Koru (yacht)
Luxury superyacht owned by Jeff Bezos
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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 with a navy blue hull. The superyacht is reported to have cost at least US$500 million, and to require annual maintenance costs of at least $30 million.[6][7][8][9] When commissioned, the yacht was the second-largest sailing yacht in the world, after Andrey Melnichenko's Sailing Yacht A.
Koru Superyacht anchored off the coast of St. Lucia on January 5th, 2024 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Cayman Islands | |
| Name | Koru |
| Owner | Jeff Bezos[1] |
| Builder | Oceanco |
| Cost | $500 million |
| Yard number | Y721 |
| Launched | 4 August 2022 [2] |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lloyd's Register |
| Type | Schooner rigged sailing yacht |
| Tonnage | 3,493 GT |
| Length | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Capacity | 18 passengers |
| Crew | 40 |
It is named after the same Māori cultural symbol.[10] The koru represents a looped fern and signifies new beginnings.[11]
Koru and De Hef
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.[12] 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.[13]
Support vessel
