Rising Sun (yacht)
Motor yacht built by Lürssen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 bought a half share of the yacht initially in late 2006.[2]
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Name | Rising Sun |
Owner | David Geffen |
Builder | Lürssen |
Launched | March 2004 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Motor yacht |
Tonnage | 7,841 GT |
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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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, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Springsteen, and Oprah Winfrey.[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]