Super Yacht MALTESE FALCON ~ LARGEST SAILBOAT ~ ~

The 289 foot (88m) Maltese Falcon is the largest private sailboat in the world. This fine super yacht changed owners in 2009, and it is reported that the yacht was sold to Elena Ambrosiadou for the tidy sum of 120 million US dollars - a real bargain if you consider Tom Perkins was originally asking $165 million. Ambrosiadou, who grew up in Greece, is best known for setting up one of the most successful hedge funds in the world, and was Britain’s best paid female executive before moving her company Ikos to Cyprus in 2006. Although she appears to be shying away from the publicity, she will now be known not only as one the world's top female entrepreneurs, but as the owner of the world's most impressive sailboat.  Fact is, she is the only woman I could find who owns a mega yacht, anywhere!   As far as the boat goes, this sailing yacht's rig is impressive and complicated to say the least. It is also efficient, reaching nearly 20 knots under sail alone. The Maltese Falcon sports what is