All cabins on Maltese Falcon have King or Queen berths. Four guest suites that can convert into two enormous VIP suites each with his/her heads. Full beam Master with King berth, a seperate full beam dressing room and private gym on lower deck. Maltese Falcon has a VIP cabin on upperdeck with queen berth. 6 full sets of dive gear, water skis, snorkeling gear. Maltese Falcon has a full gym with Techno gym, stairmaster etc. Maltese Falcon has 2 32′ Pascoe RIB Tenders. Atlantic crossings in ten days are on offer from this extraordinary yacht! A masterpiece of technology and design, the Maltese Falcon is a yacht without equal….from $600,000 per week….” ![]() ![]() The 88 meter clipper Maltese Falcon is the largest sailing yacht in the world and in a breeze Maltese Falcon’s immense DynaRig powers her to record shattering speeds.Maltese Falcon’s interior is luxurious with a rich contemporary décor, delightful to the eye and soothing to the soul. Maltese Falcon is the ideal choice of yacht for large scale entertaining while meandering between smart anchorages, or for that once in a lifetime blue water ocean passage, foaming through the crests, under a towering cloud of sail. “A privileged few will be fortunate enough to experience Maltese Falcon under sail. If you want to charter the Falcon this is how it’s sold: What’s as amazing as the physical boat itself is that it’s designed for just 12 people–and a crew of 16!! I could insert lots of interior photos but mega yachts like this all have fabulous interiors. Unlike a typical mainsail or spinnaker or jib, these beauties unfurl and stay put as the on board computer senses the wind and positions the mast so that the sails will capture as much wind as possible–without having to be “re shaped” like normal sails that are hauled in or out by hand and winches to do the same thing. The sails are completely electronically controlled. What gives the Maltese Falcon such speed is what’s known as a DynaRig. After all she said, “it’s an enterprise”. But because she uses it “only two weeks a year”, you and your friends can rent it by the week for a just $600,000. But even at anchor, its astonishingly low waterline, rakish deck and those amazing masts were jaw-dropping.īuilt in 2006 for an internet tycoon for a reported $160 million, the boat was sold a few years back to a global hedge fund queen for a mere $90 million. ![]() With more than 25,000 feet of sail, my only regret is not seeing the ship underway. Like antennae on some galactic spaceship, the masts on the Maltese Falcon not only soar into space, they can be rotated to ensure optimum wind capture to propel the ship under sail power alone, at at astonishing 20 knots!
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