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