After almost two years of waiting, the yacht of Jeff Bezos It is finished and sailing since last April 6. The massive vessel is called the Koru, and it has caused a stir ever since the project was announced. Its dimensions make it the largest sailing yacht in the world and the second in the entire category of boats.
The luxurious mega yacht measures 127 meters in lengthhas three masts, two decks, the stern painted navy blue and a displacement of 3,300 tons, they describe from Boat International. It is only surpassed in size by the megayacht Sailing Yacht Awhich belongs to Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko and measures 143 meters long.
“The yacht features a black hull, white superstructure and classic exterior lines, which bear similarities to Lürssen’s Eos superyacht. Koru’s features include a large pool on the aft deck, a bowsprit seating area and multiple relaxation areas on her open decks.
It is estimated that the founder of Amazon paid for it between 430 and 500 million dollars, while its annual maintenance costs 25 million. It currently has about 40 crew members and sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands, the second most popular country for superyacht registration, with some 1,300 vessels under its jurisdiction.
The ship left the port of Rotterdam for Gibraltar earlier this month. Two days later, she docked on the coast of Mallorca, Spain, according to the specialized media. Of course, the ostentatious sailboat has been the focus of attention in the region (and in the world) because although her story is just beginning, she is already worthy of a novel.
The odyssey of Koru, the luxurious yacht of Jeff Bezos
It all started in May 2021, when it was revealed that the founder of Amazon had commissioned the construction of a sumptuous megayacht from the Dutch company Oceanco. Since then it has been learned that the ship, formerly called ‘Y721’, would be the largest made in the Netherlands, the unofficial capital of ships for the super-rich.
It is reportedly longer than a football field and has a support yacht with a helipad. His name, Koru, is of Maori origin and means new life, growth, strength and peace.
The billionaire’s mega-yacht was ready to leave Rotterdam in February 2022, but there was a problem: they had to dismantle a historical monument because the masts of the gigantic boat are too high to go under.
The construction company asked the city government temporarily dismantle the Koningshaven bridge. Known locally as ‘De Hef’, it was built in 1927 and is now considered a national monument.
Of course, with a current fortune of 125.6 billion dollars according to real-time data from Forbes, there was no problem in paying for the work. But that was the least of it, because the protests did not take long to break out.
The residents of the city were so outraged that they organized an event to throw eggs at Jeff Bezos’s yacht if they dismantled the emblematic bridge.
A few months later, in August, Oceanco reconsidered and withdrew its decommissioning request due to public outcry. In fact, Koru had to be secretly towed and take a longer route to avoid the bridge they nearly destroyed.
Bezos finally received his megayacht, the second largest in the world
Last February, the spectacular ship carried out its first navigation tests at sea, and apparently they were a success.
Now, the businessman’s mega-yacht is in Spain, ready to start cruising the world with one of the world’s richest men (and his billionaire friends) on board.
The 59-year-old tycoon is a fan of yachting. In 2019 he was seen off the Spanish coast with his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchezin the tycoon’s boat David Geffen. Shortly after they were caught browsing with the designer Diane von Furstenberg and your partner, and they have also been seen sailing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Although the first images of Jeff Bezos’s new yacht on the high seas have already been released, it is not known if the businessman has already released it or what will be his first big trip on board.
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