Steve Jobs' Yacht Impounded In Amsterdam 221
SchrodingerZ writes "The Venus, Steve Jobs' custom-made mega yacht, (valued at 137.5 million dollars), has been impounded in Amsterdam. Philippe Starck, the boat's main designer, had The Venus impounded by debt collectors, after supposedly Starck and his company, Ubik, were paid only 6 million of the 9-million-euro commission. Roelant Klaassen, a lawyer for Ubik, released in a statement that 'These guys [Jobs and Starck] trusted each other, so there wasn't a very detailed contract.' 'The Venus is a floating ode to both Jobs and Starck's minimalist aesthetic. Made entirely out of aluminum, with 40-foot-long floor-to-ceiling windows lining the passenger compartment and seven 27-inch iMacs making up the command center.' The ship was unofficially unveiled in late October, a year after Jobs' death. It now sits dormant in the Port of Amsterdam, until the payment dispute is resolved."
Re:"Valued"? (Score:3, Funny)
...something tells me it would fetch a lot less.
How much does a pound of aluminum get you at the recycling center these days?
Re:"Valued"? (Score:5, Funny)
"Valued at 137.5 M$"?....something tells me it would fetch a lot less.
Yes, but it was machined from a single block of Aluminum.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:5, Funny)
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That is the ugliest (Score:2, Funny)
That is the ugliest piece of shit I have ever seen. Its not a boat, its an accident at the aluminum smelter. Not to worry though: you can put it out of its misery by melting it down and turning it into about 500 million Android phones (you could sell the lot for the cost of about 20 iPhones(tm)), and Android would go from 75% market share to 95% market share. Just think about how many iPhones you would have to sell to buy one of these: about 20 iPad owners collectively could have bought it though.
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It now sits dormant in the Port of Amsterdam
And here I thought it would require a proprietary port.
Re:News for nerds? Stuff that matters? (Score:5, Funny)
Its inner hull is made of titanium and it can dive to 3000 feet.
Any ship can dive to 3000 feet.
It's not drowning everyone and coming back to the surface that's the hard part...
The Legacy Lives On! (Score:5, Funny)
paid only 6 million of the 9-million
Clearly, they were holding it wrong.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure in a storm Steve would reroute all power to the reality distortion field and it would be all Sunny and a flat sea for them.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:5, Funny)
What makes you think those windows aren't made of inch-thick transparent aluminium? People inside will have a whale of a time, even in a storm.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:4, Funny)
you must be a mac user, they're always saying windows will be your downfall.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:5, Funny)
Look at the photo, top right side of the page. Just aft of mount 51 (the big gun) and below the flying bridge
Now I know how people feel when I tell them to look at the component next to the capacitor next to the socket.
Re:"Valued"? (Score:3, Funny)