[johnyh]

Allowing safe, high average speeds in ocean conditions with less heel under sail than conventional rigs, the Dynarig's performance assets are matched by its efficiency, economic and environmental savings. Easily handled by single instrument panel operation with sails that can be set in seven minutes. Trimmed by automation and under the control of only one person, while harnessing wind power to reduce fuel costs with less expensive Dacron sails and emitting lower carbon emissions, the Dynarig of the 21st century is an idea whose time has come.

[kahealani]

In the early 1960's a Dynarig concept was developed in Germany to achieve alternative propulsion for commercial shipping during the oil crisis. The idea went into the archives when no Dynarigs where built. The owner of “Maltese Falcon" started the project with an existing Perini hull, he appointed Dykstra Naval Architects as the Naval Architects. Gerard Dykstra came with the suggestion for the Dynarig concept. The team for this complex, yet promissing project was formed and the work could start. After years of designing, improving and testing of the rig, “Maltese Falcon" succesfully completed her first seatrial in June 2006. The yacht has 3 free standing carbon fibre masts with each 5 individually sails, each mast can rotate to suit the wind direction. Setting all sails only takes 6 minutes and tacking can be done within 90 seconds, leaving as much as time possible for enjoying sailing this groundbreaking yacht.
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[scepticus]

The interior design and exterior styling of Maltese Falcon is done by Ken Freivokh Design. The main deck is a wide open space featuring a main saloon, an aft-cockpit, 2 separate studio areas and a dining room forward. Maltese Falcon can accommodate 12 guests in 5 lower-deck staterooms and 1 inimitable passage cabin on the upper deck with a private cockpit, a protected sun bathing area and direct access to the ultramodern wheelhouse with navigation and control area.
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[elody69]

Perkins made his fortune as one of the founders Silicon Valley, a part of San Francisco where the biggest tech companies have their headquarters. In many ways, he was the ideal venture capitalist, as he purchased early stakes of Facebook, Google and Genentech. Perkins was also an engineer with an MIT degree, and he was a great lover of technology.

[qqvfredc]

As the Black Pearl, the namesake of a famous pirate ship belonging to Johnny Depp’s legendary character Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean movies gains attention, ships using this sailing method are more and more likely to be mass-produced.

[distant]

The Maltese Falcon wason the covers of major yachting magazine for a time, while its owner remained the focus for media and enjoyed the attention of news organizations. Several years later, in 2009, all of this faded away and Perkins decided to sell his beauty, losing money in the process. It was reported that he invested US$150 million in it, but only sold it for less than US $100 million. He decided to move on to new technical challenges, instead of sailing the world on his legendary boat. His next investment were personal submarines as he started to explore the deeps. more

[AgoraMutual]

Humanitarian rescue for the Maltese Falcon here

[hauns]

On a small boat, there were 56 refugees, including 5 women and 6 children. here

[zzz]

Upon the vessel moving away, the entire group waved and cheered back to us with smiles of thanks. A most beautiful and enriching reward. An extraordinary epic for the crew, who will keep their memories of this day forever. here

[mar868lent]

Sailing from Antigua to St.Maarten we had smooth seas and some fresh faces in the crew eager and ready for action. We picked up our new amazing group of guests (who we already miss having aboard) and headed for the exclusive island of St.Barth’s. more

[b,ca]

We took the path less travelled and surprised more than a few islanders as we anchored off the white sand beaches and lush remote surroundings of Mayreu island. It was here that we put together a Beach BBQ of epic proportions for our charter guests. Chef sourced ingredients including fresh lobster, plantains, pineapple, rum and coconuts. A huge spread was put together and the setting couldn’t have been better! The weather co-operated and as the sun set the tiki torches were lit up and a steel band, famous throughout the Grenadine’s, graced us with a performance. more