‘The Stand By was originally on a roughly reciprocal course to that of the Falcon.
‘A few minutes before this photo sequence was taken, the Falcon had turned to port, to give the right of way to the smaller yacht, which was to leeward on the starboard tack. The top of the Nordic 40’s mast also punched a hole in one of Falcon’s sails.Īs for the smaller boat, a big chunk was taken out of her bow. Maltese Falcon suffered damage to a section of her starboard topside and rail. The owner of the 289ft superyacht Maltese Falcon, Tom Perkins has posted an account of a collision his yacht was involved in with a Nordic 40, Stand By, on San Francisco Bay.
