MUTIARA LAUT

Mutiara Laut Forty-six metres of timber, built to work the full breadth of the Indonesian archipelago — the kind of yacht that belongs to these waters rather than visiting them. Traditional in line and in construction, she carries the presence that only a wooden hull of this scale can, and the range to reach the anchorages that day boats never see. A comprehensive refit completed in 2023 reset the yacht from the inside out. The result reads as a considered reinterpretation rather than a restoration: natural tones, generous use of glass, and contemporary Indonesian craftsmanship, arranged around space, privacy and unhurried comfort. Interiors that feel calm at anchor and hold up to weeks of cruising. Accommodation runs to seven cabins for up to sixteen guests, arranged around an owner's cabin, four cabins with a double bed each, and two further cabins. Detailed bed configuration is available on request, and the layout lends itself equally to a single family group or several couples travelling together. Based in Bali and operating throughout Indonesia, she is set up for the long itinerary — Komodo, Raja Ampat, the islands east of Flores — where the point is not the crossing but what waits at the end of it. Her crew live and work in these waters and plan around them: the tides, the light, the timing that decides whether a dive site or a beach is worth the detour that day. Wooden yachts of this size are rare, and rarer still with a recent refit behind them. Mutiara Laut is the sort of yacht guests remember by name.