VIP X is the most significant vessel in our current inventory, and the specification sheet is only part of the reason. At 33.45 meters on a 6-meter beam and 161 gross tons, this handcrafted phinisi carries twenty-four guests across eight air-conditioned cabins laid out over three separate decks — a configuration that almost no wooden sailing yacht for sale in Indonesia can offer at this scale. Private bathtubs in the upper cabins. A private in-cabin jacuzzi. Water heaters in every bathroom on board. An offshore-grade navigation and safety suite that runs to SSB, AIS and EPIRB. VIP X is offered at USD 833,333 as a fully operational charter asset. Komodo Luxury — recognized by Forbes, CNN Indonesia, and TripAdvisor as Best Boat Agency in Labuan Bajo — is the listing partner, and this hull has been running inside our own charter programme rather than reaching us through a third party.
The premium end of the Komodo liveaboard market is not won on cabin count. It is won on what a vessel can charge per guest, per night, without argument. VIP X is built for that end of the market in a way that is visible the moment a guest steps aboard. Eight cabins across three decks means a genuine hierarchy rather than a flat inventory — upper-deck suites with private bathtubs command one rate, main-deck suites with private balconies and a jacuzzi command another, and the lower-deck cabins fill the boat at a third. An operator can serve a high-yield private charter and a mixed-tier group booking with the same hull, on the same sailing, without discounting the top rooms to do it. The supporting systems are sized for that standard rather than retrofitted toward it. A 31.3 kVA main generator backed by a second 31.3 kVA unit is the most redundant power arrangement in our inventory, which is what allows air conditioning, water heaters, and a full galley to run overnight at anchor across twenty-four guests without a single point of failure. Eight thousand liters of fresh water and four thousand liters of fuel extend the range between resupply, and that directly extends how long an itinerary can stay away from Labuan Bajo before it has to turn back. For a buyer evaluating luxury liveaboards, this is the practical difference between a vessel that photographs well and a vessel that performs well with a full manifest in August.
VIP X was built in Bulukumba, in South Sulawesi — the town that has been building phinisi for centuries and remains the reference point for the craft anywhere in the archipelago. That provenance is not decoration on a listing. Phinisi construction in Bulukumba is a transmitted skill rather than a documented process, carried by shipwright families who work largely without formal plans and select and season timber by judgment developed over generations. It produces hulls that behave differently in Indonesian water than anything drawn in a design office and built to a schedule elsewhere. For an owner, the provenance also does commercial work. International travelers booking a Komodo liveaboard are, in large part, booking the authenticity of the vessel itself — and a genuine Bulukumba-built phinisi is a claim a fiberglass hull cannot make and a lesser yard cannot substantiate. It is the kind of detail that survives being repeated by a guest to the next potential guest. VIP X has operated as a VIP-class charter vessel out of Labuan Bajo, working the Komodo National Park circuit through the conditions that expose weaknesses in any boat: full manifests, long anchorages, and a season that never pauses to let systems recover. Komodo Luxury holds a 4.9 out of 5 guest rating across more than 1,500 reviews. That rating covers our operation rather than this hull in isolation, but it is our operation that has maintained this hull, and it is the standard it has been kept to.
VIP X is built for comfort, endurance, and extended sailing across Indonesian waters. Length: 33.45 meters | Beam: 6 meters | Gross Tonnage: 161 GT | Construction: Wooden Traditional Ship, handcrafted phinisi | Engine: Mitsubishi 6D22, 200 HP at 2200 RPM | Cruising Speed: 7 – 9 Knots | Main Generator: 31.3 kVA | Backup Generator: 31.3 kVA | Fuel Capacity: 4,000 Liters | Fresh Water Capacity: 8,000 Liters | Navigation and Safety: SSB, RIG, AIS, Handy Talky, RPM Indicator and Sensor, Compass 130D, EPIRB, Star Chart | Total Cabins: 8 | Guest Capacity: 24 Persons. Every cabin is air-conditioned with a private ensuite bathroom, and every bathroom on board has a water heater — a standard that sounds minor on paper and is noticed by every single guest on a cool morning at anchor. The safety suite deserves separate attention. An EPIRB and an SSB set are offshore equipment, not coastal equipment, and they are not standard on wooden liveaboards in this market. For a buyer who intends to run itineraries beyond the immediate Komodo circuit, that suite is the difference between a vessel that is permitted to go and a vessel that has to stay.
The three-deck arrangement is what gives VIP X its commercial flexibility, and it is worth walking through deck by deck.
Read together, the three decks let an operator sell three clearly distinct products on one sailing without the top tier being undercut by the bottom. That is precisely the structure that holds average rate up across a full season rather than only in peak weeks.
Guests remember the deck they spent their afternoons on. VIP X provides three distinct ones: an outdoor lounging deck given over entirely to quiet, a panoramic dining deck for meals in open air, and a more intimate indoor dining lounge for evenings and weather. An indoor lounge with a mini bar and a karaoke setup covers the social end of a charter, which matters more than brochures usually admit on multi-day sailings with mixed groups. Dining is run all-inclusive with a private chef, which for a prospective owner is a meaningful piece of the operation already built and staffed rather than something to assemble after purchase. The in-cabin amenities are the harder thing to replicate. Private bathtubs and an in-cabin jacuzzi place VIP X in a very small group of wooden vessels operating in this region, and they photograph in a way that circulates without a marketing budget behind them. At 33.45 meters on a 6-meter beam, the hull is proportioned to anchor confidently inside the protected bays the Komodo circuit depends on while carrying enough length and tonnage to stay comfortable on the crossings between them. A cruising speed of 7 to 9 knots reflects what this vessel is built for — unhurried, stable, extended cruising with a full complement aboard rather than fast point-to-point transits.
A genuine Bulukumba-built phinisi at 161 gross tons, with eight ensuite cabins across three decks, private bathtubs, an in-cabin jacuzzi, redundant generators, and an offshore safety suite, is not a listing that repeats itself often in this market. Vessels at this specification tend to change hands quietly and quickly. We run every sale the same way, and it is better said here than saved for a call: an independent marine survey that you commission from a surveyor of your own choosing, a sea trial under way in real conditions, a complete audit of ownership documents and operating permits, and payments staged against milestones rather than transferred in a single sum. If the survey finds something material, we will tell you. A brokerage that buries a finding to close one deal does not get a second one in a market where every operator knows every other operator. Crewed management and charter-back operation are available after purchase if you would prefer the vessel kept earning rather than sitting on a mooring. VIP X is offered at USD 833,333 and available for inspection now. Contact Komodo Luxury today to request the full specification package and arrange your sea trial in Labuan Bajo — the flagship of our fleet does not stay listed for long.
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