"I read with interest your story last month about Tom Perkins' 289-ft Maltese Falcon coming to San Francisco, and hoped to see her on a trip there at the end of the month," writes Mark Hazlett of Honolulu. The new co-owner requests confidentiality, so I can't share the name."įalcon had been listed for sale at $180 million. " She is now off the market, as I am taking on a 50% partner in the boat. "You may have heard that Falcon has been for sale," Perkins writes. Murdoch is, of course, the owner of News Corp, which recently purchased The Wall Street Journal. "I am hoping to use Falcon to assist in the Leukemia Cup charity event on October 4 and 5," continues Perkins. In any event, thanks to Falcon's unique Dyna-Rig - she has three free-standing masts - she's been the most celebrated sailing yacht in memory. While Jim Clark's Athena and Barry Diller's Eos are both slightly longer, they are longer thanks to bowsprits, and have significantly shorter waterlines. Trust us, no sailor is going to want to miss that event.įalcon, of course, is the 289-ft Maltese Falcon, which by most forms of measurement is the largest sailboat in the world. ( Atlantide is Perkins' 122-ft motoryacht that was built in 1930 and completely restored by Perkins in '99.) I will email you with the most likely time of day for our arrival under the bridge, when our ETA is clear. "I want to let you know that Maltese Falcon will be arriving in San Francisco in late September, and will be on the Bay most of October. If you love big boats and spectacles, you're going to love the this news from Tom Perkins of Belvedere:
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