Vhale Phinisi

Vhale in the photographs we have

Updated 4 November 2026

The gallery shows Vhale as she is: the exterior, the five kinds of cabin, the indoor and outdoor dining rooms and the day bed. These are the boat's own pictures, resized and not retouched, and we say below what none of them shows yet.

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Vhale in pictures: the hull, the cabins and the dining rooms

These photographs show a working boat, not a studio set. You will find the white hull with its yellow stripe at anchor, the teak-faced decks seen from the air and from the water, a cabin from each of the five kinds, the indoor dining room, the long outdoor dining table, the outdoor chill area and the day bed on the foredeck. They were taken on the boat's own days at sea and have been resized for the page and nothing more.

Nothing here is generated, composited or borrowed from another vessel, and no guest's face appears. A wooden phinisi photographs well from above, and we would sooner let the boat do that than caption it.

Vhale at anchor in a calm blue bay: white hull with a yellow stripe, two decks faced in teak, a white wheelhouse roof and the Indonesian flag, a dry brown headland behind

Aerial view of Vhale from a lower angle, the white hull and teak-clad decks on dark blue water, brown hills and a pale sea on the horizon

Atlantic cabin: queen bed with a navy runner and striped towel rolls, a row of five side windows, a wall air conditioner and a softly lit white wavy headboard panel

Atlantic cabin in wide view: queen bed with a navy runner, a cream bedside chest, glass doors and a louvred wardrobe on the far wall, an air conditioner at the top left

Azure cabin: queen bed with navy cushions, three white surfboard-shaped carvings and a blue relief panel on the teak wall, two small windows on the right

Azure cabin from the foot of the bed: a large blue abstract panel and three surfboard-shaped carvings above the headboard, windows on the right

Azure cabin seen from the door side: a reeded wood wall on the left, queen bed with striped towel rolls, blue panel and surfboard-shaped carvings on the wall

Oceanic cabin: queen bed with a navy runner and a striped cushion, a cream two-drawer nightstand, a pale wavy wall panel and a white wave-shaped carving

Oceanic cabin from the nightstand side: bed with a navy runner, reeded wood wall, pale carved panel with a white wave motif and a window on the right

Oceanic cabin in wide view: queen bed with striped towel rolls, a white wave motif on the wooden wall, a reeded wall on the left and two windows

Oceanic cabin with windows on the right: queen bed with navy and striped cushions, a wave-shaped white carving above it and a pale wall panel on the left

Pacific cabin: queen bed with striped towel rolls, two small windows and a blue panel on a cream wall above teak half-height panelling, a socket plate beside the bed

Pacific cabin from the foot of the bed: a blue relief panel on a cream wall, teak panelling and a wooden door frame on the left under a plank ceiling

Pacific cabin with a window beside the bed, navy and striped cushions, a blue panel on the cream wall and a socket plate on the right

Pacific cabin head-on: low bed with a navy runner and striped towel rolls, a window on the left, a blue panel at the back and teak panelling

Coral cabin with a bunk bed on the right, a wooden door at the back and an air conditioner high on the wall under rough teak beams

Coral cabin, bunk bed in close view: the upper bunk with towel rolls and navy pillows, the lower bunk below, exposed ceiling beams and rough teak walls

Coral cabin from the side: the bunk bed against the far wall, slatted cupboard doors on the left and ceiling beams overhead

Coral bunk cabin seen from the foot of the bed: a wide mattress in the foreground, the second bunk beneath it, a wooden door and a wall air conditioner behind

Outdoor dining deck with a long teak table laid in navy napkins, blue glasses and yellow cups, a navy U-shaped bench, a life ring and a boat in the harbour beyond

Outdoor dining table laid end to end for a large party, navy bench seating and a life ring on the right, harbour hills under the wooden ceiling

Outdoor dining deck from the end of the table: place settings with yellow cups in the foreground, a second table behind and a life ring at the left

Wide view of the outdoor dining deck: a table laid for a group, a curved navy bench along the sea side and a life ring on the right-hand post

Outdoor dining deck from a low angle: pale ceiling under the awning, a table laid with blue glasses and yellow napkins, harbour buildings behind

Place settings on the long dining table in close view: navy plates, blue glasses and yellow cups, the lounge bench behind

Outdoor lounge bench in a U shape with navy cushions and striped and yellow pillows around a low teak table with a bowl of fruit, the harbour behind

Outdoor U-shaped lounge bench and low table with no place settings, striped and yellow cushions, harbour hills through the open sides

Outdoor deck with the lounge bench on the left and the laid dining table on the right, a life ring on a wooden board and the town across the water

Indoor dining room with a wooden table, a navy bench, yellow and striped cushions, a bowl of fruit and a white wave-shaped wall carving, windows onto the bay

Foredeck day bed in navy and white stripes with yellow and navy cushions, the bow railing and a wide dusk sky over a bay with moored boats

Striped day bed on the foredeck at dusk, the wheelhouse with its VHALE sign and the radio mast behind, a pale sunset on the horizon

Portrait view of the striped day bed and the wheelhouse at dusk, yellow and navy cushions, thin cloud trails and a pale horizon

Day-bed cushions in front of the wheelhouse, the wooden VHALE sign above the windows and a KLM VHALE plate on the wall, under a blue sky

Covered lounge day bed after dark: a navy mattress with yellow and striped cushions, teak side walls, a life ring on the right and black sea behind

Covered lounge day bed after dark seen from the side, yellow cushions on a navy mattress, a narrow shelf and one distant light on the water

How we label what you see

A picture can mislead by what it leaves out, so here is the list of what the set does not yet show. There is no photograph of a bathroom in any cabin, and none of the galley or the crew's quarters. The wheelhouse is seen from outside only. The paddle boards, the snorkel gear and the tender appear in the equipment list on the vessel page but not in use, and no picture shows a snorkeller in the water off Vhale.

The cabin photographs are sorted by the five kinds. Atlantic has two pictures where the other kinds have more, which says nothing about the cabin and only about the day the camera was out. Where a picture and the written description of a cabin seem to disagree, trust the written description and ask us; we will check and answer in writing.

Your photographs are welcome beside ours

The best photographs of any boat belong to the people who sailed on her. If you travel on Vhale and want to share pictures, send a few to the reservation team on WhatsApp and say whether we can show them; we add guests' photographs only with that permission, with no names and no faces unless you say so. Pictures of the bathroom, the galley table at breakfast and the snorkel stop would fill the gaps above, and a snapshot of the day bed with somebody asleep on it is welcome too.

Until then, the gallery is honest about its limits. The pictures are the boat's, and the gaps are ours.

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Bookings for Vhale are made with the Komodo Explorer team in Labuan Bajo; the boat sails with its own crew of nine.

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