Raja Ampat Yacht Broker
Yachts and boats for sale in Raja Ampat
Yachts for sale in Raja Ampat fall into four working classes: dive liveaboards, phinisi, catamarans and sailing yachts, and motor yachts. Most stock trades privately between operators. The desk holds sell-side mandates, tracks quiet availability across West Papua, and represents buyers through survey, structuring and handover.
Browse by vessel class
Dive liveaboards for sale
24–40 m · 6–14 cabins
Steel and ironwood hulls built or converted for guest diving. The largest and most liquid segment in the archipelago.
Phinisi for sale
25–50 m · Sulawesi-built
Completed traditional hulls, plus commissioning liaison if you would rather build than buy.
Catamarans & sailing yachts
15–30 m · shoal draft
Private cruising platforms suited to the shallow karst channels of the north.
Motor yachts & support vessels
18–35 m · displacement or semi-displacement
Explorer-style motor yachts and tender or support craft for resort and expedition owners. Enquire for current mandates.
What actually sets the price
Photographs sell a boat. Documents price it. In this market the variables that move a number materially are:
| Variable | Why it moves the price |
|---|---|
| Class and statutory status | A vessel with a current class file and valid passenger certification can trade immediately. One without needs a survey, a yard period and a paperwork campaign before it earns. |
| Permits and licences | The right to carry paying guests in the marine park is not automatic and does not always travel with the hull. Its presence or absence is a price event. |
| Cabin and berth count | Revenue per season scales with saleable berths, not with length overall. |
| Refit history | Documented engine hours, hull works and tank renewals are worth more than a fresh coat of paint over an undocumented decade. |
| Forward bookings | A season already sold transfers cash flow with the asset. It is valued separately from the vessel. |
| Crew continuity | Captains and dive guides who stay through a sale protect the operating record. Losing them is a real, quantifiable cost. |
Buy-side representation
Most international buyers here are buying their first Indonesian-flagged vessel. The desk works buy-side on a defined scope: shortlist, physical inspection, coordination of an independent survey, review of the class and permit file, ownership structuring, negotiation, and handover. Read the process in full in the foreign buyer’s guide, and the inspection standard in the due diligence brief.
Selling instead of buying
Owners who want to exit should read the central agency page. A single mandated broker with one price story reaches international buyers more reliably than the same vessel appearing at four different asking prices across four agents.
Looking beyond Papua? The national listings desk for Indonesia-wide stock is the national Indonesia listings desk; this site stays deliberately inside Raja Ampat and West Papua.
Talk to the broker desk. Tell us the vessel type, the cruising ground and the budget band in USD, and we will come back with what is genuinely available and what it will take to close.
Frequently asked questions
How do I see what boats are for sale in Raja Ampat right now?
Availability in this market moves privately and much of it is never advertised. Send the desk a brief with hull type, cabin count, cruising ground and budget band in USD, and you will receive the current shortlist, including vessels that are quietly for sale but not publicly listed.
Are prices in USD or IDR?
The desk quotes and negotiates in USD. Indonesian vessels are frequently held and financed in local currency, so the conversion basis is agreed in writing before an offer is submitted.
Can I buy a boat that is already working charters?
Yes, and it is common. A working vessel can be bought with its forward bookings honoured, or with the whole operating company. That second route is handled on the charter-business page.