Just two years after her launch, one of the most beautiful yachts in the world has been listed for sale. The Maltese Falcon is a 289-foot sailing yacht which has won many prizes for her innovative DynaRig sail design which allows the masts to rotate depending on wind direction. The yacht's unique contemporary interior was designed by Ken Freivokh and the yacht was built by Perini Navi. There are six guest cabins and eight crew cabins and was built by businessman Tom Perkins who sold his Bugatti to help finance the cost of the boat. Considering that the yacht cost $100 million to build the asking price of 115 million euros doesn't seem incredibly exorbitant. She will make some seafaring and wealthy businessperson very happy.

The Maltese Falcon, the amazing clipper yacht created by Tom Perkins has gotten its own coffee table book. The Maltese Falcon: Art of Innovation is a 240-page book full of lush photography and tells the story of the creation of this gorgeous yacht which was a labor of love for Perkins. The 287-foot yacht has three masts which can rotate depending on the wind direction. Just how was the $100 million it took to build this yacht spent? The book goes into the long hard journey from design to launch. The book however, will only run you £55. The book is a limited edition of 5000.

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Related: It looks like Perkins' house in Belvedere, CA is still on the market. It was our estate of the day back in October of 2006 and is listed at $20.5 million.

We are already familiar with Tom Perkins because of his amazing yacht, the Maltese Falcon. Perkins reportedly sold his Bugatti to finance the yacht, now the businessman has put his beautiful Belvedere, California home on the market. This home was built by Julia Morgan and George Kelham in 1928 for W.M. Stevenson. It has a French manor style with a European feel that includes lots of carved oak details that can almost distract you from the amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge. The formal dining room includes a 17th Century Flemish Tenier tapestry, the library has a fireplace and a hidden wet bar and the upper floor is home to the master suite which includes the bedroom with a Tudor oak headboard carved for a royal couple circa 1556. Other features include a large entertainment room with a full kitchen, a full service bar, a temperature controlled wine cellar and a French door opening onto a stone terrace and to the pool, a maid's quarter with a full bath off the entertainment room and a three car garage with additional parking spaces in the gated motor court. The lot also has a pool and a pool house, rose gardens, temperature controlled greenhouse, level lawns, stone paths, terraces, vegetable gardens and mature trees, flowers and fruit trees. Many of the home's furnishings are also available for purchase. It is listed at $20.5 million. After the jump, only a boat as amazing as the Maltese Falcon could tear a man away from a house like this.

Oh, she's a pretty one. CNet has pics of the Maltese Falcon, the $100 million megayacht created for venture capitalist Tom Perkins. The boat set sail in Italy on Friday. The Maltese Falcon, a $100 million yacht that the designers claim is the largest and fastest personal sailboat in the world, formally set sail in Italy on July 14. The 87.5-meter yacht has three masts which rotate depending on the wind direction. It took five years in development to create this unique vessel and the masts were developed by English company Insensys to have a a fiber-optic sensor system that gathers data on wind speed and force and helps the sails work more efficiently. The yacht was built by Perini Navi and, as we reported earlier, already has a home in Malta. According to an article in the Mercury News, Perkins reportedly sold his beloved Bugatti to help fund the yacht. You can check out design pictures on the Ken Freivokh Design website.