Phinisi Boat For Sale

Ownership routes

Four Ways Into a Phinisi, Compared

Commission new, refit an existing hull, buy one already chartering, or take a share. Same vessel type, four very different timelines, risks and capital profiles.

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USD 153,000
Lowest entry, 22 m working hull
USD 553,000
First turn-key vessel
5 available
On the book today
Per project
New builds quoted individually

Quick answer

If you want the best value per metre, buy a working hull at USD 153,000 and refit to your own standard. If you want to charter this season, a turn-key vessel starts at USD 553,000. A new build is quoted per project.

  • Working hulls trade far below turn-key builds — that spread is the biggest single lever on what you pay.
  • A vessel transferring with charter contracts attached carries a premium over an identical empty hull.
  • Payment is staged against milestones on every route: offer, survey, transfer.

The four routes

Pick the Constraint That Matters Most

Time, specification, capital or risk — you optimise for one and the route chooses itself.

Quoted per project

Commission a new build

Design, construction and delivery through the group’s own yard relationships in South Sulawesi. You specify layout, electronics, rig and engine, and inherit no defects. Risk is timeline and on-water shakedown. Build engagements are quoted per project.

USD 153,000 + refit

Refit an existing hull

VIP II at 22 m or VIP III at 27 m, both sound and operating, both USD 153,000. Refit to your own standard rather than paying for someone else’s. Best value per metre on the book. Risk is what a survey turns up once work starts.

USD 553,000 – 682,000

Buy one already chartering

VIP IV, VIP V or VIP VI. Cabins, water maker, radar and finish already aboard, and an operating history you can audit — survey records, refit invoices, crew notes. You pay for that history, and may inherit deferred maintenance.

6–14% indicative

Fractional or fleet placement

Own outright but place her with the group’s operations team — the same crews, standards and calendar as its own fleet — so charter earns against the cost of holding her. Indicative only, never guaranteed, modelled per owner with a downside case.

Head to head

New Build Against Operating Vessel

The two routes most buyers actually choose between, on the dimensions that decide it.

Specification Commission new Buy operating
Entry price Quoted per project USD 553,000 – 682,000
On the book now None listed Three vessels
Specification control Complete As built
Operating history None yet Survey records, refit invoices, crew notes
First revenue After delivery and shakedown Charter rate USD 1,800–30,000 / night
Principal risk Timeline slippage Deferred maintenance
Premium paid None For charter contracts attached
Payment Staged across the build Offer · survey · transfer

A refit sits between the two on nearly every row: slower than buying operating, faster than building, and cheaper per metre than either.

Honest trade-offs

What Each Route Costs You

Every route gives something up. Knowing which thing is the whole decision.

Commission new, and you gain

Exact match to use case
Cabin count, rig, engine and interior all specified against how you actually intend to use her, rather than to how the last owner did.
No inherited defects
Nothing deferred, nothing hidden behind joinery, and a full 24-month builder warranty behind it.
Payment across the build
A build engagement spreads payment across its stages rather than asking for it at delivery, which is financing without a lender.
Nothing inherited
No deferred maintenance, no previous owner’s specification decisions, and no refit invoice you did not commission.

Commission new, and you give up

A season, sometimes two
Twelve to eighteen months to launch, and slippage is the normal risk rather than the exceptional one.
Revenue you could have had
A turn-key vessel earns from the season you buy her. A build earns nothing until she launches.
Certainty about performance
No charter history to inspect, no occupancy record, no proven crew. You are buying a specification, not a track record.
Shakedown surprises
First-season teething on systems and rig is normal on a new hull and needs budget and patience.

Next in this silo

Once the Route Is Chosen

All listings

The vessels we can show you today.

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How to buy a phinisi

The ten stages from shortlist to flag registration.

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Pricing guide

Hull, rig, interior — what makes the number.

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Total cost of ownership

Beyond the asking price: crew, dockage, survey, tax.

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Financing

The six channels that now underwrite phinisi.

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Phinisi vs Western yacht

Vessel against vessel, at comparable length.

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Best time to buy

Where the negotiating room is, month by month.

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Survey & due diligence

What we check, and which surveyors we trust.

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Route selection

Tell Us Your Deadline and Your Ceiling

Those two numbers eliminate two of the four routes immediately. We map the remaining ones against your use case and show what is actually available in each.

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  • All four routes mapped against your priority weighting
  • Yard slots and operating vessels shown side by side
  • No obligation and no fee to enquire