![]() At full power the two 1,800hp Deutz engines – which turn at only 1,800rpm – made almost no noise so little that the sound from the air-conditioning in the aft cabins was louder than the sound from the engines. The engine trials were also a great success: the specification called for 18 knots, but she achieved nearly 20 (19.6) knots, with minimal wave making and virtually no vibration with a smooth and non-turbulent wake. The maximum loading on the masts never much exceeded 50 per cent of our (very, very, conservative) limit, so, we have plenty of room for some even better results.” While having the appearance of the rigging of a 19th-century clipper ship, it was not actually implemented on a sailing vessel until several decades after its design because of a lack of. Since it was our first day out, and we wanted to be careful, these results were achieved with the topgallants and the royals furled – so we expect even better numbers in further tests. Maltese Falcon masts The DynaRig is a conceptualization of a square-rigged form of rigging, designed in the 1960s by the German engineer Wilhelm Prl. The leeway angle was well under 5 degrees (without the daggerboard in place). “The angle of heel was around 15 degrees, but in a puff, once touched 20 degrees. ![]() The balance is, essentially, perfect – with weather helm never exceeding 0.6 degrees on the wind, or 2.5 degrees on a fast reach. The Maltese Falcon sailboat is a clipper sailing luxury yacht owned by American Tom Perkins, and is the largest privately-owned sailing yacht in the world at 289 feet (88 metres). On a close reach at 60 degrees relative angle, the speed (still at knots 16 true wind) climbed to 14 knots. Everything worked as engineered and the yacht achieved some remarkable numbers: hard on the wind in 15.8 knots true, at 38 degrees relative wind angle, we sailed with no fuss or strain at 10.5 knots. Tom Perkins the owner, who acted as project manager during both project conception and construction of his vessel, commenting on the first sail said: “The Maltese Falcon has written a new page in the history of yachting, the DynaRig is no longer an experimental concept. ![]() Having spent well over two decades photographing and writing about superyachts, along with the people who design, build and own them, Justin is a leading photojournalist in his field. Justin Ratcliffe, Editor-at-Large, Europe, Yachts International. Perini Navi successfully completed the first trial sail of the 88m Clipper Yacht the Maltese Falcon last Wednesday in an 8-16knt offshore breeze on the Bosphorus sea. H2 Yacht Design Maltese Falcon Sail-Assist hybrid DynaRig Laurent Giles Naval Architects.
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