Maltese Falcon Reportedly Sold for $100 Million
The 289-ft. Maltese Falcon, the world's largest, best designed, and most expensive sailing superyacht, has reportedly been sold for $100 million just a week after we reported the price had been slashed by $40 million. The incredible craft, which had at one point been listed as high as $165 million, was built by Perini Navi for venture capitalist Tom Perkins. The London Times reports Perkins has now found a buyer. "It has taken a while," he conceded to the paper, noting his profit margin had shrunk somewhat. "It is not the best time in the world to sell it. I can't tell you anything at all about the buyer. There is confidentiality." With its three 20-story carbon fiber masts fully rigged the yacht can cross the Atlantic in 10 days.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
boulderhorn Aug 3rd 2009 6:34PM
This is certainly one of the most amazing ships on the sea right now. Whomever the new buyer is, they are lucky to have purchase such a wonderful vessel for such a great price.
Valerie Aug 3rd 2009 8:36PM
I think their out of their mind with way too much money that has a thing for ugly boats.
db Aug 5th 2009 3:54PM
Considering this yacht is all most 300 feet long and cost of $300M to build, I would say the buyer got a bargin!
DB
mike_wilson1 Aug 7th 2009 1:06AM
It was not built for 300 million. Its also funny how many pieces of false info can go into such a short article.
db Aug 7th 2009 9:42AM
I guess Mike Wilson did not see the 60 Minutes profile on Tom Perkins, in which it was pointed out that the yacht was built at a cost of over $300M.
DB
Kriton Sep 5th 2009 8:50AM
No. what Perkins actually said was that it cost more than $150 million, but less than $300 million. He would not specify what or where within that range the actual figure was.