Phinisi vs Turkish Wooden Yachts: Build Quality and Experience
An even-handed comparison of Sulawesi phinisi construction and Turkish wooden yacht building: method, regulation, cost structure and what each tradition does best.
Best Season to Move a Wooden Liveaboard Across the Flores Sea
Monsoon patterns in Indonesian waters and how they shape delivery timing for wooden liveaboards crossing the Flores Sea, plus how to build a weather window into a build schedule.
Key Sea Routes for Delivering Newbuilds From Sulawesi
The main delivery routes from Sulawesi yards to Bali, Labuan Bajo and Raja Ampat, their exposure, and what a first passage on a new hull requires.
How SVLK Timber Rules Are Changing Sulawesi Boatbuilding
What formal timber legality requirements have meant for Sulawesi’s traditional boatyards: compliance cost, supply chain formalisation, and the split between documented and undocumented yards.
Best Woods for Phinisi Keels, Frames, Planking and Decks
Which timber species Sulawesi yards use for keels, frames, planking and decks, why each is chosen, and how to specify substitutions without weakening the hull.
Legal Boatbuilding Timber in Sulawesi: SVLK, Species and Sources
How Indonesia’s SVLK timber legality system applies to boatbuilding, what documents to demand, and how to write legality into a build contract.
How to Choose the Right Sulawesi Shipyard for Your Next Boat
A practical framework for comparing Sulawesi shipyards by hull type, supervision access, timber documentation, certification experience and contracting maturity.
Traditional Shipyards of Sulawesi: A Complete Regional Guide
A region-by-region guide to Sulawesi’s traditional shipyards: who builds what, on which coast, using which methods, and what that means for an owner choosing where to build.