Maltese Falcon Yacht Up For Sale!!
It seems the global slowdown has also affected the pockets of the rich and wealthy. The Maltese Falcon, owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins is now up for sale. One of the largest privately owned sailing yachts in the world at nearly 290ft, it can be bought for €115m. The boat has been up for sale for some months now.
Maltese Falcon Technical Specifications:
Length: 88.00 m (289’)
Beam: 12.6 m (42’2”)
Draft (Keel up): 6 m (19’7”)
Draft (Keel down): 11 m (36’)
Engines: 2 Deutz TBD620 12 V
Speed: Max 18.5 kts
Range @14 knots: 3,000 miles
Builder: Perini Navi Yachts
Delivered: April 2006
Number of Guests: 12
Number of Crew: 16 (Up to additional 4)
Maltese Falcon Tenders & Toys:
Maltese Falcon has 2 32′ Pascoe RIB Tenders. 4 Laser Sailing boats. 1 Castold 14′ Jet tender. 6 full sets of dive gear, water skis, snorkeling gear. Maltese Falcon has a full gym with Techno gym, stairmaster etc.
The Maltese Falcon was built after the Dynaship or Dyna-Rigg concept, a 1960 invention of the German engineer Wilhelm Prölss which was intended to operate commercial freight sailing ships with as few crew as possible. The ship has fifteen square sails (five per mast), stored inside the mast; they can fully unfurl into tracks along the yards in six minutes. The Falcon has two 1800 horse-power Deutz engines running at 1800 rpm with a top speed of 20 knots with minimal wave-making and virtually no vibration or noise and with a smooth and non-turbulent wake. The boat was built at the Perini Navi Istanbul Yildiz Gemi (star ship) yard in Tuzla, 50 miles south of Istanbul, Turkey.
The Maltese falcon can cross the Atlantic in 10 days. The extraordinary yacht is a masterpiece without equal. It is possible to control the vessel with just one person. It also has an onboard advanced computer that will adjust the yacht’s controls for the best sailing experience.
Below is a quick video providing some info on the Maltese Falcon -
During charter this beauty attracts a cool price tag of $539,000 to $555,000 a week, not counting expenses for fuel, food or crew.
Merijn de Waard, founder of website Superyachttimes.com, said: “There are more big boats for sale now. I think there will be a price correction. That is logical because there is less demand.”
He added: “In the past, very large yachts have sold quickly because there were a lot of people who wanted a yacht instantly and had the cash to buy them. But many of the shipyards that build these boats have orders until 2012, so they can afford to survive without any new orders for a few years.”
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