The appearance also placed the Emirates on a new competitive map in offshore yacht racing, a discipline long dominated by seasoned international crews.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, one of the wealthiest people in the technology industry, had named his 191-foot yacht “Izanami,” a reference to a JapaneseShinto deity associated with creation and death.
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A billionaire was forced to rename his $25 million luxury yacht after discovering a deeply offensive meaning hidden in its name.Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison had just named his new superyacht Izanami when he realised something is wrong.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison had just christened his new German-built yacht Izanami, blissfully unaware that reversing the name produces the phrase “I’m a Nazi.” ... Ellison reportedly sold the yacht after renaming it “Ronin”.
After spending tens of millions of dollars on a Florida safari park, he bought himself an enormous, 191-foot vessel — technically a downsize from his previous, 288-foot yacht — and named it “Izanami.”.