Gulet Builder Indonesia

A gulet is the broad-beamed, two-masted wooden motor-sailer that made the Turkish and Aegean charter coast famous: a wide, comfortable hull built for relaxed cruising and generous cabins rather than outright speed. It is a different animal from the phinisi, but it asks for exactly the skills this coast has — large hardwood hulls, shaped by hand, finished in warm teak.

Sulawesi yards build gulets well because the raw ingredients are already here: hardwood hull knowledge, deep bench strength in hand joinery, and a tradition of big wooden vessels. A gulet built at Tana Beru marries that heritage to the layout and comfort the gulet market expects.

Gulets are usually specified by length, beam and cabin count, and the balance between them is where the design work lives. A longer, finer gulet cruises better; a shorter, beamier one maximises interior volume. We develop the lines, the general arrangement and the specification with you — whether you arrive with your own plans or want them drawn from a brief — and translate them into a build the shipwrights can execute.

If you already hold gulet plans, we can build to them. If you have only a vision, our design service turns it into buildable lines and a clear specification.