Celestia is a 45m sailing phinisi launched 2023 with 7 cabins for 14 guests. Raja Ampat charters from $94,500 per week + expenses. Verified August 2026.
Celestia is a 45-metre sailing phinisi launched in 2023, carrying 14 guests in seven cabins with a crew of 17 — one of the youngest hulls in Raja Ampat’s premium charter class. She charters from $94,500 per week plus expenses across Indonesian waters, with Raja Ampat itineraries concentrated in the October–April prime season. Rates verified August 2026.
| Length overall | 45 m | Beam | 8.6 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests | 14 | Cabins | 7 (1 Master, 5 Double, 2 Twin) |
| Crew | 17 | Type | Phinisi (sailing) |
| Builder | Bulukumba yards | Year | 2023 |
| Cruising speed | 8 knots | From-rate | $94,500 per week + expenses |
Every generation of phinisi improves on the last, and Celestia is what the craft looks like in its newest chapter. Launched in 2023 from the Bulukumba yards of South Sulawesi — the historic home of Indonesian wooden shipbuilding — she pairs a working sailing rig with the cabin count and crew depth of a small expedition ship. The result is a vessel that feels less like an antique lovingly preserved and more like a tradition confidently continued.
Fourteen guests spread across seven air-conditioned cabins: a master suite, five doubles and two twins. That configuration is quietly the point. Two twins mean children, teenagers or single travellers get proper berths rather than converted sofas; five doubles mean a multi-couple or three-generation charter books one boat instead of two. Seventeen crew keep the whole arrangement running at a ratio north of one-to-one.
Topside is where Celestia spends her social capital. A generous sun deck lined with sunpads runs the day’s slow hours — coffee at anchor, books after lunch, the ritual gathering as the karst turns violet at dusk. Below, a massage room converts dive-day fatigue into something closer to a spa retreat. She cruises at 8 knots, the correct speed for an archipelago that punishes hurry and rewards attention.
Celestia charters across South East Asia and Indonesia, and her Raja Ampat weeks track the region’s October–April prime season, when visibility, sea state and manta activity all peak. Low-season Indonesian waters remain charterable with quieter anchorages and softer rates.
Our charter cost guide explains how base rates, expenses and permits combine into a real trip budget.
With seven nights, Celestia’s guests usually choose between the northern icons and the southern wilderness. The southern Misool loop suits her particularly well: Balbulol’s rock needles, the Daram islets, Wayil’s lagoons, and the twin reef theatres of Magic Mountain and Boo Windows, sailing out of Sorong or a Misool rendezvous. Ten to twelve nights combine Misool with the Dampier Strait and Wayag in a single sweep. Compare her against the rest of the Raja Ampat charter fleet if your dates are fixed and flexibility matters.
Southern Raja Ampat is soft-coral country: Magic Mountain draws both reef and oceanic mantas to a single seamount, and Boo Windows’ swim-through arches are among the most photographed structures in the Bird’s Head Seascape — a region holding more than 1,700 recorded fish species and 550 coral species. Celestia’s crew run tenders to the sites while non-divers snorkel lagoon shallows, kayak between karst walls where conditions allow, or simply claim the sunpads. Village visits and sandbar picnics are arranged around the sailing plan, and the massage room closes the loop on every dive day.
Raja Ampat charters aboard Celestia stage out of Sorong (Domine Eduard Osok Airport, SOQ), roughly four hours’ direct flight from Jakarta, with alternative connections through Makassar, Manado or Bali. Boarding is usually at Sorong harbour; for southern itineraries a Misool-area embarkation can be arranged so the soft-coral sites start on day one. The first leg sets expectations for the geography: Sorong to Arborek alone is about 53 nautical miles — around eight hours under way — so well-planned routes convert transits into sunset cruising and overnight passages rather than lost daylight. Flights, transfers and boarding logistics are handled end-to-end by our concierge desk.
For charterers with more calendar than most, Celestia’s Indonesian range supports the region’s great extension routes: Triton Bay and Kaimana — two sailing days beyond Misool, in season October to April — and the Banda Sea crossing, at its best in September–November and March–April. These are itineraries very few travellers ever see, and they suit a 45-metre sailing platform perfectly.
From $94,500 per week plus expenses, verified August 2026. Festive weeks typically carry a 10–20% premium, and expenses — fuel, food, park fees — are confirmed per itinerary at booking.
Seven: one master suite, five doubles and two twins, sleeping up to 14 guests. The twin cabins make her one of the most family-practical layouts in her class.
Yes — she launched in 2023 from the Bulukumba yards in South Sulawesi, making her one of the newest sailing phinisis available for Raja Ampat charter.
She is rigged and classed as a sailing phinisi. Passages under sail depend on wind and schedule, and her 8-knot cruising speed keeps itineraries reliable regardless.
Celestia books through our concierge desk, operated by Komodo Luxury since 2015, whose Bali-based team handles the entire journey — Sorong airport meet-and-greet, marine park permits, provisioning to your table preferences, dive guides and trip documentation. WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 or email sales@komodoluxury.com with dates and group size and we will come back with availability and a draft route. Chartering with 12 guests or fewer? Mutiara Laut offers the same class with a six-cabin plan.
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