Maltese Falcon Society Maltese Falcon Society The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel "The Maltese Falcon," and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan. The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco on May 20, 1981 by literary historian and biographer
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