Koru (yacht)

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	IMO number: 9857298 MMSI number: 319225400 Call sign: ZGQC5
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

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

Support vessel

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.^[12][13]

See also

• List of large sailing yachts