![]() ![]() In a 60 Minutes profile on November 4, 2007, Perkins suggested the yacht cost more than $150 million, but less than $300 million, refusing to be more specific. Since that time, Perkins has been renting out The Maltese Falcon for between €325,000 to €335,000 per week, plus expenses. It completed its trial sail in the Sea of Marmara to the Bosphorus strait on June 12, 2006, and made its maiden voyage from Turkey to Italy via Malta in July 2006. The Maltese Falcon was registered in Valletta, Malta in 2006. The boat also includes an onboard gourmet chef and stewards and stewardesses. The yacht has a permanent crew of 18 to maintain the technical aspects, including the rig and to operate the onboard "hotel", which can accommodate twelve guests plus four guest staff. The Maltese Falcon was the third yacht built by Perini for Perkins. Other design was provided by Ken Freivokh Design. The three carbon fiber masts, which are free-standing and able to rotate, were manufactured and assembled by a company financed by Perkins at the Perini Navi Istanbul "Yildiz Gemi" (literally: Star Ship) yard in Tuzla, 50 mi (80 km) east of Istanbul, Turkey, under the supervision of the English company Insensys and Dutch company Gerard Dijkstra & Partners. ![]() 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. It was built after the dynaship concept, a 1960s invention of the German hydraulics engineer Wilhelm Prölss, which was intended to operate commercial freight sailing ships with as few crew as possible. Maltese Falcon is able to cross the Atlantic in just 10 days. The maximum speed of the boat is of about 21 knots. ![]() It consists of three constantly rotating masts, which hold 15 sails. This boat uses the innovative sailing system DynaRig. Maltese Falcon, the world’s largest sailing yacht 88 meter (289 ft) has been sold for USD 100 million and is built by the Italian Perini Navi Yacht. ![]()
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