Rising Sun (Yacht)

The Rising Sun in Stockholm, Sweden ( August 2005)

Lloyd 's Register of Shipping

IMO number: 8982307

The Rising Sun is a built on the Lürssen shipyard mega yacht with a length of 138 meters; she's making it the ninth longest mega yacht in the world

History

The British constructed by Jon Bannenberg ship is the second largest motor yacht that is not owned by a head of state. The purchase price is estimated at over 200 million U.S. dollars. The ship has been one extradition in 2004, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, which gave one half to David Geffen, 2007. 2010 took over Geffen, the remaining shares of Ellison, after this, a new yacht had built.

Equipment

The ship has four MTU 20V8000 M90 diesel engines of the type having a total capacity of 36,000 kW, which act on four propellers. It thus reaches a speed of more than 28 knots.

On board on five decks 82 rooms with a total size of about 8000 m², including bathroom with spa bath and exercise, recreation and sauna rooms, an extensive wine cellar and a theater with plasma screens. The teak deck of the ship is more than 3300 square meters. On the main deck aft there is a basketball court, which can be used as a helipad.