Steve Jobs' Yacht 'Venus' Launched in the Netherlands
Earlier this year, it was revealed that French designer Philippe Starck was working with Dutch shipbuilder Feadship on a new yacht for the family of Steve Jobs. The yacht had been mentioned in Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs as a project he had been working on since 2009, but the ship was not completed before his death last year.
Dutch site One More Thing now reports [Google translation] that the ship, christened "Venus", has officially launched, with Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs and their three children participating in the event.
Photo from @basvanderploeg
The aluminum-hulled ship is said to be 70-80 meters in length and features seven 27-inch iMacs lined up in the wheelhouse to help run the controls.
Dutch site One More Thing now reports [Google translation] that the ship, christened "Venus", has officially launched, with Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs and their three children participating in the event.
Photo from @basvanderploeg
The aluminum-hulled ship is said to be 70-80 meters in length and features seven 27-inch iMacs lined up in the wheelhouse to help run the controls.
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9 months ago
Sad Steve never got to see it launch and enjoy it with his family.
---> Video of yacht http://youtu.be/0mUp1PP98uU
(Love the part where the doors slide open)
---> Video of yacht http://youtu.be/0mUp1PP98uU
(Love the part where the doors slide open)
9 months ago
I don't think so, the 27 in models are not coming out until December.
Yeah, like the Jobs family couldn't get access to prototypes.
9 months ago
Awful. It's typical Starck nonsense. Really surprised that he was picked by Jobs. As a designer he's the anthesis of Ives.
9 months ago
Do they have it in a size that'd fit in my house?
My house would fit in that yacht!
9 months ago
That's a nice looking yacht.
Plus, nice use of iMacs.
You think so? Looks fugly to me.
It's like some kid designed a "fan version" of an Apple Yacht. Even the iMacs look like they were put there as some kind of joke.
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