Two quotations for the same vessel are almost never comparable as written. Before you can judge price, you have to normalise scope: put both on the same specification, price the…
A photographic record is the least expensive protection an owner has, and most builds produce one that is useless: hundreds of pretty images and no evidence of the things that…
Almost no yard does everything itself. Electrical work, refrigeration, upholstery, rigging, machining, metalwork, glazing and sometimes machinery installation are commonly bought in. That is normal and often better than in-house…
A yard visit is worth a day of your time and should follow a list, because the things that predict a good build are ordinary and easy to walk past.…
There are three practical ways to put a newly built phinisi in the water: slide it on prepared rails, roll it on airbags, or let a spring tide float it…
Certification in traditional boatbuilding is more limited than owners expect, and that is not automatically a warning sign. What matters is distinguishing between certifications that genuinely exist and can be…
The first third of a phinisi build determines almost everything that follows. Between laying the keel and completing the frames, the vessel acquires its length, its shape, its structural logic…