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Koru (yacht)

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Koru Superyacht anchored off the coast of St. Lucia on January 5th, 2024
History
Cayman Islands
NameKoru
OwnerJeff Bezos[1]
BuilderOceanco
Cost$500 million
Yard numberY721
Launched4 August 2022 [2]
Notes
General characteristics
Class and typeLloyd's Register
TypeSchooner rigged sailing yacht
Tonnage3,493 GT
Length127 m (417 ft)
Capacity18 passengers
Crew40

Koru is a luxury custom superyacht owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. The vessel was built in the Netherlands by Oceanco starting in 2021, and delivered in April 2023.[3][4][5] It is a three-masted sailing yacht 127 meters (417 ft) long and reported to have cost $500 million or more.[6][7][8] When commissioned, the yacht was the second-largest sailing yacht in the world, after Andrey Melnichenko's Sailing Yacht A.

Koru and De Hef

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In 2022, Rotterdam announced that the city's historic De Hef bridge would be temporarily partially dismantled to allow the yacht to pass through. This move was controversial because the bridge is a Dutch national monument owing to its history.[9] Eventually the dismantling plan of the 'De Hef' bridge proved to be unnecessary. The masts were stepped when the vessel was moored downstream of the bridge in the Rotterdam Harbour.[10]

Support vessel

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Abeona anchored off the coast of St. Lucia in January 2024.

A 75-metre (246 ft) 1,900 Gross ton yacht support vessel, the Abeona, will "shadow" Koru, providing additional crew accommodation, a helipad with enclosed helicopter accommodation, and capacity for relief supplies.[11][12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Koru Yacht • Jeff Bezos $500M Sailing Superyacht • Oceanco • 2022". SuperYachtFan. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  2. ^ "127m Oceanco Y721 superyacht launched in the Netherlands". SuperYacht Times. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  3. ^ Matza, Max (May 14, 2021). "Jeff Bezos and the secretive world of superyachts". BBC News. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "127m Koru Delivered by Oceanco". www.yachtharbour.com. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jeff Bezos' superyacht will see historic bridge dismantled". BBC News. February 3, 2022. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Nicole Lyn Pesce (May 11, 2021). "Here's where Jeff Bezos's superyacht ranks among the world's most expensive boats". MarketWatch.
  7. ^ Kurt Schlosser (May 10, 2021). "Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht". Geekwire.
  8. ^ Oliver Moody (May 11, 2021). "Jeff Bezos rides ultra-rich superyacht wave". The Times of London.
  9. ^ "Rotterdam has confirmed it will dismantle a historic bridge to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fit through". BBC News. February 3, 2022. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "Miljoenenjacht van Amazon-baas Jeff Bezos duikt op voor Zuid-Hollandse kust". February 15, 2023. p. 1. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  11. ^ Damborsky, Katia (11 February 2023). "75m custom Damen Yachting support vessel delivered and named". Boating International. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Inside Jeff Bezos' shiny new US$500 million Koru megayacht and Abeona vessel". South China Morning Post. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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