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St. Thomas: Rising Sun Super Yacht by Scott Smith (SRisonS), on Flickr

Some interesting info on that yacht... the 10th largest in the world!!! .....


"This vessel’s Japanese-style name is sufficient clue that she was built for Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle. In 2006 he sold half ownership to media mogul David Geffen who bought the remaining half in 2010.

Reported to have originally cost of more than $290 million, rumour has it that Rising Sun’s length was extended by some 18m during construction (her project name was LE120, rather indicating an original length of 120m) to ensure she was larger than the 126.2m Octopus belonging to Microsoft’s co-founder, Paul Allen.

Rising Sun was built in Germany and launched in the autumn of 2004. She made her first appearance in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2005. Her five decks, which contain 8,000 square metres of living space, include a gym, a cinema, an extensive wine cellar and basketball court, plus accommodations for 16 in the owner’s party. One of her tenders is a catamaran whose main function is to carry the yacht’s 4x4 vehicle ashore.

Builder: Lürssen
Naval architecture: Jon Bannenberg
Interior design: Laura Seccombe"
 
thanks traylorc! - and another amazing big cat image by you!

Scott - love the shot of the yacht as well as the back story. :thumbsup2
 














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