|Lurssen | 138.40M | "RISING SUN" Ex. 'LE120' | 2004 |

My sister emailed me this photo she took of Rising Sun in Cape Town on 6 May.

Nice shot Mike. Thanks for the close up!

As far as I know RS top speed is 30 knots!
The fastest Giga-Yacht (over 100m) ever built.
And it was initially designed as such by Ion Bannenberg.
The only Giga-Yacht with 4 props.
Even Eclipse has only 3.

Reported elsewhere that David Geffen is now full owner of Rising Sun.

well, seems she is at Lürssen for refit, maybe for then new owner as supposed. Nearby are also PACIFIC, TITAN and AQUARIUS, those at A&R.

Awesome shots, thanks!
I always thought that Musashi is the succesor of Rising Sun. She has the same iluminated railing like Rising Sun..

I am not aware of that but again thanks for these nice photos.
I guess taken from a cruiseship?

Rising Sun´s propulsion

´Rising Sun´ is propelled by four MTU engines of the same series, 8000, as ´Azzam´, with a slightly different power rating, 20V 8000 M90 (9.000 kW), each coupled to the screw. ´Azzam´ has two engines of the series 8000, model 20V 8000 M91 (9.100 kW), each coupled to the Wartsila´s steerable axial waterjet and two GE LM2500 (25.060 kW) gas turbines each coupled to the booster non steerable waterjet.
Otherwise, the latest and the most powerful version of the series 8000 is engine model 20V 8000 M91L with the power output of 10.000 kW. During the construction of the yachts ´Rising Sun´ and ´Azzam´ it did not exist yet.
MTU´s engines of series 1163 (yachts: ´Eclipse´ (?), ´Dubai´, ´Al Salamah´, ´Katara´, ´Dilbar´, ´Radiant´, ´Carinthia VII´, ´Indian Empress´, ´Constellation´, ´Stargate´...) and series 8000 (yachts: ´Azzam´, ´Al Said´, ´Yas´ and ´Rising Sun´) are in direct market competion with MAN Diesel & Turbo engines of series 28/33D, but I don´t know for any yacht having installed those MAN engines except yacht ´A´ which has two engines of series RK280 (an older MAN 28/33D´s version) that MAN B&W Diesel AG overtook together with the complete Ruston in 2000.

Mario

MTU 20V 8000 M91

The Mannequin Challenge of Rising Sun's crew. Besides the crew area, one can have a glimpse of the RS pool.