BAR HARBOR, Maine — One of the largest private yachts in the world has been anchored off the local waterfront for several days and is expected to be around for another day or two, according to local officials.
The Rising Sun, owned by recording and film executive David Geffen of Malibu, Calif., is more than 450 feet long. According to Forbes magazine, Geffen has an estimated net worth of $5.6 billion and is ranked the 57th richest person in the United States.
Rising Sun reportedly was built for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in 2004 by Lurssen Yachts, a private family-owned shipyard in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. According to the website Superyachts.com, Rising Sun can carry up to 16 guests and 45 crew members. The boat has a top speed of 28 knots or 32 mph.
According to Wikipedia, Rising Sun is the 10th largest motor yacht in the world.
Charlie Phippen, Bar Harbor’s harbormaster, said Saturday that the boat has been anchored off Eden Street, in Frenchman Bay in front of College of the Atlantic and several seasonal hotels, because the other anchorages in the bay have been occupied by cruise ships. Rising Sun is too large to tie up to the municipal pier or its attached floats, he said.
Aside from cruise ships, Bar Harbor usually gets a steady stream of private yachts all summer long, most of which tie up at the town pier or at local hotel marinas, according to the harbormaster. Private yachts that don’t tie up to local piers usually are anchored in the harbor or bay for privacy reasons or because they are too big to navigate the inner harbor, he said.
Other notable yachts have appeared in Bar Harbor in recent years. In 2006, The Floridian, a 228-foot yacht owned by billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga, anchored off Bar Harbor. In September 2011, the Mirabella V, a sloop with a mast 290 feet tall, anchored in Frenchman Bay.
Also off Mount Desert Island, Rebecca, a 139-foot yacht owned by Texas billionaire Charles Butt, has made multiple recent summertime appearances in the mouth of Somes Sound. Butt owns a summer home nearby in the Mount Desert village of Northeast Harbor.
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This is news?!?!!
Yes
Big deal, so what. Did he get flooded in.
Yes it is an if he likes it here than he will spread the word an people will come
I hope not.
Well, I don’t know about ‘News’ but I had been curious about the boat…
Is he going to crash his helicopter in Deer Isle?
who cares?
You do. You rail against these people on a daily basis. It’s not fair that they are wealthy and their money should be redistribued, immediately. Where is your sense of outrage? Social Justice? Speak up!!
What, East, are you drinking again??
Certainly the finest post of the day…
patten has always been like that
Actually, I have nothing against building wealth, that is good, I do have a problems with shipping our industrial might oversees, and leaving our people without good paying jobs with benefits, I have a problem with people buying foreign cars not made in America, if you are lucky to be an American, an American car should be a sense of pride, and this clown had his yacht made in Germany with American money, I have a problem with the rich seeing to it that all processing plants on the Coast of Maine were shut down because it got there yachts hulls dirty, yeah, so again I say, to his arrival, who cares.
The word jealous , yes that what they are.
Nothing wrong with being jealous. It’s a common emotion. The trick is to learn how to be jealous without showing it.
Aye. Nothing wrong with jealousy, indeed. To look upon the possessions of others with envy is to want those things for yourself. That is directly related to ambition. Jealousy often drives people to success. Nothing wrong with that. I partially agree about your last statement, but I feel like even jealousy, if used and expressed properly, can be beneficial to a person. In matters of the heart, for example, knowing when to show jealously could mean the difference between a second date or whatever. Of course, I’m terrible with relationships, so, mind that last bit, yeah?
must be nice
He must have heard that LePage was giving out get out of taxes free cards.
I’ve often wondered what it is like being ignorant.
I could take the time to explain how laughably ironic your statement is here but I think I’ll just leave you in the state you’re in. I might need another chuckle later.
Accept criticism well do we?
If that’s what you come here to do (as so many on the right so often do) then you’re in the wrong place and currently wasting your time talking to someone who is smiling about you.
You are BLIND if you believe only “the right” criticize others; and you are one of the more faithful in your criticism of those with whom you disagree.
Paying no tax in Maine is easy…have a kid at 18 or 19, refuse to work, and let the rest of us pay your way….we will even give you money for alcohol, cigarettes and tattoos.
Breaking news! Up here in the North Maine woods,it’s raining and I saw four blackflies.
How far will a billionaire go out of his way for cheap Lobster?
Just as far as he wants to I guess.
touche’
At least to Bar Harbor?
a little late?
Never heard of David Geffen, but he’s probably never heard of me either, so I guess we’re even.
He’s a one percenter – the type that is funding Romney’s campaign and making all of the suckers out there think this election is about God and guns.
Get a job, then you too will have some money.. Quit milking the welfare system.
Funny post and to the point. I’m a 1%er. Being a 1% isn’t that hard and it’s actually quite fun. This guy is more like a 1% of the 1% of the 1% er. Good for him. Maybe with hard work and innovation other people can have such luxuries. But you know Stevey, now the left just wants to criticize the wealthy and make an argument that they are entitled to his wealth some how. So, so sad. I am getting a little sick and tired of the wealthy feeling as though they have to hide it. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, rather proud…I’m writing a song…”I’m wealthy and I know it…yea”
Ha ha I love these people who. It’s for Romney and his policies that protect the rich while the middle class gets kicked to the curb. The rich won’t be satisfied till they control everything. Now they want our social security and Medicare. Vote for Obama !
I’d be very interested in hearing what you did to “earn” your 1% status.
I operated casinos in Massachusetts. You’ve been there right? Ha.
Nope – I think they’re sleazy.
There are no casinos in Massachusetts. Try again.
Most people these days have inherited their wealth. It’s phony wealth.
Your self righteousness shows.
Wow. You seem really nice. I bet you have a lot of friends.
Protest against Wall Street/corporate-owned government activities that caused a global recession does not equate to “milking the welfare system”. Ask the Tea Party. Their first protests were against the Wall Street bailouts.
Bangorian…..you’d better sit down before you read this. Are you ready?
David Geffen is and has been a big financial supporter of Obama.
Did I just hear a thud?
Bangorian is a classic fire from the hip poster without any knowledge. Just be happy you don’t live in his world. Half of what he writes is a flat out lie. Maybe that’s why he supports Obama/Biden. I loved his post where he talked about Massachusetts having too many casino’s. LOL.
Bangorian is one who should use his/her head for something than hating everyone and everything around him without knowing any truth.For all you people who think the only rich people are just Republicans I have several acres of ocean front property on top of Mount Katahdin!
Geffen is openly gay, has given millions to Aids research, Bill Clinton, Obama and hundreds of left wing organizations. He is as far left as left can get but you keep spouting your uneducated spew if it makes you feel better.
Coincidentally, he’s also actively supported gay marriage legislation in California.
What kind of bubble do you live in? As a record producer he has produced Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Cher, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, Olivia Newton John,, and Jackson Browne, just to name a few. He has also produced movies like Beetlejuice, Little Shop of Horrors, and many others. He is also an openly gay A-lister, that has given millions to medical research, the arts, Democratic political causes, and many other charitable causes. He is almost as brilliant as he is arrogant. Maine can use the publicity of a celebrity like him choosing to vacation here.
maybe he is looking for maine talent. maine has had a few celibrities
What is a celibrities?
don’t forget john lennon.
David Geffen donated a ton of money to Obama and his PACs. Obama is a one-percenter, too.
Obama is a fake.
1% by wealth = $8.4 million minimum total worth. Obama is a 1%er like Romney started in small business.
If he has anything to do with Hollywood then we will be in Obama,s A– pocket.
Actually he’s funding Obama’s, he’s very liberal. It’s 11:45 did you get dressed yet?
His mother hasn’t brought his clothes down to the basement yet.
ha ha ha. go listen to your joni mitchell and john lennon records. he produced them. you paid for them.
You are aware that David Geffen gave 1.7 million to the Obama campaign? Of course you are, ….. aren’t you?
Bangorian, please read the comments below. He’s a big financial supporter of {gasp} Obama. Opps.
I doubt it… he is a a Hollywood type. They are typically Liberals.
Big record company executive : Geffen, with Elliot Roberts founded Asylum Records in 1970, which signed artists such as Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Linda Ronstadt, Judee Sill, and J.D. Souther.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geffen
maybe he his looking for maine talent
yup, this is news??? who cares what the filthy rich are doing….
I happen to find it interesting.
touche….to each his own….
or the Hollywood ilk
He must be taking a little vacation before the Nov. elections to rest up for all the work creating jobs. Think of how many more he can make with the extra $250k in his pocket
all the money in his pocket came from US. we buy his records and watch his movies. most of which are very good and worth paying for. he provided a good, we consumed it, he’s rich for it. good for him. only wish i’d done it.
This must drive the Occupy Bar Harbor folks crazy knowing that those 1%’ers are right off shore.
Geffen is a liberal (gave to Clinton and Obama) and actually pretty generous with his money to charities.
So is Stephen King. The liberals don’t hate the 1%, only the 1% that votes republican.
As long as he spends his money in my shop… :)
You know it, the 99% will demand he give them some of HIS money….
The OBH folks arent even good enough to wipe this guys behind…
Come up to Bangor
Well, they aren’t paying a docking fee, but there’s no mention of a mooring fee in the harbor. What does the town gain from this little visit? Nada.
Oh, he’s rich, so he should paya docking fee, however anyone else should not?
Why are you worried about it, none of your business.
I drove down to Bar Harbor yesterday and noticed the yacht – and then came home after dark when it was all lit up. It looks beautiful, would love at some point to be able to go on one and see the inside as well! I admit at times my little green-eyed monster does come out and I wish at least for a time I could see what it would be like to “live like the other 1/2 live” – or in the case of the “Occupiers” – how the 1% live. Heard a story today that one of the estate owners on the island did not bother coming up to their summer home this year, but did fly the private jet up with their dog so she could stay at the house for 2 months while the estate caretakers took care of her. Hard to imagine….
Sara, refreshingly honest on these pages! Thanks for the post.
You know Sara, with that attitude you can. People around you with wealth are becoming very empathetic to those that try to get ahead but are restricted from getting there because they are having their paycheck stolen from them to pay for needless entitlements. Most wealthy people I know were not born that way but created it. When others try to claim their effort, they are not well received. If I had the keys to that yacht, I would hand them over to you for a cruise because I can tell by your post that you would appreciate it.
No one minds honest wealth but few have that. Open the accounts and let’s see the truth.
Thanks! Hope you have enjoyed the beautiful weather today – not going to be too many days like this around here… At this point in my life, the only chance I have had of going on ships like this were 1)”Senior Cruise” out in Boston Harbor when I graduated college and 2) The family cruise we went on about 5 years. Hoping to be able to go on another cruise in the next few years, but gotta get the bills paid off first instead of putting ourselves in more debt than we already are…. Between the medical bills from a few hospital stays between myself and my son this spring and the “typical” home owner bills: mortgage, home equity, property tax; not to mention just general living expenses we are getting by, which is more than some people are fortunate enough to say.
What industry are you in Sara? Just curious?
Where to start…. currently I am in the education field and have been for the last 11 years in one way or another. I taught school for 8 years, and now I run a state-licensed home-based child care so I can be home with my little guy and get my daughter off the bus. For my “fun job” I am a consultant for a Direct-Sales Gourmet Food company called Tastefully Simple, which I do on a part-time (nights and weekends) basis to get me out of the house and make a little extra money on the side.
I have undergrad degrees in Education and Speech Communications and my M.Ed. degree in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment w/ a focus in Literacy. I don’t think I want to go back to a “traditional” teaching job this point, would like to work more with Curriculum as a Literacy Coach or Assistant to a Curriculum Coordinator if I stay in the education field… I have also been looking at other lines of work using more my Communications degree, but as of yet nothing has panned out financially to make it worth the cost of having to put my son in full-time care and my daughter in after-school care. When you are little, every one asks you what you want to do when you grow up, I am now thinking “What do I want to do when my kids grow up?” – or at least when I get both of them in school!
I
am here to tell you from first hand knowledge that being a stay at home
parent is the toughest job out there but also the most rewarding. I
have a tremendous amount of respect for people that put their career on
hold while they stay home to raise children. A lot of people (judgmental
shallow people) believe that “WE” republicans just want to keep our
wives home, barefoot and pregnant when that is completely not true. The
fact is that many of us republicans respect our wives so much and love
them so much that we know there is nobody better suited to raise our
children then their mother. When a woman has to leave the household to
raise money for the family I also have a great deal of respect for that.
I believe deep down that most women would love to stay home and raise
their children if they were financially flexible enough to do so. It
must be painful for many women to leave the home for something as simple
as money. Now men on the other hand, many of us if given the
opportunity to go to work or stay home and raise children would choose
work all day because we know it is much easier. I have been very blessed
in this world and have a lot to offer but a mothers love is one of a
kind. My wife is truly the greatest and strongest person I have ever met
and I have met a lot of “powerful” wealthy and incredibly successful
people.
I wish you well in your business. I know some people in the day care
business that do very, very well. As for your wish of sometimes getting
to see how the other half lives, I think you will make that happen. I
can float you some ideas of how to do that if you are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_(yacht)
I used to have a 17′ canoe. Does that count?
I had one, too! Mine was an Old Town Tripper. Maybe not as fast as the yact, but lots of fun in the whitewater rapids.
Past tense. No longer counts. I build canoe’s. Some longer than 17′. Together, we can make it count, again. Call me!
I made pancakes for my kids this morning….
Plain, Blueberry or Chocolate Chip?
I fully expect the card carrying members of Maine’s Left Wing to be down there at daylight protesting the horrific 1%–that means you, Chellie Pingree, etc.
Nah Chellie and Don are probably gonna buy that boat and are up takin it for a spin
.001% in this case.
will he be tossing coins to the excited natives?
It’s a sad day in journalism when Wikipedia is used as a source. First, it was the Weekly recently. Now the Bangor Daily as a whole.
Wikipedia is a lead — a secondhand source at best. It is not authoritative.
There are more effective paths to getting on the payroll than providing copy editing and editorial services for free.
Another Democrat who is in the 1%!!
ROMNEY / RYAN 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know it, Fo Sho..
Seaman or Johnson 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not looking to start a riot, but honestly asking, IF (key word here) we are willing to admit neither of these guys stand a chance of winning due to lack of publicity (aka: not being invited to the debates, etc…) then by voting for them aren’t you by defunk really voting for Obama to stay in office? That of course, being based on the idea that most people that would tend to support Johnson, if given the choice between Obama and Romney, would more likely vote for the “lesser of two evils” and vote Romney if there were only 2 choices? I understand the rah-rah philosophy of “every vote counts”, but in reality, if you know some one does not stand a chance of winning based on polls and whatnot, should you vote for them “to make your voice heard” or vote for the “next best thing” that stands a chance of winning?
My policy is “what happens in the booth stays in the booth”. I suggest voting for who YOU want in office.
“I suggest voting for who YOU want in office.”
Unfortunately, Thomas Jefferson is dead.
I’m with ya.
Carter isn’t.
Jefferson was an unabashed slave owner.
I would have preferred Alexander Hamilton.
Well, hey now. I agree. ‘Tis even worth a like. Fancy that?
Cheers.
If I’m correctly getting the drift of your post, your suggesting Romney is the lesser of the evils. I don’t feel that way, Obama and Romney are one in the same.
What it looks like to me is the government is saying “Look people, you have the pick of “our two people” You may pick one.”
If we don’t get some serious change and dang soon, we are completely screwed.
We need to break out of the box. following the same path that hasn’t worked in decades tells me find a new path. Johnson or Seaman are the new path.
Change needs to start someplace and if it’s one vote at a time, so be it.
And besides when either of the governments “boughten boys” gets in office and people start complaining, I can say to myself, thankfully I had no part of the same ole mistake.
Thanks for your thoughtful and respectful response…. :)
R&R TO TAKE US BACKWARDS–Thanks but no thanks!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
BREAKING NEWS…….Geffen wakes up and eats breakfast. Plans on taking dump by 9 AM. Stay tuned to BDN for further developments. We now return you all to your meager lives.
Oh my, the 99% in Maine will be demanding that he give them some of his money because they think they are entitled to it..
Just what we need coming to
Just what we need, another liberal gay 1%er infecting our way of life.
Look, just because Geffen overshot the Port of Ogunquit, you don’t need to be hating on him.
yur outta here…
He is going to need a lot bigger coffin if he plans on taking that skiff with him.
Reading the comments crack me up, people are so jealous that this man is rich, get over it and move on folks.
I saw The Rising Sun when it was at the pier in Cartegena Spain. Nice boat, but not my style so I passed on it.
But the Mr. Geffen, there is a famous song about him by Mojo Nixon and The Toad Lickers….
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=mojo%20nixon%20bring%20me%20head%20david%20geffen&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CBsQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-cso_dpHdjM&ei=GPSDULW4CofWsgbjzYHABQ&usg=AFQjCNE8AbUCGfpAScma5nu53getoAS40A
Well…famous if you’re a Mojo fan.
Ya..
Dont be a hater.
No hater here, Jest a poor man,that beleave in being fair with everyone..!!!
All men are created equal. If you choose not to stay that way, well that was your decision.
Brush up your resume (pay special attention to spelling) and go out and beat the pavement looking for a job where you can improve your station in life.
people say there are plenty of jobs just that they do not want to work .
From Geffen to Ellison it’s always nice to read about the wealthy who do nothing for the poor! At least Gates and Buffet spend billions helping others.
i think the poor and middle class should look up to and identify with their betters. god has obviously bestowed his blessings on the rich.
ohhhh, ahhhhh… that’s over… got firewood to get stacked
In the 1960s, there was a phrase for this: conspicuous consumption. Sorry, Mr. Geffen. Not impressed.
Mainegal, I doubt seriously whether Mr. Geffen gives a hoot in hades if he impresses you.
I would suspect that Geffen is in what liberals like to call the 1%, but that he supports Obama and other liberals wholeheartedly, contrary to one comment here.
Darn it! I told Geff not to use my boat and say it was his! He wanted to borrow it to go to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard to be with his buds. Can’t trust anyone these days. I think I will get him kicked out of our 1% club and how can I punish him? Hmmm…got it! He will have to live with the occupiers for a week and clean up their mess.
45 crew members for 16 guests. Wow! That’s what I call service. The buffets must a whole other kind of heaven.
why is this news?
When I saw the photo, my first thought was that a cruise ship was here. Then I saw the caption that it is only Geffen’s yacht. Nice boat is all I can say.
Surely this accommodates more than only 16 guests. It reportedly has 82 rooms. Let’s get the facts straight.
I noticed the yacht was built in Germany, see everybody how the one percenters money trickles down to us, isn’t that wonderful. DON’T VOTE FOR ROMNEY AS THIS IS WHAT YOU’LL GET– ZERO.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Zero is right……as in Ozero!
Zero foreign policy
Zero economic growth
Zero oil independence
Zero balanced budget
Zero, Zero, Zero
But you will get
Lots more taxes
Lots more rehtorical BS
Lots more smoke and mirrors
And lots more vacations for Ozero & tribe.
Romney Ryan 2012
Prior to their economy being completely destroyed by two world wars (while America only grew in power and wealth) the Germans had been building ocean fairing ships when American’s were still dancing around fire’s and living in Teepees. So now, several decades after, with their economy’s rebuilt and once again thriving, European countries are producing better quality cars and goods. Yachts too, apparently. All while American’s scream bloody murder because their delusional “dream” is ending before their eyes. Yes, it’s a scarey world, once you wake up.
You are so right @DevilDude:disqus ! They have been so much more advanced since WWI in science and technology that we had to “steal” the German scientists away after WWII.
Wouldn’t want to be a cover band on MDI not paying the royalties costs …. I haven’t met one local band that does pay up.
I am here to tell you from first hand knowledge that being a stay at home parent is the toughest job out there but also the most rewarding. I have a tremendous amount of respect for people that put their career on hold while they stay home to raise children. A lot of people (judgmental shallow people) believe that “WE” republicans just want to keep our wives home, barefoot and pregnant when that is completely not true. The fact is that many of us republicans respect our wives so much and love them so much that we know there is nobody better suited to raise our children then their mother. When a woman has to leave the household to raise money for the family I also have a great deal of respect for that. I believe deep down that most women would love to stay home and raise their children if they were financially flexible enough to do so. It must be painful for many women to leave the home for something as simple as money. Now men on the other hand, many of us if given the opportunity to go to work or stay home and raise children would choose work all day because we know it is much easier. I have been very blessed in this world and have a lot to offer but a mothers love is one of a kind. My wife is truly the greatest and strongest person I have ever met and I have met a lot of “powerful” wealthy and incredibly successful people.
I wish you well in your business. I know some people in the day care business that do very, very well. As for your wish of sometimes getting to see how the other half lives, I think you will make that happen. I can float you some ideas of how to do that if you are interested.
Very well said @Bushfan:disqus ! Your wife is a very lucky woman and kudos to you for acknowledging the difficulties in raising children whether you are a working mother or a stay at home mother. There is still controversy over working mothers and them missing out on raising their children – I am one of those workign mothers and I make time to be at school for any activities that involve their children. It is very hard and I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband who supports me in my decision to contribute to the household finances and takes time out of his business to attend as well. Thank you for your thoughtful and positive outlook!
Maybe he is scoping out for his next movie – who knows. I think it is wonderful that these billionaires make their way up to our beautiful coastal areas. I am fortunate enough to live on an island off the coast and I throughly enjoy bragging about it. Why wouldn’t anyone be happy to show off their area and to have it publisized? So what if he is a part of the 1% – why does that even matter to any of us? He has earned that money and he deserves to have those luxuries…
Pretty disgusting…Think of the people that could feed……and for folks who get their knickers in a twist about welfare….We have socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the poor…How can we abide Bank of America not paying any taxes……60% of our budget goes to past wars, present wars, and future wars………7% goes to health and human services…
I’m sure that most of his billions is tied up in equity and not all in his private bank account. He is a very charitable man if you do some research on him. We shouldn’t put our country’s deficit issues onto the wealthy like Mr. Geffen here. Many of the wealthy people, like Oprah for example, donate to charities and do fundraising. I do agree with you about Bank of America’s tax evasion and our budget but, I find it a bit unfair to be asking billionaires to get us out of our recession – we need to do this on our own as a country.
He could buy Maine. Twice.