Venus (yacht)

Venus is a super yacht designed by Philippe Starck's design company Ubik[2] and built by Feadship for the entrepreneur Steve Jobs.[3] However, Jobs died in October 2011. The yacht was unveiled a year later and cost more than €100 million.[4]

Venus
Steve Jobs' yacht Venus in Portugal (Faial Island)
History
 Cayman Islands
Name: Venus
Owner: Laurene Powell Jobs
Port of registry: George Town, Cayman Islands
Builder: Feadship  Netherlands Koninklijke NV De Vries Scheepsbouw
Cost: €100 million
Launched: October 2012
Christened: 2012
In service: 2012-present
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Super yacht
Tonnage: 1,876 GT
Length: 78.20 m (256.6 ft)
Beam: 11.80 m (38.7 ft)
Draught: 3.00 m (9.84 ft)
Notes: Data from builder[1]

History

Venus was unveiled on 28 October 2012 at the Feadship shipyard in Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. The yacht was named for the Roman goddess of love.[5]

The yacht was impounded on 21 December 2012 at the Port of Amsterdam following a dispute over payment. The designer, Philippe Starck, claimed that Jobs' heirs owed him €3 million of his €9 million fee for the project.[6] The yacht was only impounded for a few days until the dispute was resolved.[7]

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See also

References
  1. "Venus - Feadship Royal Dutch Shipyards". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. "Steve Jobs's £80m yacht impounded over unpaid bill". The Daily Telegraph. 21 December 2012.
  3. Banrji, Robin (29 October 2012). "Steve Jobs high-tech yacht unveiled". BBC News Online.
  4. "Steve Jobs super yacht impounded over unpaid Starck designer bill". Reuters. 21 December 2012.
  5. "Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed, Christened 'Venus'". Mashable. 28 October 2012.
  6. "Steve Jobs' high-tech yacht impounded over bill dispute". BBC News Online. 21 December 2012.
  7. Aune, Sean P. (24 December 2012). "Steve Jobs Yacht Freed From Impound After Unpaid Bill is Settled". TechnoBuffalo. Retrieved 6 September 2016.


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