| Here she is!!
I came to know what is now "Maltese Falcon" in 2000 when I visite dthe Turkish yard Yildiz, associated with Perini, in Tuzla (Istambul - Turkey), where I was building my own little boat at that time.
The initial steel-alloy 89M hull+superstructure they built for Perini was afloat along the Yildiz breakwater, biggest hull ever built for Perini in 1989-1990 but abandoned due to Gulf War One (1991).
I even made a bid on the hull but Yildiz wanted to keep it "on their books".
So now, some 13-14 years later the project is revived.
I found back some photographs, enjoy ........... (my photograph is dated 28 March 2000)
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