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| Builder: |
Perini Navi/Yildiz Gemi |
| Interior Design: |
Ken Freivokh |
| Architecture: |
Gerard Dijkstra |
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There was little debate among our editors about which yacht should receive this year’s award
for Most Innovative Sailing Yacht. Tom Perkins’ 88-meter Perini Navi,
The Maltese
Falcon, spent the second half of
2006 blowing minds from the Med to the Caribbean. Our Justin Ratcliffe wrote of
The Falcon’s official unveiling in Italy, "A glance at her
freestanding, rotating, 58-meter carbon fiber masts convinced us we were looking
at something utterly new." Perkins, a self-described "tech nerd," participated
in his yacht’s design and execution in an intimate way, from modifying her
existing Perini hull and designing her appendages to setting up a facility in
Turkey to fabricate her unique spars. The bulk of her construction was
accomplished at the Yildiz Gemi shipyard under the watchful eye of general
manager Baki Gökbayrak. Her one-of-a-kind sails are by Doyle. The technical and
aesthetic innovations on this yacht are too numerous to detail. They extend to
modifications of pieces from Perkins’ art collection to fit The Falcon’s many curved bulkheads. Joining Perkins in the
creation of this unique yacht were Fabio Perini, owner of Perini Navi, naval
architect Gerard Dijkstra and designer Ken Freivokh.
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