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:








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