Engineering:Rising Sun (yacht)
 Rising Sun at Nybrokajen in Stockholm, Sweden. August 2005.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Rising Sun |
| Owner: | David Geffen |
| Builder: | Lürssen |
| Launched: | March 2004 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Motor yacht |
| Length: | 138 m (452 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power: | 4 × MTU 20V 8000 M90 diesel engines 36,000 kW (48,000 hp) |
| Propulsion: | 4 propellers |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
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Rising Sun is a motor yacht designed by Jon Bannenberg, and built in 2004 by Germany Lürssen at their Bremen shipyard for Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, and last refitted in 2007.[1] Rising Sun has been owned since 2010 by businessman David Geffen, who had bought a half share of the yacht initially in late 2006.[2]
A gym, a basketball court, a wine cellar and a movie theater are among the yacht's 82 rooms.[3]
W magazine listed some of the guests on Geffen's yacht: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Julia Roberts, Maria Shriver, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Martin Short, Diane Sawyer, Diane von Furstenberg, Karlie Kloss, Peter Harrington-Cressman, Dasha Zhukova, Jen Meyer, Josh Kushner, and Sir Paul McCartney.[4]
Geffen and his crew of 45[5][6] self-isolated[7][8] in the Grenadines on Rising Sun during the COVID-19 pandemic, which drew some media controversy.[9]
References
- ↑ Fleet, Yacht Charter. "RISING SUN Yacht - Lurssen | Yacht Charter Fleet" (in en). https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-23073/rising-sun.htm.
- ↑ "Billionaires vacation: Jeff Bezos and Lloyd Blankfein on 138m superyacht Rising Sun" (in en). https://yachtharbour.com/news/billionaires-vacation--jeff-bezos-and-lloyd-blankfein-on-138m-superyacht-rising-sun-3403.
- ↑ "10 of the most outstanding luxury yachts" (in en). https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/10-of-the-most-outstanding-luxury-yachts/6/.
- ↑ Brooke Marine (5 August 2018). "Which Media Mogul's Yacht Has Had More Famous People On It?". W (magazine). https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/yachts-barry-diller-david-geffen-karlie-kloss-summer/. Retrieved 28 March 2020. "Diane Sawyer, Paul McCartney, and Bruce Springsteen are just a few of the talent to grace the 454-foot deck of Geffen’s "Rising Sun" (which also reportedly has a basketball court, by the way)"
- ↑ Liz Flynn. "A Closer Look at David Geffen's Yacht Rising Sun". Money Inc.. https://moneyinc.com/david-geffens-yacht-rising-sun/. Retrieved 28 March 2020. "45 crew members"
- ↑ "David Geffen: Net Worth, House, Private Jet and yacht Rising Sun". superyachtfan.com. https://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_rising_sun.html.
- ↑ Luscombe, Richard (28 March 2020). "Billionaire David Geffen criticized for tone-deaf self-isolation post". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/28/billionaire-david-geffen-isolation-coronavirus.
- ↑ "David Geffen Feeling Heat Over Quarantine Pic From His 450-ft. Yacht!!!". tmz.com. 28 March 2020. https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/28/david-geffen-yacht-isolate-quarantine-coronavirus-instagram-backlash/.
- ↑ Brown, Abram (28 March 2020). "Long Live David Geffen, Yachtmaster And New King Of Tone-Deaf Instagram Posts". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/03/28/long-live-david-geffen-yachtmaster---and-new-king-of-tone-deaf-instagram-posts/#c3966f16fd1f.
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