Steve Jobs' Yacht Released After Security Deposit Posted

[MacRumors]

Last Friday, we noted that the Jobs family's new yacht had been impounded by Dutch authorities as a result of a dispute over the design fee to be paid to famed French designer Philippe Starck. Starck had claimed that he was due to be paid EUR9 million for designing the yacht, while the Jobs family said that the agreed rate was 6% of the EUR105 million construction cost for the yacht, or roughly EUR3 million less than Starck claimed he was owed.

AFP now reports that the yacht has been freed after the Jobs family posted a security deposit to a bank account.

"The Venus is no longer impounded, we have found a solution," Gerard Moussault, a Hague-based lawyer for the Jobs estate, told AFP.

"A security deposit was paid into a bank account, but I cannot say for how much," Moussault said after French designer Starck last week asked Amsterdam bailiffs to seize the sleek 70-metre (230-foot) yacht.

The yacht remains in harbor in Amsterdam due to bad weather, and the report notes that the yacht is scheduled to be transported by ship to the United States to be turned over to the Jobs family at an unspecified date.

Article Link: Steve Jobs' Yacht Released After Security Deposit Posted

[xFerrr]

I want that yacht eventhough its ugly =/

[yearofthe]

Is the Venus 2 going to be thinner and lighter with a new design?

[Battlefield Fan]

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Is the Venus 2 going to be thinner and lighter with a new design?

don't worry... it'll be released in just 7 months!

[noiseordinance]

Am I the only person who doesn't give a **** about the yacht?

[wrkactjob]

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Is the Venus 2 going to be thinner and lighter with a new design?

No because it will have Retina and its something to do with the batteries adding weight etc...

[kingumikti]

I'm very excited about that amazing yacht.

[crossifixio]

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Is the Venus 2 going to be thinner and lighter with a new design?

haha

[jpadhiyar]

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Is the Venus 2 going to be thinner and lighter with a new design?

The best comment over here. I'd say yes but hey, this is not a Jobs family product, not Apple's. So I guess it wont be the case. I am tired of the thinner and lighter stuff!

[needfx]

does it chime when you turn it on?
where do you set your apple id & log-in your icloud account?
are google maps pre-installed?
is there an FAQ anywhere?

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah your yacht blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah you agree blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah nothing blah blah blah
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[DCJ001]

Originally Posted by needfx

does it chime when you turn it on?
where do you set your apple id & log-in your icloud account?
are google maps pre-installed?
is there an FAQ anywhere?

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah your yacht blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah you agree blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah nothing blah blah blah
______________________Decline___Agree

Irrelevant questions.

But here's the answer:

[dutchi]

Originally Posted by DCJ001

Irrelevant questions.

But here's the answer:
Image

And what most here don't realize, what you see aren't iMacs. They were specially prepared. They are basically only monitored; were special prepared. The navigation and radar interface is running on embedded windows XP machines.

[macchiato2009]

merry Xmas Starck, you finally got paid for this piece of krap you created

[charlituna]

Originally Posted by macchiato2009

merry Xmas Starck, you finally got paid for this piece of krap you created

The issue wasn't that he wasn't paid, it was the amount. It seems that he pay was based on the cost of the whole thing and it wasn't as much as was originally expected and he wanted his pay off the expectation not the actual

[Flood123]

First world problems. Thank god this was resolved.

[iMikeT]

Free Willy.

[turtlez]

no wonder steve didn't want to pay full price hahaha. Should have got Johnny to design it.

[Torrijos]

Originally Posted by MacRumors

...the yacht is scheduled to be transported by ship to the United States...

I would gladly see a video of that box opening ^^

[AidenShaw]

Originally Posted by Torrijos

I would gladly see a video of that box opening ^^

Here's a taste....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_PVWs2OvKU

...although it's more of a "boxing video".


This one's fun too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX9OCcfzIBg

...it's a clever film that shows the crew working on the hull of a yacht while it's in the moving "dry-dock".


Some other links and a slideshow of the "ship shipping" process at http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost...0&postcount=17.

[louis Fashion]

Quote:
the yacht is scheduled to be transported by ship

Thats funny."


Not funny. The stern was not designed to compensate for "following seas"
A storm or rogue wave could have an unfortunate outcome.

[AidenShaw]

Originally Posted by louis Fashion

Quote:
the yacht is scheduled to be transported by ship

Thats funny."


Not funny. The stern was not designed to compensate for "following seas"
A storm or rogue wave could have an unfortunate outcome.

And the bow and superstructure don't look like a good design for a "!following-sea" (is "leading sea" used?). And one of the hazards of a following sea is that a wave hitting the boat from the rear will raise the stern and lower the bow, so that the bow will submarine under the water in front. Not good with a glass superstructure with vertical walls and front-facing doors.

But some of the SJ fans won't hear of any criticism of the seaworthiness of this boat.

Originally Posted by kas23

I wonder what kind of fuel economy this vessel gets? With both Steve and Laurene so environmentally conscience, I'm sure this runs on some type of alternative fuel. Or not.

Or, that instead of having it built in the US with US labor, it was built overseas and has to be shipped (more fuel) back to the US.

[Tech198]

money in the bank.

Its better on the inside, trust me.....

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by AidenShaw

And the bow and superstructure don't look like a good design for a "!following-sea" (is "leading sea" used?). And one of the hazards of a following sea is that a wave hitting the boat from the rear will raise the stern and lower the bow, so that the bow will submarine under the water in front. Not good with a glass superstructure with vertical walls and front-facing doors.

But some of the SJ fans won't hear of any criticism of the seaworthiness of this boat.

Or, that instead of having it built in the US with US labor, it was built overseas and has to be shipped (more fuel) back to the US.

I am not anybody's fan, however it would be of some interest and amusement to know what qualifies YOU to doubt the design if this vessel?
It is increasingly more difficult to find good craftsmanship within the US. Locating a good plumber in any town USA is already a difficult task. When you take into account how Americans built dwellings, sourcing workers in Europe is a no brainer.

[AidenShaw]

Originally Posted by Konrad

I am not anybody's fan, however it would be of some interest and amusement to know what qualifies YOU to doubt the design if this vessel?

Months on the open ocean in 50m yachts, sometimes in seas so rough that you couldn't walk - you had to crawl on your hands and knees.

Instead of so vacuously doubting my credentials, how about telling us why you're the expert in ship architecture?

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by AidenShaw

Months on the open ocean in 50m yachts, sometimes in seas so rough that you couldn't walk - you had to crawl on your hands and knees.

Instead of so vacuously doubting my credentials, how about telling us why you're the expert in ship architecture?

I worked 17 years as an engineering for Fincantieri. It never occurred to us to crawl on our hands or knees.