Steve Job's yacht and Philippe Starck
who is the designer having the dispute with Jobs' family
and what's the yacht about
Per The Next Web,
a financial dispute with designer Philippe Starck has been resolved and
the mega-yacht commissioned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is now free
to leave the dock where it was previously impounded end of last year.
A lawyer representing the Jobs family has stated that a resolution
has been reached between them and Starck. As a result, the yacht is now
free to leave the dock it is stationed at in the Netherlands.
The yacht was sequestered by lawyers last week in Amsterdam over the
financial dispute, in which Starck believed he was due 9 million euros,
while the Jobs family felt he was owed 6 million euros. The terms of the
final agreement between Starck and Jobs’ heirs is unknown, but it was
suggested that the designer did not receive as much as he was asking
for.
The boat was reportedly built on a mutual trust between Jobs and
Starck, and the contract between them was not very detailed. Jobs began
designing the ship, named “Venus,” after returning from a cruise that
traveled from Italy to Turkey.
The super yacht was first revealed in October. Word of the yacht was
first revealed by Starck himself in April, though it wasn’t seen until
months later.
The 80-meter-long ship is made completely of aluminum, with huge
plate windows covering the wheelhouse and main deck entrances. The yacht
relies on 27-inch iMacs for navigation, systems control and other
seafaring software.
Philippe Starck is a very famous designer behind a serious of contemporary well-known luxury hotels.
Included in his portfolio is another super yacht "A" (see picture below), that takes US$1.4M jet fuel just to fill up its tank once.
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