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''The Maltese Falcon'' built by Perini Navi in Tuzla, Turkey is a ship-rigged sailing luxury yacht, commissioned and formerly owned by American venture capitalist Tom Perkins.〔 It is one of the largest privately owned sailing yachts in the world at , similar to Royal Huisman's ''Athena'' and Lürssen's ''Eos''. The yacht was sold in 2009 to Elena Ambrosiadou the founder of IKOS Ltd., the Cyprus-based hedge fund. ==Provenance== 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. 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 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, east of Istanbul, Turkey, under the supervision of the English company Insensys and Dutch company Gerard Dijkstra & Partners. Other design was provided by Ken Freivokh Design. ''The Maltese Falcon'' was the third yacht built by Perini for Perkins. The yacht is easily controlled and has been seen to sail off her anchor and away from berths within harbors. The yacht's sophisticated computer detects parameters such as wind speed automatically and displays key data. An operator must always activate the controls, yet it is possible for a single person to pilot the yacht. In a radio interview for the BBC World Service's Global Business programme broadcast in December 2007, Perkins claimed that he personally wrote some of the yacht's unique control software. ''The Maltese Falcon'' has two Deutz engines running at 1,800 rpm with a top speed of with minimal wave-making and virtually no vibration or noise and with a smooth and non-turbulent wake. 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 boat also includes an onboard gourmet chef and stewards and stewardesses. ''The Maltese Falcon'' was registered in Valletta, Malta in 2006. It completed its trial sail in the Sea of Marmara to the Bosphorus strait on 12 June 2006, and made its maiden voyage from Turkey to Italy via Malta in July 2006. ''The Maltese Falcon'' currently charters for between €400,000 = $548,240.00 to €420,000 = $575,652.00 per week, plus expenses. On 4 November 2007, in a ''60 Minutes'' profile, Perkins suggested the yacht cost more than $150 million, but less than $300 million, refusing to be more specific. Perkins and the yacht were the subject of a prize-winning biography, ''Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built'', by ''Newsweeks David A. Kaplan. The book in 2008 won the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for best business book of the year. ''The Maltese Falcon'' was listed for sale in 2006 on Yachtworld.com, with an asking price of €99 million with engine hours listed at 1,890 hours.〔(2006 Perini Navi Boat For Sale ), Details, yachtworld.com〕 Perkins sold the yacht for £60 million in July 2009. There is now a new and improved Maltese Falcon sailing yacht design concept as unveiled by Perini Navi Italy, complete with the same type of rotating rig. The new 102-metre Falcon yacht design is larger, faster and better according to Perini.〔(The New & Improved Yacht Maltese Falcon ), Details, ChareterWorld.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Maltese Falcon (yacht)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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