{"id":32869,"date":"2015-01-07T19:29:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/?p=32869"},"modified":"2015-01-07T19:40:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:40:28","slug":"venus-steve-jobs-superyacht-was-spotted-in-the-bvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/07\/venus-steve-jobs-superyacht-was-spotted-in-the-bvis\/","title":{"rendered":"VENUS, Steve Jobs superyacht was spotted in the BVI&#8217;s!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-runshot-forward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32873 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-runshot-forward.jpg\" alt=\"Venus - runshot forward\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VENUS, the 256&#8242; superyacht that was created for the the Apple founder, Steve Jobs, was spotted in the BVI&#8217;s this past weekend floating in the turquoise waters off Norman Island.\u00a0 Unfortunately Steve Jobs passed away a year before VENUS was finished but his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs maintains ownership of the beautiful superyacht.\u00a0\u00a0 This magnificent yacht was designed by Philippe Starck&#8217;s design company Ubik and built by Feadship in the Netherlands at the cost of more than \u20ac100 million. VENUS has also been spotted near <a title=\"St. Maarten\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/st_martin_maartin_charter.php?locations=St.%20Maarten&amp;bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>St. Marteen<\/strong><\/a>, <a title=\"Montenegro \" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/montenegro_charter.php?locations=Montenegro&amp;sortprice=desc&amp;bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Montenegro<\/strong><\/a>, <a title=\"Palma, Mallorca \" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yacht_charter\/palma_mallorca_charter.php?locations=Mallorca&amp;bbr=bblog\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Palma<\/strong><\/a>, Gibraltar and Horta Azores.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-runshot-starboard-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32875 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-runshot-starboard-.jpg\" alt=\"Venus - runshot starboard\" width=\"634\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starck spoke about creating Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair last year, revealing that the super yacht contains six bedrooms and a home automation system to communicate between the kids&#8217; living quarters in the front of the ship and the adult quarters in the back &#8211; so there would be no need for yelling.\u00a0 &#8216;Steve wanted to be sure that the teenagers could be set up in the front of the boat when he was at the back and vice-versa. He was obsessed with silence,&#8217; Starck said. &#8216;In his home, children did not make noise, nor the dog, nor his wife \u2026 no one made any noise, ever.&#8217; Venus is crafted with strong aluminum and still, and a row of 27-inch iMacs are used by the ship&#8217;s captain to navigate in the wheelhouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-aft-beachgarage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Venus-aft-beachgarage.jpg\" alt=\"Venus - aft beachgarage\" width=\"634\" height=\"634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is still time to book your Spring Break holiday in the Caribbean or the Bahamas with <a title=\"Boatbookings.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/yachting_content\/custom_solution.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Boatbookings.com<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0 It&#8217;s also not too early to start thinking about your holiday and New Year&#8217;s Eve yachting adventure since many clients are rebooking them as soon as they step off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENUS, the 256&#8242; superyacht that was created for the the Apple founder, Steve Jobs, was spotted in the BVI&#8217;s this past weekend floating in the turquoise waters off Norman Island.\u00a0 Unfortunately Steve Jobs passed away a year before VENUS was <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/07\/venus-steve-jobs-superyacht-was-spotted-in-the-bvis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  VENUS, Steve Jobs superyacht was spotted in the BVI&#8217;s!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3534,147,10,1730,26,14,2,395,3759,252,30,3544,280,104,16,1352,3536,7],"tags":[394,339,3823,3875,3871,3102,3873,393,67],"class_list":["post-32869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-bahamas","category-bvi","category-charter-types","category-crewedyachtcharter","category-croatia","category-news","category-feadship","category-luxury-crewed-motor-yacht-2","category-luxury-yacht-charter","category-motoryachtcharter","category-snorkeling-activities","category-spain","category-st-barts","category-st-martinst-maarten","category-super-yachts-yacht_types","category-water-sports","category-yachting-news","tag-apple","tag-caribbean","tag-montenegro","tag-necker-island","tag-norman-island","tag-palma","tag-st-maarten","tag-steve-jobs","tag-tortola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VENUS, Steve Jobs superyacht was spotted in the BVI&#039;s! 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