Jump to content

Rising Sun (yacht)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rising Sun
Rising Sun at Nybrokajen in Stockholm, Sweden. August 2005.
History
NameRising Sun
OwnerDavid Geffen
BuilderLürssen
LaunchedMarch 2004
Identification
General characteristics
TypeMotor yacht
Tonnage7,841 GT
Length138 m (452 ft 9 in)
Installed power4 × MTU 20V 8000 M90 diesel engines 36,000 kW (48,000 hp)
Propulsion4 propellers
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Rising Sun in 2006 showing the rear and side of the yacht.
Rising Sun docked alongside other ships in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on February 4, 2017.

Rising Sun is a motor yacht designed by Jon Bannenberg, and built in 2004 by Germany's 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 initially bought a half share of the yacht in late 2006.[2]

A gym, a basketball court, a wine cellar and a movie theater are among the yacht's 82 rooms.[3]

Some of the guests on Geffen's yacht have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Oprah Winfrey.[4]

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Geffen drew backlash for posting on Instagram that he and his 45-member crew were self-isolating in the Grenadines on Rising Sun.[5][6][7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Fleet, Yacht Charter. "RISING SUN Yacht - Lurssen | Yacht Charter Fleet". www.yachtcharterfleet.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. ^ "Billionaires vacation: Jeff Bezos and Lloyd Blankfein on 138m superyacht Rising Sun". Yacht Harbour. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  3. ^ "10 of the most outstanding luxury yachts". www.cbsnews.com.
  4. ^ Brooke Marine (5 August 2018). "Which Media Mogul's Yacht Has Had More Famous People On It?". W (magazine). 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)
  5. ^ Liz Flynn. "A Closer Look at David Geffen's Yacht Rising Sun". Money Inc. Retrieved 28 March 2020. 45 crew members
  6. ^ "David Geffen: Net Worth, House, Private Jet and yacht Rising Sun". superyachtfan.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ Brown, Abram (28 March 2020). "Long Live David Geffen, Yachtmaster And New King Of Tone-Deaf Instagram Posts". Forbes. Retrieved 21 March 2020.