Maltese Falcon Society "Success to crime." William Nadel of the New York chapter conducted a Dashiell Hammett/"Thin Man" walking tour of Manhattan. Founded by mystery writer Jiro Kimura, the Japanese chapter produced a newsletter called "The Maltese Falcon Flyer" ten times a year, and in 1983 began to present the annual Falcon Award. Co-founder Herron began to conduct the Dashiell Hammett Tour in San Francisco, the longest running literary tour in the United States. The San Francisco chapter meetings heard presentations by mystery novelists Julie Smith, Charles Willeford, Stephen Greenleaf, and Joe Gores. Other speakers included Hammett biographers Diane Johnson and William F.
Maltese Falcon (yacht) activate the controls, yet it is possible for a single person to operate the yacht. In a radio interview for the BBC World Service's Global Business programme broadcast in December 2007, Perkins claimed that he personally wrote some of the yacht's unique control software. On 4 November 2007, in a "60 Minutes" profile, Perkins suggested the yacht cost more than $150 million but less than $300 million, refusing to be more specific. Damon Roberts of Insensys, Ltd. was responsible for designing and manufacturing the DynaRig of "Maltese Falcon" at the Perini Navi premises in Tuzla, İstanbul. The design, testing and