Rising Sun Yacht
Rising Sun
is a mega-yacht commissioned by Larry Ellison. Today, the yacht is owned by
David Geffen.
Delivered in 2004, the
Rising Sun was built by the legendary Lursson Yacht
s
of Germany. The exterior of
Rising Sun was designed by Bannenberg &
Rowell Yacht Design of the United Kingdom. The interior of
Rising Sun was designed by Seccombe Design of the United States.
Rising Sun measures 453 feet (138 meters) in
length, which is about 50% longer than a football field, and weighs almost 8,000 tons.
The yacht has more than 80 rooms with a total living space of over 86,000 square
feet in five decks, all for the pleasure of only sixteen guests, who are
served by a crew of over forty. That averages five rooms and almost three crew
members per guest.
Propelling the
Rising Sun are 4 screws that are powered by four
MTU 20V 8000 M90 diesel engines with a combined thrust of 49,000 horse power. It has a maximum
speed is 28 knots, which is fast for a yac
ht this big.
Finding the 244 feet (75 meter) long Katana, his previous water toy, too
small for his ego, especially when compared to
Paul Allen's Octopus, which
is 414 feet or 126 meters long, La
rry Ellison commissioned
the
Rising Sun to be 40 feet longer than Microsoft co-founder's water toy.
He sold Katana
when the Ris
ing Sun was delivered, and then sold
the Risi
ng Sun in 2010 to David Geffen, the music producer and
Hollywood mogul who in 1994 co-founded DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg,
two other Hollywood moguls.
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ts like the
Risi
ng Sun cost and how much should you pay for your pleasure boat?
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