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This lovely boat made mostly of Teak wood is as comfortable as it is beautiful. Newly renovated, Damai Indah welcomes you and your companions onboard for a delightful time of lounging and relaxing!
Multihull
Length: 56 ft/16.5 m
Beam: 17.2 ft./5,2 m
Cruising speed: 7 knots
Cabins: 2
Bathroom: 1
Capacity: 20
Note: All guests are covered by accident insurance while on board!
In the Indonesian language, Damai Indah translates to "Peace and Tranquility"
D.I. started life as a cargo vessel in the southern islands of Sulawesi, in 1987. She is known as a Perahu Lambo. I bought her in 1995 and had her stripped back to the hull, and the deck and superstructure was rebuilt in solid teak wood. All of the wood was hand sawn and hand adzed in the traditional way by the Bugis boatbuilding people of Sulawesi.
Damai Indah was built and refurbished to be a day charter boat in Bali. This process took several years. D.I. did her first charter in Bali in 2000 and operated for 9 months of that year. She was then taken to Darwin, Australia, to have a new engine fitted, and from there she went to East Timor (Timor Leste) where she operated as a day charter boat for UN personnel for most of 2002. D.I. was in Timor Leste for their Independence celebrations. This decision was fortuitous, as the bombing in 2001 and post- political situation in Bali was not conducive to new charter boats and tourism for several years.
The 'informal trade' of the Bugis was important in two ways. First, many traders tended to marry locally and became in fact trade agents for their compatriots who visited the area once a year. Sea products were their principal interest, especially trepang (sea cucumbers) which were much in demand by the Chinese. The second importance of the Bugis presence in the eastern waters was their influence on local culture where they circulated foreign goods such as as iron, weapons, textiles, and rice. Even though their reputation as seafarers exists for hundreds of years, most Bugis were, and are, rice farmers.
Damai Indah was built and refurbished to be a day charter boat in Bali. This process took several years. D.I. did her first charter in Bali in 2000 and operated for 9 months of that year. She was then taken to Darwin, Australia, to have a new engine fitted, and from there she went to East Timor (Timor Leste) where she operated as a day charter boat for UN personnel for most of 2002. D.I. was in Timor Leste for their Independence celebrations. This decision was fortuitous, as the bombing in 2001 and post- political situation in Bali was not conducive to new charter boats and tourism for several years.
Damai Indah returned to Bali in 2003. In 2006, we fitted the boat out to undertake a family journey to Thailand up the southern coast of Java and the West coast of Sumatra. She then sailed to Thailand and on to Langkawi, Malaysia in March 2007. She is now starting a new chapter as a day charter boat there.
