Technical notes from the Bali yard desk: repair and refit method, haul-out planning, how Bali yards operate, and the maintenance rhythm that keeps a working boat out of trouble. Written and maintained by the Bali Shipyard Build Desk.
Dry-season conditions favour coating work but that is exactly when yards are fullest and slots are tightest; wet-season work is entirely viable with containment and a realistic weather allowance, and it puts the boat […]
A repair that is not documented did not happen, as far as an insurer, a surveyor or a future buyer is concerned. The record needs four things: photographs at each stage, a variation log
Charter-readiness is a second standard on top of mechanical condition: the boat must be safe, comfortable and self-sufficient in waters where help is far away. The pre-season inspection exists to catch, before the first
Warm, highly conductive tropical water accelerates galvanic activity, so anodes in Bali are consumed faster and faults show up sooner than in temperate waters. An anode that disappears quickly is a symptom, not a
A workable Bali maintenance calendar is built around two fixed points: the annual haul-out, and the start of the dry-season charter run. Everything else schedules around those. The value is not in the list
Boats on hardstands burn more often than boats afloat, and hot work is the usual cause. The controls that prevent it are unglamorous and inexpensive: a written hot-work permit, a dedicated fire watch during
Move a vessel between yards only when the reason is structural — the lift is in one place and the capability is in another, or the current facility genuinely cannot absorb the scope. Every
Hardstand for anything staying ashore more than a few days, and for any job needing access all round the hull; slipway for heavy displacement, long keels and timber vessels that should be supported along
Serangan is Bali’s second working cluster and the practical home of much of the island’s small-craft maintenance — dive boats, day boats, fast boats and traditional craft. Its defining constraint is water: approaches and
Benoa is Bali’s principal harbour and the densest concentration of marine trades on the island, which is its main advantage: fabrication, electrical, engine service, refrigeration and freight clearance sit within a short radius. Its