New 463-ft. 'Dream Ship' Will Be World's Largest Sailing Superyacht

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Oct 18th 2010 at 4:01PM

The incredible 289-ft. Maltese Falcon is still the world's largest, best designed, and most expensive sailing yacht - but not for much longer. Turkish yachtbuilder Dream Ship Victory just signed a contract with the same team that designed the Maltese – naval architects Dykstra & Partners and Ken Freivokh Design – on a new 463-ft. sailing superyacht (above) that will literally dwarf the competition and become one of the largest yachts in the world. Unlike the Maltese however the new Dream Ship will be constructed entirely of wood, and will boast four masts to the Falcon's three. An initial concept of the new behemoth, which features an Art Deco-inspired streamlined design, was presented at the Monaco Yacht Show on the Dykstra & Partners stand and construction is slated to begin in 2011.

[via JamesList]

Tags: Art Deco, Maltese Falcon, sailing, sailing yacht, superyacht, yacht, yacht design

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Athena's bigger 90 meters (295 feet) vs. 88 meters (289 feet) for Maltese Falcon.

Maltese Falcon is $378K/week to charter. Athena is $500K/week (see the URLs).

As for biggest and most expensive, I think Athena takes the trophy. I can't afford a week on either, yet.

Maltese Falcon:
http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter&charter=sailing-yacht-maltese-falcon-1096

Athena:
http://www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=Sailing-Yacht-ATHENA

reallytorkedoff Oct 19th 2010 4:48AM

Of course, if you just want BIG, try the Wind Surf. 617 feet, 156 staterooms, 191 crew members. But it's commercial, so I suppose it doesn't count for some people. And it's made out of steel, like real ships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wind_Surf.JPG

http://cruisediva.com/WindSurf_facts.htm