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Hand-drawn hull lines and a half-model on a boat designer's drawing board

Custom & Bespoke Boat Builder in Tana Beru

Designed around how you will actually sail — nothing off the shelf.

As a custom boat builder in Tana Beru, we design each phinisi around how you will actually use it — route, cabins, deck, rig and budget — then build it to order on the beach. Nothing here is off-the-shelf; every commission starts from your brief.

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Bespoke Starts With the Brief, Not the Boat

A good custom build begins with questions, not renderings. Where will the boat spend most of its year? Who is aboard — a family, a dive operation, a charter programme? How many nights at anchor between provisioning? The answers shape length, draft, tankage and layout long before anyone talks about finishes.

Because Tana Beru builds shell-first and largely by hand, it is genuinely flexible. A frame position, a cabin bulkhead or a deck line can be adjusted on the hull in a way a moulded production boat never allows. That is the real meaning of bespoke here.

Pair of dividers stepping off measurements on a technical lines plan
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What You Actually Get to Choose

Length and beam within the naval-architecture envelope; the balance of sail and engine; the cabin count and their arrangement; the deck — dive platform, shaded lounge, or working aft; the timber mix for hull, deck and joinery; the interior style, from austere and nautical to warm modern. We keep every choice tied to consequence: more cabins costs waterline; a deeper keel buys stiffness but limits anchorages.

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Honest Budget Bands, Openly Discussed

Custom does not have to mean a blank cheque. We plan against clear USD bands and tell you, early, where your wish-list sits inside them. If the brief and the budget do not meet, we say so and show you the two or three changes that close the gap — a metre of length, a simpler interior, a different timber for the topsides — rather than quietly cutting quality later.

See the full breakdown on the commission cost page, where every band is set out by length and fit-out.

Close-up of a timber member shaped to a long fair curve on a hull under construction
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Bespoke, Not Bespoke-Washed

‘Custom’ is an easy word to abuse. We use it to mean a boat genuinely engineered and built to your brief, documented at every milestone, with the trade-offs on the table. It does not mean gold-plating or promises about resale value we cannot keep. The result is a boat that fits its owner — which is the whole point of building rather than buying.

Frequently Asked Questions

All 101 questions

Very. Because the hull is built shell-first and by hand, bulkheads, cabin counts and deck lines are set to your brief rather than to a mould.

We work to a budget band and show you where your brief lands inside it. If the two do not meet, we present the specific changes that close the gap before you commit.

Both — traditional lines with modern interior and systems design. See wooden boat design.

Minor changes yes, within reason and cost; structural changes are far easier agreed before planking. We flag the point of no return for each decision.

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Every commission begins with a short, honest conversation about length, use, timber, budget band and realistic timeline — no obligation, no pressure. Contracts are issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.

+62 811-3941-4563 bd@juaraholding.com

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