One Big ASS Boat September 30, 2008

Thanks to my friend Sumanth for the hit on this post and the “Berderp” blog for the post.

This boat is nuts – the “Maltese Falcon” I guess it’s called.  Owned by Tom Perkins (Hewlett-Packard, Kleiner, Perkins fame), the boat is 289 feet and absolutely dwrafs other boats around it easily measuring 40-50 feet.  Under sail like this, I’ve never seen anything like this.  Perkins, an avid sailor his whole life (read the book “Valley Boy” – Perkins’ autobiography for some other crazy sailing stories).  This guy leads quite the life.  Here’s what he’s riding around in these days:

The other boats are between 30-45 feet on average...

The other boats are between 30-45 feet on average...

Next to the GG...Woah.

Next to the GG...Woah.

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Katharine October 21st, 2008
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