The island of Horta welcomed the Maltese Falcon with open arms and permitted us to drop anchor in their waters.

Maltese falcon yacht sail drop. To date the we have set and furled all the sails over one thousand times. This is a positive attitude considering the size of her rig positively colossal at 96 metres and the huge sail. Built at Perini Istanbul the companys Turkish shipyard this majestic sailing yacht has three masts with curvilinear spars naval architecture by Gerald Dijkstra and Partners now Dykstra Naval Architects and an interior design by Ken Freivokh Studio.

Unlike essentially all other sail boats---except perhaps the AeroRig--- which try to round-up in strong puffs the Falcon with her DynaRig simply accelerates with no effect on the helm and no change in heading. Boat International reports that the previous largest sailing yacht on the water is 9635 metre Sea Cloud a classic beauty launched in 1931 followed by the modern falcon-rigged iconic yacht. Built by Perini Navi in 2006 and last refitted in 2015.

Luxury accommodation for 12 guests in 6 cabins crew of 17. These remaining sails are squared so that they are at 90 degrees to the wind direction when the yacht is directly head to wind. One of the most head-turning and instantly recognizable yachts on the water Maltese Falcon pictured above has won more than 18 awards since her launch in 2006.

This 88m 289 ft vessel bears three towering masts each crossed by six yardarms and looks to all the world like the product of a Sci-Fi filmmakers imagination. Sailing at over 17 knots with a yacht weighing over 700 tonnes and finding her so quick to respond was exhilarating and was the final proof that Mirabella V is a great sailing yacht. There a number of reasons for this.

But most important there is no change in the shape of the sails. There is as yet no other superyacht with demonstrably reliable sailing. After two days at anchor we were graciously permitted to bunker fuel and take on fresh supplies.

Maltese Falcon is available for charter in the East Mediterranean West Mediterranean. The Maltese Falcon at anchor with its. The center of effort of the rig is relatively low.