[YachtForums]

Hi MDG and welcome to YF,

I got a kick out of your acronym! More impressed with your photography. Hope YF will be the occasional beneficiary of your permanent appendage.

Have a GR8 '08!

[YachtNews]

Yes, I have seen this guy's photography on a 'photo website' and I was impressed when I saw the photos he took of the Maltese Falcon as well as life in Grenada. Great stuff, welcome to YF as well MDG.

[brian eiland]

Originally Posted by MDG

She left Grenada on December 29th, sailing North to Carriacou...

Saw a brief report of her being in Costa Rica. Possible she is headed for San Francisco....a US appearance...WOW

[brian eiland]

Mine's Bigger
by David Kaplan

As a rule books about superyachts are turgid affairs, which can quickly be classified as ’reference’. This one by David Kaplan, a senior editor at Newsweek, is an exception, a rip-roaring, revealing read about the evolution of the most extraordinary supersailing yacht ever built. It’s not just about Maltese Falcon the yacht, but also about her owner Tom Perkins whose quite extraordinary life as arguably the most successful venture capitalist America has ever seen, is a match for even the Falcon’s mesmerizing statistics.

An impressive aspect of Kaplan’s work is that he goes into immense detail, not only about the yacht herself, but also the principles of square-rigged sailing stability and other potentially esoteric, dry subject. The neat thing is he gets the message across in a very clear way.

Kaplan also puts the Falcon into context with the other two monster yachts which played a part in the Mine’s Bigger saga of a couple of years ago, Joe Vittoria’s Mlrabella V , and Jim Clark’s Athena. Kaplan is also the author of The Silicon Boys, so he is well equipped with detailed knowledge about the roles both Clark and Perkins played in the Klondike-style rush for business supremacy in California in the twilight years of the last century.

It makes for scintillating reading and Kaplan has been highly successful in interweaving the story of Silicon Valley business and the vast profits it generated, with stories of the world’s largest and most outrageous sailing boats.

This is a must-read for anyone even vaguely interested in the burgeoning supersailing phenomenon.

[TRY]

Yes, she's up for sale at $176M.
Go quickly to the Perini Navi USA website.

[jediwhite]

The Falcon is in Tahiti on charter, 42,000 Nm so far

On the PN USA site there is only these yachts for sale;
Atmosphere - 173.8 ft
Felicità west - 210 ft
La Numero 1Uno - 128 ft

The for sale sign is on http://uk.yachtworld.com/boats/1877811/0

Jed

[kaltfront]

http://www.yachtcouncil.com/Perinius...curr_id=7&vd=1

[grumps]

Its Correct !
she is for sale 115m euro camper and nicholsons the world wide agents

[Codger]

It will be interesting to see how long Maltese Falcon is on the market.

[brian eiland]

Originally Posted by Codger

It will be interesting to see how long Maltese Falcon is on the market.

I wonder how 'seriously' it is for sale ...that is quite a price on her. And wasn't he having a 'sub toy' built for onboard?

I suspect Mr Perkins is not in a big hurry to sell. I don't think he has had all the fun yet. And I don't think at his age he wants to do another bigger, more spectacular project...it would be tough to top this one.

[brian eiland]

But come to think of I do know where someone might be able to do a smaller, MUCH less expensive 'DynaRig project' ....say 3M

http://www.runningtideyachts.com/dynarig/

[Codger]

Originally Posted by brian eiland

But come to think of I do know where someone might be able to do a smaller, MUCH less expensive 'DynaRig project' ....say 3M

http://www.runningtideyachts.com/dynarig/

Just offer to do a straight swap. Yours for his.

[brian eiland]

An interesting paper presented at Hiswa in 2004. Somehow I missed seeing this before.

“THE MALTESE FALCON: THE REALISATION”
Hiswa Symposium 2004

You need to go HERE, and click on "THE MALTESE FALCON: THE REALISATION

[YachtNews]

Many updates to the Maltese Falcon Log on her Pacific Charter leg. She was recently browsing the islands of French Polynesia.

http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/log.asp

[comship]

What an excellent site