History
The following is taken directly from John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs ,© 1983 IMDC by RobertWcanick and Richard Henderson.
A departure from Alden’s previous thinking is evidenced by the fact that MALABAR V was the first of the series to be built with an engine, a Scripps F-4 driving a feathering propeller. This schooner’s design number is 215. She measures 49 feet, by 36 feet 9 inches, by 12 feet, by 7 feet 3 inches. One sister (Charm III) was built for a Swedish owner. Like her immediate predecessor, the “FIVE” did very well racing, winning eight out of eight starts in 1924, but her record is somewhat less impressive because she did not sail in the prestigious Bermuda Race that year.
John Alden’s beautiful designs are instantly recognisable. Charm III first appears on the British Register in 1932 in the name of a “gentleman member of The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club”, a Mr. Harry Skeet Broom. This interestingly is reaffirmed in the Register dated 1941. There is no surviving record of the war years. She changed hands in 1946, 1947, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1964 and finally in July 1980 to the current owner and was rebuilt between 1987-2000.
Regatta History:
Great success has been achieved at the Antigua Classics since 2002. Six time winner of Boat International Concours d’Elegance. Multiple class winner and three time overall schooners winner. Charm III has proved herself to be extremely competitive. On corrected time she has beaten such memorable vessels as Mary Rose, Eleonora, Mariette, Adventuress, Adix and Altair. A clean sweep at Antigua Classics 2024 continued her dominance of schooner racing in the Caribbean.
