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Just over a year after his death, the luxury motor yacht that Apple founder Steve Jobs commissioned and helped to design has finally been completed and launched in the Netherlands.Described by some as looking like a \u201cfloating Apple Store\u201d, the custom built 80m (260ft) Feadship is named VENUS, after the Roman goddess of love.<\/p>\n

Job\u2019s biographer, Walter Isaacson, suggests that Jobs became almost obsessed with the yacht in the months leading up to his death. Jobs is quoted as saying \u201cI know that it\u2019s possible I will die and leave Laurene [his wife] with a half-built boat. But I have to keep going on it. If I don\u2019t, it\u2019s an admission that I\u2019m about to die.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Designed in collaboration with French product designer Philippe Starck, VENUS is now a posthumous testament to the sleek and crisp white designs that became synonymous with Apple during Job\u2019s time as head of the company.\u00a0While Starck denies that there is any relation between the design of this yacht and Apple (he insists that the electronics company and a boat of this size are completely different), he does admit that VENUS \u201c<\/em>is a Steve Jobs work\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jobs had asked the chief engineer of the Apple Stores to design a special glass that would allow 10-foot-high windows while also providing the necessary structural support. Apple also provided 7 24-inch iMac\u2019s to be set up on the bridge of the yacht, among other Apple equipment.<\/p>\n

The Jobs’ family reportedly attended the launch of the yacht and gave a customised iPod Shuffle to everybody who helped with the build, as a thank you for their ‘hard work and craftsmanship.’<\/p>\n

With their ability to custom build yachts to exacting owners specifications, Feadship has been a major force creating the super yacht market as we know it today.\u00a0The company has built over 200 yachts since it was founded in 1949, releasing an average of just 4 or 5 new yachts a year.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Apple founder, Feadship has built a 200-foot yacht for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 1996 as well as custom yachts for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovic, founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford, and Malcolm Forbes of Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in chartering a Feadship yacht (or any other type of yacht) then please see here<\/strong><\/a> or email charter@boatbookings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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