Shakti was launched in 2001.

Captain, owner and operator David Pagliari

It all started in Tanah Beru, a small village about 4 hours South East from Makassar. This place got a long and interesting boat building history.

You would think the first step of building a massive wooden boat would probably be endless paper work, plans over plans and constructions – but the Pinisi Schooner builders craft the boats from centuries of oral tradition and instinct.

Together with a carpenter team of 14 Indonesians Shakti’s hull was built within a year and a half.

After the hull was finished Dave spent a long time thinking about all the little details for the interior, machinery, electronics, navigation tools etc. and so it took him another year until Shakti was ready to launch.