Jeff Bezos’ massive yacht is apparently too big to anchor near others in Florida

First of all, Jeff Bezos’ new mega yacht was too big to sail under a bridge in the Netherlands. Now the enormous ship’s size – it is more than 400 feet long – appears to be preventing it from keeping company with other private yachts in Port Everglades, Florida, where it is anchored.

Instead, the megayacht, called Koru, is packed with huge oil tankers and general container ships.

Koru is a sailing yacht, unlike the much larger diesel boats popular with other billionaires. It is the largest sailing yacht in the world, according to Oceancothe Dutch company that completed the construction of the boat earlier this year.

The deck area of ​​the three-masted schooner has three Jacuzzis and a swimming pool. According to Oceanco, the inside has a ‘timeless, contemporary style’, with natural wood tones, warm neutral colors and patterned textiles. It also includes a mermaid on the bow that looks like his partner, Lauren Sánchez.

Koru, which Bloomberg estimated would cost approximately $500 million to rebuild, arrived at Florida port on November 22 after departing Gibraltar earlier this month, according to Marine Traffic, a real-time maritime data platform. A Port Everglades spokeswoman confirmed Thursday that Mr. Bezos’ yacht was in port.

Mr. Bezos’ journey on his new yacht got off to a rocky start. Last year, city officials in Rotterdam initially agreed to dismantle De Hef, a 95-year-old bridge, so Koru could pass through from the nearby city where the bridge was built. The disassembly process would have taken more than a day, as would putting it back together. But after an outcry from the community – including calls to throw eggs at the boat as it allegedly passed – Oceanco decided against this and the yacht was towed to another location to have the masts attached to it.