At the Newport Shipyard…

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maltese falcon, perini
We were docked next to this rather conspicuous beast while racing in the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta this past weekend. Let’s see how quick you all can tell me her name…

And these two 100-footers were parked on our stern:

 

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Rob Almeida

Rob Almeida is Partner/CMO at gCaptain. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1999 with a B.S in Naval Architecture and spent 6.5 years on active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer. He worked for a year as a Roughneck/Rig Manager trainee on board the drillship Discoverer Americas. Rob is an accomplished sailor and competes in the US Australian Rules Football League. Rob can be reached at rob@gcaptain.com and via Google Plus

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10 Responses to At the Newport Shipyard…

  1. avatar Robert L. Day III says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:00 am

    Maltese Falcon

  2. avatar Robert L. Day III says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:00 am

    Maltese Falcon

  3. avatar Robert L. Day III says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:00 am

    Maltese Falcon

  4. avatar Robert L. Day III says:
    June 13, 2011 at 2:11 am

    I’ll put in Rambler on the right in the second photo…the frac rigged beauty on the left is a mystery to me.

  5. avatar Membio says:
    June 13, 2011 at 7:14 am

    The Maltese Falcon is stunning to look at.. but even more amazing to see at full sail–  She set sail, came along our starboard side then braced around our stern at full speed and was still going at 10 knots with only topsails.  (Caribbean Jan 1 2011)

  6. avatar Captain Jack says:
    June 13, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    Well I thought it was one of those new fancy fangled terrestrial HDTV antennas some jerk installed on his yacht so he would watch reruns of Boobwatch for free…. I mean, Baywatch. Not to say that’s a bad thing though.. ;-)