Tom Perkins – The Greatest Sailboat Ever – Maltese Falcon
yard in Turkey put the Falcon in the water in 2006, ready for sea trials. There is some competition to the title of the grandest yacht of all–the Athena (being built by Netscape founder Jim Clark) and the Mirabella V (being built by Avis Car Rental magnate Joe Vittoria). Athena will be the largest sloop, and Mirabella V the largest schooner. But the Maltese Falcon will be a marvel of mechanics, engineering, and techonology, married with the romance of the age of sail, dressed out in the …
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