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He can pilot it himself. I think if you are going to have a mega yacht, sail is the way to go over power. Yeah, it's a floating home, but it can also sail - tha
by laut 18y ago
He can pilot it himself. I think if you are going to have a mega yacht, sail is the way to go over power. Yeah, it's a floating home, but it can also sail - that's awesome. You can take a tender into harbors.
Also, longer sail boats can go faster than smaller ones, when you don't plane. So a bigger boat means you can travel faster over long distances.
- tlrobinson 18y agoHe can take the helm or push some buttons to trim the sails when they're on open water, but I doubt Perkins is the guy navigating harbors and docking it. With a yacht that big it takes a professional. Their crew is 20 people! And while I've certainly never been on the Maltese Falcon, with a boat that big it seems like there wouldn't be much difference between a motor yacht and sailing yacht, except the sailboat heals over a bit and you save a lot on fuel.
- DabAsteroid 18y agoTheir crew is 20 people! http://www.google.com/search?q=%22tom+perkins%22+yacht+crew+hotel http://www.google.com/search?q=%22tom+perkins%22+yacht+crew+... mostly, as Perkins says, "to keep the hotel humming.