Listings & Inventory
The 20-Metre Class: Compact Phinisi Listings Compared
Phinisi Boat For Sale The 20-metre phinisi class is the accessible end of ownership: three to four cabins, six to…
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Longer pieces that did not fit on a guide page — how the hulls are built, what the seasons do to a charter, and the questions that keep coming back to the desk.
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Listings & Inventory
The 20-Metre Class: Compact Phinisi Listings Compared
Phinisi Boat For Sale The 20-metre phinisi class is the accessible end of ownership: three to four cabins, six to…
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Ownership & Registration
Step-by-Step Escrow for Phinisi Listing Purchases
Phinisi Boat For Sale Escrow holds the buyer’s funds with a neutral third party and releases them only when defined…
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Listings & Inventory
Listing Red Flags: Photos and Phrases That Warrant Questions
Phinisi Boat For Sale A weak phinisi listing gives itself away before you ask a single question. The reliable tells…
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Listings & Inventory
Draft and Anchorage Limits: Matching a Listing to Your Waters
Phinisi Boat For Sale Draft — the depth of hull below the waterline — decides which anchorages a phinisi can…
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Survey & Due Diligence
Cabin Count vs Stability: When More Berths Means More Risk
Phinisi Boat For Sale Every cabin added above the main deck of a phinisi raises the centre of gravity and…
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Survey & Due Diligence
Verifying Tank Capacities: Water and Fuel Claims vs Reality
Phinisi Boat For Sale Tank capacity is the most over-claimed figure in phinisi listings, because nobody checks it. Verify by…
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Survey & Due Diligence
Generator Redundancy on Listed Phinisi: One Is None
Phinisi Boat For Sale On a guest-carrying phinisi, one generator is no generator. Air conditioning, refrigeration, the watermaker and all…
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Survey & Due Diligence
Engine Hours Truth: Verifying What the Meter Claims
Phinisi Boat For Sale Engine hours on a listed phinisi are a claim until three independent sources agree: the panel…
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Ownership & Registration
Tonnage Certificates Explained: The Numbers Behind a Listing
Phinisi Boat For Sale The surat ukur is Indonesia’s tonnage certificate: the official measurement document stating a vessel’s registered length,…
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Survey & Due Diligence
Reading a General Arrangement Plan Before You Shortlist
Phinisi Boat For Sale A general arrangement plan is the deck-by-deck drawing that shows where every cabin, tank, bulkhead and…
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