Regarding the light, from what I understand those lights are fibre-optic "ropes" and can be lit with basically any color you choose.
If you check http://www.savezoneinc.net/risingsun/ you can see that the smokestack in that occasion is lit with a yellowish light rather than this Las Vegas Green-style.

I have to say that this green is a bit... green for my taste

As I am a newbie here, I have to ask whether it is common with such an extremely high finish on the paintjob on all yachts?

I mean, you can almost use the hull as a mirror :-)
See for example DSC00339, DSC00340 and DSC00344 in my album...

When I saw the first night-shots taken in the BVI I wondered if there are any regulations regarding overt green lighting on a boat - so as not to be confused with navigation lights, from a distance?
Obviously, lying in Stockholm at the dock its a non-issue, but I wonder if the captain has to be cautious in other situations? Andy Lindy, you know the regs better than most, what do you think?

(also, should we be reverting to the Larry Ellison/LE120/Rising Sun thread??)

Having left Stockholm Thursday morning (August 18th), Rising Sun sailed as it seems straight down to Malmö. The training is already underway for the America's Cup in Malmö the boats having arrived by the Dutch transport ship M/V Schippersgracht a couple of days ago.

Any yachtspotter in Malmö willing to post pictures?

Living in Malmö I have been eager to spot Rising Sun, and she appeared today. In the distance I could see her in the Lomma bight, around noon. I returned to the port at 1830 hoping to to see her make a grand entrance or being moored, but disappointingly I could not see her at all! I suspected what has been confirmed above, that she had gone to Copenhagen. Too bad about that, but I'll keep You posted. Hopefully she will show up in Malmö, but to be honest, there aren't many nice places to moor a yacht of her size i Malmö. Either she will have to moor in the comercial cargo port, or near the Louis Vuitton yachts where there is construction work taking place.

Does anyone know which yachts (in addition to Rising Sun) might show up in Malmo for the race?
Where and when during the coming days will offer the best opportunity for yacht-spotting?

Hopefully I might be able to visit Malmo for a day or two and I would love to see as many yachts as possible... A promise: I will bring my camera!

Hopefully if I can find out when she leaves, I will try to go and take some pictures of her..., if anybody knows when?????


Modified by TvergaardOne at 9:18 AM 8/23/2005

Thanks i.a.

Louis Vuitton Acts 6&7 will be finished on September 4th. It's impossible to know beforehand the movements of Rising Sun. When she was to leave Stockholm the official time was August 17th at 2PM. But she didn't leave until the next morning. It's part of the game - disinformation. And in the specific case the owner is known to show up at the most unexpected time and place...

A local paper in Sweden apparently got in touch with a shipping agent, who confirmed that they have booked her a place on a quay in Malmö... the story didnt elaborate which dock though:
(sorry, its in Swedish! see fourth paragraph)
http://sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article115765.ece

http://www.bymnews.com/photos/...s=102

Modified by ITA_75 at 3:50 PM 8/25/2005

At 36,000kW Rising Sun would consume 199 g/kWh giving a total of 7,164 kgs or 8,631 litres assuming a specific gravity of 0,83 for marine diesel oil.

Assuming that one metric ton of MDO is $530 (yesterday at Rotterdam) the fuel would cost $3,800 every hour. I'm not including what would be consumed by the (max) four 1,040kVA generator sets.

Of course fuel is not the big issue here - I really don't think the fuel bill is so important when you consider the total annual cost for a yacht like Rising Sun.

One more interesting fact: The four MTU 20V 8000 M90 engines have a total weight of 186,000kgs!

The picture ITA75 is refering to is found on page 9.

Click on the yellow writing "Bildergalerie", then "Unser Video in Bildern" and then picture 9.

(This link will work only for a short while, I guess)

Modified by weser at 12:24 PM 8/27/2005

http://community.webshots.com/...sMgeo

http://hem.bredband.net/b265820/rising_sun/

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/risin...e-410

Modified by ITA_75 at 11:51 PM 8/26/2005

/still not a fan of the styling.

August 25 was windy, rainy and simply did not show Malmö from its best side. The America's Cup village was, according to my opinion, well designed and I also got the impression that the event was well organized. Because of the unfriendly weather there where however probably more staff and security personnel than visitors.
I was VERY sad and disappointed to realize that not one single yacht could be found (at least not in the non-restricted areas) in Malmö harbor. One of the many security staff that where guarding the empty super-yacht quays told me that Rising Sun had left for Copenhagen and two other yachts, which he had guarded, had left as well.

Today, August 26, was windy as well but also offered (mostly) a nice blue sky and sunshine. Determined to not return home before I had seen Rising Sun, I started the day by heading to the small port of Lomma, north of Malmö. From there I could spot her characteristic profile against the Öresund bridge (connects Sweden and Denmark). I quickly speeded back to the America's Cup village, from where I was finally able to take a few nice photos of the yacht, which was securely moored far out from land and nosy yacht spotters.
About 12am, shortly before the start of the day's first race, Rising Sun fired up her engines and quickly sailed away, past Lomma and moored somewhere outside of Bjärred, from where she could closely observe the day's action. Of course I later also went there and took a few more photos.
It was both beautiful and dramatic to see her silhouette, together with the competing yachts, the replica of the historic Göteborg sailing ship and what I think was the Royal Danish yacht, with the great bridge in the background.
Unfortunately, all my photos are from great distance. They are nice in there own way (at least to me) but don't offer a lot of details. I will try to email one to Diane during the weekend so it can be shared with the rest of you.

Now I hope that someone with better luck can contribute some more details and hopefully a few more photos...

Sorry, it's not just you. It does kind of look that way. I've been very vocal in my dislike of the design. In some (not many) shots she is sleek and elegant, and I find myself starting to warm up to her though.

There is a fine line between minimalism and sterile looking. In the case of RS, her interior would be the deciding factor. A warm but minimalist interior could change my view about her, but since we will probably never see any interior photos of her all we're left to comment on is the exterior.

She does score points in my book for using a tried and true propulsion system, four 20 cylinder MTU's in a CODAD (combined diesel & diesel) configuration with two engines per shaft. Exactly the way they do it in naval frigates.

Personally I'm leery of diesel/electric and azipod propulsion systems.

Cheers

Do you know if Carinthia VII shares the same configuration as Rising Sun? She certainly has the beam for it.