Harbour Notes
Construction milestones, zone announcements, charter-season notes, and the regulatory changes that actually move a passage plan — logged as they land, with dates attributed and speculation labeled as such.
2027 Bali Berth Market: Capacity, Pricing and the Superyacht Push
Here is the 2027 Bali berth market in three sentences. Supply: still structurally short — a working commercial port at Benoa, a tide-sensitive working yacht stop at Serangan, and a handful of moorings and…
Night Arrivals at Benoa: Lighting, Pilotage and Berthing After Dark
The straight answer experienced captains already know: Benoa can be entered after dark — it is a working commercial port with a buoyed, dredged approach and lit aids — but a first-time night arrival…
Visa Runs From Your Berth: Crew Immigration Logistics in Bali
The one-paragraph truth about crew immigration in Bali: the boat’s paperwork and the people’s paperwork are two separate systems, most nationalities enter Indonesia easily on a visa on arrival that runs about thirty days…
Marina Events Calendar: Owner Gatherings on the Bali Waterfront
A marina becomes a community the day its calendar fills, and Bali’s waterfront calendar is filling from two directions at once. From the estate side: venue and restaurant operations on Serangan are already trading,…
Yacht Deliveries via Bali: Using a Marina as Your Handover Point
Every yacht delivery needs a handover point — somewhere the delivery crew steps off, the owner’s crew steps on, and the boat changes hands in good order with the paperwork matching the hull. In…
Pets Aboard at the Dock: Marina Rules for Animals in Bali
Here is the answer nobody selling you a Bali cruise will lead with: bringing a pet into Bali is one of the hardest animal-import problems in world cruising, and any planning that starts at…
The Serangan SEZ Effect: What Development Means for Berth Holders
Strip away the renders and the press language, and the Serangan story for a berth holder reduces to one sentence: a special economic zone was wrapped around a working waterfront in 2023, main construction…
Long-Stay Berthing in Bali: Rate Structures Worth Asking For
Answer first: long-stay berthing in Bali is negotiated, not listed, and the per-metre arithmetic rewards commitment. Against a visiting-yacht benchmark of roughly USD 1–3 per metre per day, monthly wet berths in the region settle…
Biosecurity at Bali Marinas: Hull Cleaning Before You Arrive
The short version: Indonesia does not yet run the hard-edged biofouling regimes of New Zealand or Australia, but arriving in Bali with a clean hull is still the professional standard — and increasingly the…
Marina Wi-Fi, Water and Power: Utility Standards Compared
Ask a berth holder what actually shapes daily life at a dock and the answer is rarely the view: it is the three utilities — shore power, water and connectivity — and whether they…
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