The Maltese Falcon: Art on Innovation

The Maltese Falcon is a clipper sailing luxury yacht owned by American hectomillionaire Tom Perkins. It one of the largest privately-owned sailing yachts in the world at 88 metres (289.1 feet), after yachts such as Royal Huisman’s Athena and Lurssen’s Eos . Ken Freivokh Design were the appointed designers (after an invention from the German engineer Wilhelm Prölss). The yacht was constructed in Tuzla, Turkey by the Italian firm Perini Navi. The Falcon was the third yacht built by this firm for Perkins.