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Jeff Bezos’ $ 500 million yacht arrives in the ocean for the first time


A 417-foot three-masted sailing yacht is testing out at sea.

Jeff Bezos’ giant 417-foot sailing yacht stretch your legs in the open ocean this week, still completely without an eggshell The residents of Rotterdam once promised the world’s largest sailing ship.

Oceanco yacht builders call this $500 million sailing yacht by its in-house series name – Y721 – during a multi-year development and production process. The ship can now be called by the name its super-rich owner gave it: the Koru. The Koru is a Maori symbol representing the spiral of an outstretched fern leaf.

“Its circular shape conveys the idea of ​​perpetual motion, and its internal winding suggests a return to the starting point. Therefore, the koru symbolizes the way in which life both changes and remains the same,” according to a definition from the New Zealand government.

Once delivered to Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos, the Koru will be the largest sailing ship in the world. It is currently undergoing offshore testing, which is considered one of the final steps before delivery. YouTube channel passionate about big boats Dutch Cruise Published footage of the test earlier this week:

Jeff Bezos’ 127m/417ft Koru sailing yacht has the first day of testing at sea

Koru got off to a controversial start in life after Oceanco petitioned the Rotterdam authorities about the possibility of removing a historic bridge to bring the yacht out to sea. However, the city council in Rotterdam has vowed never to allow the dismantling of the Koningshavenbrug bridge again, after it was shut down for a period of renovation in 2017. Known locally as De Hef, the bridge was heavily damaged by Nazi shelling during the Second World War but managed to survive. It became a symbol of local resistance against invading forces.

When news spread that the bridge might need to be dismantled, angry Dutch people responded by vowing to launch eggs at the yacht as it passed through town. The nearly 3,000 people However, those who have signed up for the hi jinx milk stall need not worry; Rotterdam City Council rejects Oceanco’s application and the boat was moved to a other shipyards without masts morning.

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