Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed

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Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 28, 2012 @03:02PM from the sail-differently dept.

schwit1 writes "Venus, the incredible luxury yacht Steve Jobs had been designing up until his death a little over a year ago, seems to have made its first appearance as a finished product in the city of Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, its design is breathtaking. Reportedly designed in a joint effort between Jobs himself and Philippe Starck, the stunning ship first showed up on the blog One More Thing, which posted some stills as well as a few other details. The ship is about 230 to 260 feet long, for instance, and made entirely of aluminum, which makes it particularly light. And if you had any doubt this is Steve Jobs' yacht, there are seven 27-inch iMacs in the wheelhouse. According to One More Thing's sources, the Jobs family will be present for the yacht's christening ceremony proper, thought it's unknown whether or not they intend to use it, or what its ultimate fate may be. Regardless of what may happen to her, she sure is a beauty. It's certainly a shame Steve Jobs never got the chance to see her finished."

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iSore? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-28 15:04 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't know, it looks more like an iSore to me.
1. Re:iSore? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-28 15:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Congrats on first dickishness. Very clever.
  I don't own any Apple products, and likely never will - I have major philosophical differences with that kind of closed-source approach.
  But y'know what? Jobs was a fucking genius, and that boat is a clear expression of how his vision matured over the years. Just because I don't like the underpinnings of Jobs' genius doesn't mean I can't appreciate it for what it was.
  Oh, and y'know... he's dead. Those wars are over, asshole.
  None of what you said alters the fact that the boat is sort of ugly. When vision matures in this particular manner it's usually called cataracts.
2. Re:iSore? by slashmydots · 2012-10-28 15:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't worry, it will use Apple Maps and crash into something in Nebraska. Yeah, that far inland, lol.
Bandwidth saver by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-28 15:08 · Score: 5, Funny

For those of you who wish to save bandwidth and not seek out a picture:
Imagine USS Seal and Merrimack having a love child.
Imagine a hurricane depositing a pagoda on top.
But not as pretty.
It's a fake. by aurashift · 2012-10-28 15:18 · Score: 5, Funny

And if you had any doubt this is Steve Jobs' yacht, there are seven 27-inch iMacs in the wheelhouse.
Why yes I do. I doubt any egocentric billionaire could afford one of those $1800 27-inch iMacs, much less seven of them. Good lord, such opulence!
Jobs' Yacht Released by Stephen+Gilbert · 2012-10-28 15:41 · Score: 5, Funny

No sails. Less space than an aircraft carrier. Lame.
Re:Seaworthy? by OhANameWhatName · 2012-10-28 16:22 · Score: 5, Funny

What happens when one of them takes a good sized wave?
It's important to hold the ship at the correct angle to the wave.
Where can it dock? by ExploHD · 2012-10-28 17:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Too bad it needs a proprietary port
Re:iBox by Garridan · 2012-10-28 17:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Worthless? Didn't you look at the pictures at the end of the article? It seems that the craftspeople who worked on the ship got an iPod shuffle each! That's a $50 value! Hardly worthless.