Following in the footsteps of our phinisi cruiser Rascal Voyages success, Rebel launched this month in Indonesia. With five comfortable cabins located above deck, Rebel will be available for private charter in Komodo and Raja Ampat.
Both yachts are 31 metres long, both were built by hand on Indonesian shores, and both carry the same idea: the open, easy feel of a beach house, set on a hull that joins contemporary Western marine design with the spirit of the phinisi yacht.
What guests notice first is where they sleep. All five cabins on each yacht sit above deck, so every guest wakes to daylight and a view of the water rather than a porthole. Two doubles share the upper deck, one opening onto a private terrace at the stern. Two more pair a double bed with a single bunk, which is exactly what families with younger children tend to need.
Life aboard happens outside. Breakfast on deck, a morning on paddleboards or water skis, a dive or a snorkel before lunch, then the afternoon in the shade with a book. The tones are soft and natural, the furniture made for bare feet, and nothing feels precious.
Each yacht welcomes up to ten guests. Together, they open another possibility. Two families, or one large group, can charter Rebel and Rascal side by side, sailing the same route, meeting for dinner, and each returning to a yacht of their own at night.
Both follow the seasons, sailing Komodo from May to October and Raja Ampat from November to April. On the crossings between, they reach the Spice Islands, Wakatobi and West Papua.
