Numbers below are taken from the operator’s published specification sheet, not estimated. Two figures deserve a highlight. First, the 6,000-liter freshwater tank — generous for a 30-meter hull — keeps showers unrestricted even on the longer 5D4N and 7D6N charter itineraries. Second, the twin 15 KVA generators mean cabin air conditioning runs through the night at anchor without the main engine idling under your bunk.
For context inside her own class: Ayvara runs 25 meters at 9–10 knots, Yumana 32 meters at 7–11 knots. Malca gives up a little deck length to Yumana but is comfortably the fastest of the three — on a route where the best moments happen at anchor, speed between anchorages is the spec that quietly buys you more snorkeling time.
The build itself is worth a paragraph. Malca’s hull is laid in ironwood — the dense Sulawesi timber phinisi builders reserve for keels and frames because it shrugs off teredo worm and tropical rot — with teak through the decks and interiors. On board that translates into a boat that feels warm rather than clinical: oiled timber underfoot, solid joinery in the cabins, and none of the fiberglass echo you get on modern dive boats. She is a working example of a boatbuilding tradition that UNESCO inscribed on its intangible cultural heritage list, and she earns her premium badge on craft as much as on cabin count.
