flow. What a proper extension requires, what… Build Desk

Cost and Planning

View all
Cost and Planning

Payment Milestones in an Indonesian Shipbuilding Contract

How to structure payments on an Indonesian boat build: verifiable physical milestones instead of calendar dates, retention, title and risk during construction, variation orders,… Build Desk
Cost and Planning

Can Foreigners Own a Liveaboard in Komodo? Ownership Structures Explained

How foreign ownership of a Komodo liveaboard actually works: why personal ownership is not the route, the role of an Indonesian company, nominee arrangements… Build Desk

Talk to the build desk

Send the vessel or the profile. We will tell you what a number depends on.

Get in touch

WhatsApp is fastest; email is better for drawings and documents. We reply in English or Indonesian.

Enquire now

Operating area

Labuan Bajo, Flores and the Komodo National Park region. Yard work placed across Indonesia by hull material.

Quotations in USD. Contracts issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.