Takeover & Completion Service
Our boat completion service in Indonesia takes over stalled, disputed or unfinished builds and carries them to launch, sea trials and handover. Whether your hull stands at 30 percent in a Sulawesi beach yard or sits at 80 percent with systems half-installed in Batam, the path is the same: an independent takeover audit, a clean legal handover, a re-baselined budget in USD, and completion under supervised stage gates. If a project you funded has stopped moving, send the basics through our Get a Free Project Quote form and we will tell you — honestly — whether it is worth finishing and what that will take.
Unfinished vessels are more common in Indonesia than most owners expect, and the causes repeat:
None of these automatically condemn the vessel. Tropical hardwood hulls tolerate a construction pause far better than steel; what matters is what the audit finds.
Before any money moves, we survey the project exactly as we would a used vessel, using the methods on our marine survey and inspection page. The audit covers structural condition — timber moisture, fastening integrity, frame alignment, signs of rot or insect attack in exposed scarfs — plus a full inventory of purchased materials and equipment, verification of what the previous invoices actually bought, and a review of drawings and approvals with our naval architecture partners. You receive a written condition report with a completion percentage we will stand behind, not the optimistic figure in the original yard’s last progress claim.
An unfinished hull is a legal object as much as a wooden one. We work with your counsel to novate or terminate the original build contract, confirm the yard has no outstanding lien on hull or materials, document ownership of engines and equipment already delivered, and settle the account so no claim follows the vessel. Skipping this step is the classic takeover mistake — it resurfaces at registration, insurance or resale, usually at the worst possible moment.
Completion is priced from the audit, not from the old contract. We rebuild the budget line by line against our construction cost benchmarks, quote the remaining work in USD, and structure payments against inspected milestones with retention held to sea trials — the same stage-gate discipline described in our process. A hull audited at 40 percent complete typically needs 60–75 percent of a fresh build budget to finish, because systems, interiors and commissioning carry most of any project’s cost regardless of how much timber already stands.
Where the work happens depends on what remains. Structural completion usually stays at or near the origin yard, where crews understand the hull. Systems, interiors and finishing often argue for relocation — by tow or cradle transport — to our partner facilities, where refit-grade trades are concentrated; the capabilities are the ones detailed on our refit and repair and yacht refit pages. We model both routes in the takeover proposal with costs and risks side by side, and recommend one.
A completed takeover ends the way any of our new builds ends: full systems commissioning, inclining and sea trials against a written protocol, snag-list closure, and a workmanship warranty on everything our network executed. Where the vessel will operate commercially, we bring BKI class involvement into the completion plan from day one so surveys align with the remaining structural stages of the construction timeline.
Every takeover starts with the same three items: photos of the vessel as she stands, whatever contract and payment records exist, and your goal for the boat. Send them via the free project quote form, WhatsApp our build desk at +62 811 3941 4563, or email [email protected]. We answer with a scoped audit proposal, usually within three working days.
Yes — that is the core of this service. We audit the hull independently, settle the legal handover with the original yard, and finish the vessel either in place with our supervision or at a partner facility. The origin yard’s cooperation helps but is not required once ownership and liens are resolved.
Through a structural survey adapted from our pre-purchase inspection practice: timber moisture readings, fastening and frame checks, rot and insect inspection at exposed joints, materials inventory, and a drawings review. The result is a defensible completion percentage and a written condition report before you commit further funds.
It depends almost entirely on the audited stage and the systems specification. As working guidance in USD: a hull at 40 percent completion usually needs 60–75 percent of an equivalent new-build budget, because engines, electrical systems, interiors and commissioning dominate total cost. The takeover proposal prices every remaining line item.
Typically 8–18 months from signed takeover to handover: one to two months for audit and legal handover, then the balance on remaining structure, systems and interiors, closing with commissioning and sea trials. A vessel paused at the fit-out stage lands at the short end of that range.
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