Posted on 10/28/2012 8:12:44 PM PDT by Swordmaker
“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,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors. “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,” Slivka reports. “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.”
Read more at onemorething.nl
I'll give you odds that it will be copied by other yacht builders in the future. . . just as every other Steve Jobs project has been copied.
Yeah, and in another 8 months there’ll be an upgraded version.
IShip. You don’t even need to be alive to run it.
There is an app for that.b
While I bet the transom does all types of oragami-esque opening, folding, launching, water slides, tenders, platforms - this is the ugliest transom.
The high decks exude elitism - provides safety and security and privacy - allows all on board to conveniently observe the unwashed masses.
Definitely the first - and last - in a series. Remember Halcyon?
I hate to be contrary, bit I love it! Looks easy to clean
I hate to be contrary, bit I love it! Looks easy to clean
You won’t need to. There’s an all-Chinese crew to do the menial stuff.
That was my first thought! Steve was, and Jon is, all about "Rounded Rectangles" and everything Apple makes uses them throughout.
As one who grew up around sailing ships on the Chesapeake bay, the so-called lines of this boat are a horror to the eyes.
I'm really very turned off by it.
The panel on the side, is that for the caterpillar drive?
“This yacht fits a minimalist mindset...”
I’m guessing I have the wrong idea on the meaning of “minimalist” if it can be used regarding an $xx million dollar yacht!
Looks like the frikkin Potemkin.
I would’nt sail that thing to a dogfight.That is one piss poor excuse for a yahct.
That was not a jet.It was a Boeing model aircraft from the late 30s.The lines are so much cooler that that shitbox that jobs had built.
ummmmm... looks like FDR’s yacht in white paint
It's a floating Eichler with a bridge controlled by a row of washing machines.
Samsung should build an exact copy as a joke.
Considering its ugly that probably wont happen.
I just learned that Apple is also the largest hedge-fund in the world. Has $117 Billion in cash being managed by its in-house investment group.
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