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Maltese Falcon Off the Market

Maltese Falcon sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge last fall to participate in the Leukemia Cup Regatta.

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It looks like Tom Perkins has finally found a buyer for his 289-ft miracle of modern sailing, Maltese Falcon. Perkins had put Falcon on the market last year for a whopping $180 million, but it took a price slash of about $80 million to hook a qualified buyer. In an interview with Britain’s The Times newspaper, Perkins admitted that "it is not the best time in the world to sell it," and that the identity of the buyer will remain confidential.

Wouldn’t it be something if the owner of the world’s largest motoryacht — Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich — thought it would be cool to own the world’s largest sailboat as well?

At 557 feet, Eclipse has plenty of room for her two helipads, pool, luxury spa, mini sub and missile detection system. Falcon could be her tender.

Eclipse
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