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by laut 6468 days 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.
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tlrobinson 6467 days ago
He 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.

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DabAsteroid 6467 days ago
Their crew is 20 people!

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22tom+perkins%22+yacht+crew+...

mostly, as Perkins says, "to keep the hotel humming.

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