Steve Jobs' Yacht Christened 'Venus' is Launched [Video]

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The yacht Steve Jobs was working on with French designer Philippe Starck and Dutch shipbuilder Feadship has been launched, reports OneMoreThing. Christened 'Venus' the yacht was unveiled at an event in Aalsmeer, Netherlands. The event was attended by Laurene Powell Jobs and their three children.

Employees who have worked on the ship OMT told that the ship between 70 and 80 meters long. The exterior is entirely made of aluminum so the ship is much lighter than other yachts. A unique feature is the large sun terrace (with Jacuzzi) on the foredeck and the continuous windows in the bow. Behind the portholes are the quarters of the crew. At the stern hatches which are smaller (speed) boat back down to the country to achieve when a port is too small for the ship. The control of the hunting is done from seven 27-inch iMacs in the wheelhouse.

Workers who helped build the ship were invited to the event and thanked with an iPod shuffle.

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Juan Atlast - December 25, 2012 at 10:29am

A super yacht styling very difficult to swallow. Awful lines !!!

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Mouse - October 30, 2012 at 9:10am

No where in the class of Ferretti or Wally 118 or heaven forbid an Eclipse yacht. Jobs has just become a cheap jonnie in my books if that is all he could afford to give the working team of builders. A MAC Pro would have been a better choice. Maybe he could not afford that?

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John - October 31, 2012 at 7:07am

He's dead you idiot, it wasn't his choice to go with the iPod shuffle. Probably his greedy old lady. They definitely would have at least got the new Gen iPod Touchs if he were still alive. It's sad he didn't see it finished though.

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russelll - October 30, 2012 at 12:19am

A shuffle? That is fuckin' cheap!

Shuffles are good gifts for children, but not craftsmen of multi-million dollar yachts.

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Rockne1865 - October 29, 2012 at 9:23pm

I wonder why he didn't build it in China with all the ships he built for the Chinese navy with Apples investments in China I'm sure the Chinese would have been happy to pull some slaves off the production lines to build their military's biggest supporter a ship so he can live on the water & not have to see the homeless jobless people him & the Republicans created!

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Cheap Ass - October 29, 2012 at 5:43pm

Ipod shuffle? Really? Maybe an iPod touch. Why they didn't give at least a MacBook pro retina display :)

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J Rosen - October 29, 2012 at 6:18pm

Good grief! How much did he pay these folks to buy the iYacht... and you want to give them a $1400 computer along with their pay? Whew... this sounds like Obamanomics... let's pay for the product, then have to pay more cause they didn't get enough to begin with! Yeeeessshhh!!!!

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