![]() ![]() ![]() The yacht is now available for charter with SuperYachtsMonaco from €460,000 a week. (88.1m) SHIPYARD: Perini Navi, Turkey YEAR: 2006 This ultra-modern three-mast schooner with a steel hull, rotating carbon masts and an innovative DynaRig sail design, is unmistakable for any other yacht. In 2009, Perkins sold Maltese Falcon to hedge-fund manager Elena Ambrosiadou. The sails, made by Robbie Doyle, are stored on individual in-mast mandrels and set and furled using a complex but brilliant system that makes use of a large number of electric motors within the masts and on the yards. Her long and relatively narrow hull was designed be very fast through the water, and her very long waterline 78 metres assures stability against heeling. The layout includes a master suite and five further guest cabins, and the crew of 16 is accommodated in eight cabins. The superyacht’s ‘luxury machine’ interior – a marriage of industrial chic and high tech – was designed by Ken Freivokh around Tom Perkins’ striking modern art collection, and features leather, glass, wood and steel. “To the best of my knowledge, this is not the case with any other big boat with reel winches.” “I can teach any sailor how to handle the yacht in five minutes,” he said. Maximum length 88 m Width 12.6 m Draft 6 m Displacement 1240 t Height 58.2 m Sailing area 2400 sq. Characteristics of the yacht Maltese Falcon. He went on to describe the mast and sail control system as ‘almost trivial’ in its simplicity. The appearance of the Black Pearl is often cited as a counterargument to opponents of the Maltese Falcon, who consider DynaRig an ineffective solution. “We sail as close to the wind as any yacht, of any design, that has more than one mast,” Perkins previously said. One of the most exciting aspects of Maltese Falcon is the yacht’s upwind performance. On Maltese Falcon there are a total of 25 sails, giving her 10 spare. The great idea of the clipper rig is that a huge sail area, 2,415 metres square, in this case, can be spread over 15 sails, thus greatly reducing the loadings. According to the listing offering it for sale, the boat is currently registered in the Cayman Islands, and according to Cayman Island Shipping Registry, the name 'MALTESE FALCON' is available, but 'THE MALTESE FALCON' is not. With radical unstayed masts made of ‘weapons-grade’ carbon fibre, computerised sail and mast control system, Ma ltese Falcon, and in particular its FalconRig, was hailed as a triumph of design, development and engineering. The yachts legal name is ' The Maltese Falcon ', not ' Maltese Falcon ' or ' The Falcon '. Launched in 2006, the project took nearly six years to complete. Tom Perkins created one of the most sensational three-masted sailing yachts of the past 100 years when he built the 88 metre Maltese Falcon with Perini Navi. Article republished from BOAT INTERNATIONAL : 22 JUNE 2021 BY ROGER LEAN-VERCOE ![]()
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