Phinisi Refit, Lengthening & Restoration — Extending the Build Craft

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Building a new hull and rebuilding an old one draw on the same craft. A tired phinisi with a sound backbone can be worth restoring, and a hull that is too short for its new role can be lengthened. We take on refit, lengthening and restoration as an extension of new-build work — not as routine repair, which is a different trade handled by a sister yard.

Restoration as build craft

Restoration means renewing a vessel to a defined standard: structural repair where frames or planking have failed, new systems , a rebuilt interior , and re-certification. We approach it like a build — a survey of what is there, a written specification of what will be renewed, and a milestone schedule — because a half-planned restoration is how budgets run away.

Lengthening a hull

Lengthening — cutting a hull and inserting a new mid-section — is a serious rebuild. It changes the vessel’s dimensions and stability , so it is drawn, engineered and reviewed against class like a new build. Done properly it can turn a vessel that no longer fits its role into one that does; done casually it is dangerous.

Where we stop: haul-out and repair

We are a build and rebuild desk, not a repair yard. Routine haul-out, drydocking, slipway work and hull repair are a distinct operation with its own facilities, handled by our sister yard: haul-out, drydock and hull repair in Bulukumba. Keeping the two clearly separate means each is done by the people set up for it.

Surveying before you commit

A restoration begins with an honest survey of what is actually there: the soundness of the backbone and planking , the state of the systems, and what class will require. Only then can a real specification and budget be written. Starting work before the survey is how a hopeful restoration turns into an open-ended one.

When restoration is worth it

A vessel with a sound structure, good bones and sentimental or commercial value can be worth restoring for less than a new build . A hull that is tired throughout, or fundamentally wrong for its intended role, usually is not — the money is better spent building new. We give an honest answer, even when it means less work for us.

The rebuild-versus-repair line, again

It bears repeating because owners often blur it: we take on restoration and lengthening as build craft; routine repair, haul-out and drydocking belong to a dedicated repair yard . If your vessel needs a scheduled haul-out and antifoul rather than a rebuild, that is where to go.

Construction, new-build and refit contracts are issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara. Part of Juara Holding Group.