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The VENUS yacht was delivered in 2012 by Feadship, a Dutch shipbuilding company.

Phillippe Stark designed the VENUS, and Jobs was an integral part of the yacht’s design. The 78m yacht has garnered a lot of attention thanks to the famous name who commissioned it, but there are not many details about the boat’s interior available.

VENUS yacht interior

The interior design of the VENUS yacht was largely designed by Steve Jobs, in combination with Philippe Starck .

The yacht’s interior has never been published, and the details available are in short supply. There is a lot of intrigue as to what the yacht’s interior looks like, thanks to the famous name who commissioned it.

One can only imagine that the interior reflects Apple’s slogan “Think Different,” with an eye-catching and minimalist interior to reflect the design of the yacht’s exterior.

It is known that the bridge is lined with 27-inch Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows that are almost floor to ceiling, with a main living area. There is accommodation for 12 guests in 6 suites and 22 crew.

The VENUS yacht has a unique exterior, reflecting the sleekness and eye-catching nature of Apple’s products, and was designed by Philippe Starck.

Feadship was commissioned to execute the build. Everything about the exterior is eye-catching and unique, from the silver paint job to the stainless steel details to the line of rectangular windows that run from the bow.

The structure of VENUS features 90-degree angles, an axe bow for piercing waves, and a flat and somewhat unusually squared stern that opens to reveal a tender garage.

There is no visible radar arch or satellite equipment, as all the equipment is hidden within a box that keeps the VENUS exterior appearance clean and sleek.

Specifications

The 78m VENUS yacht has an 11.8m beam and a 3.1m draft that makes the boat appear low-slung in the water.

The 2 MTU engines give VENUS a top speed of 20.5kn and a cruising speed of 18kn. She displaces 1,876 GT and can cover 5500 nautical miles.

She has an annual running cost of $10-$15 million and was rumored to cost $100 million to build. VENUS was refitted in 2015 at Monaco Marine.

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Mysterious superyacht docks in Cairns

A code of silence has fallen over the arrival in cairns of the $176 million venus superyacht owned by the widow of the late steve jobs, laurene powell..

By Isabella Guzman Gonzalez

The distinctive vessel docked in Cairns last Friday (August 25), for maintenance. Details on how long the vessel will remain at the Cairns Marina and what works will be done are under wraps.

According to Automatic Identification System (AIS) trackers, Venus departed the port of Papeete, French Polynesia on August 13, and reached Cairns after 11 days of voyage.

The 78.2-m long vessel was custom-made for the Apple co-founder. It was officially launched in 2012, one year after his death, and is now owned by his widow.

The yacht is completely private and not available for charter. Although it’s one of the most recognised yachts, very little is known about it and how the inside of the vessel looks.

With a very modern look, Venus has a gleaming silver paint job and stainless-steel details, a long forward deck and a row of windows running from the bow past amidships.

Throughout the years the yacht, designed by Netherlands company Feadship, has been surrounded by secrecy. According to BOAT International the company isn’t allowed to comment on its high-profile vessel. Nor are staff or suppliers.

The Cairns Marina and the Superyacht Group Great Barrier Reef were not able to comment on the vessel’s stop in Cairns.

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$120million Venus superyacht owned by Steve Job's billionaire widow Laurene Powell docks in Cairns, Australia as workers stock the 255ft vessel with supplies

Late Steve Job’s Super Yacht Venus

As inspiring and revolutionary Steve Jobs’ engineering concept is, equally brilliant is the late innovator’s mega yacht named Venus. Having commissioned the vessel even before the diagnosis of his terminal illness, Jobs intended the vessel to be his swan-song , after his terminal health problem was brought to light. According to the reports, the mega yacht was put into operation in 2012, a year after Jobs’ untimely demise.

The designing concept of the vessel was carried out mainly by reputed French marine architect Philippe Starck with several noteworthy inputs provided by Jobs himself. However for a brief period, the designing of the vessel was almost stalled by the American tycoon on account of the state of his health, though he later resumed it as a way of ensuring that his legacy and presence was carried forth even in his absence.

Feadship is known world-wide as a specialist in building one-of-a-kind super yachts.

With regard to Venus, it has provided the following technical uniqueness:

• A stream-lined aluminium hull that replicates the visual effect of the Apple gadgetries
• State-of-the-art technological inclusions like incorporation of iMac systems to allow for superior manoeuvring on water
• Ultra-modern accommodation amenities

Controversy about Payment

Almost immediately after the mega yacht was launched, there was a slight controversy surrounding the Venus. Principle designer Philippe Starck alleged that the legal inheritors of the yacht had failed to pay the balance of his dues, amounting to around US$ four million. Following the allegation, the yacht was seized at the Rotterdam harbor before the defaulted dues were paid and settled by the late entrepreneur’s legal team on behalf of the inheritors.

The mega yacht was named for the Greco-Roman Goddess of romance, Venus and it was with great love that Steve Jobs envisioned its completion. Although unfortunately he was unable to see his vision brought to life, yacht Venus holds one lasting memory of Jobs to his loved and cherished ones.

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A billionaire's break in Barbados! Steve Jobs' widow Laurene, 59, shuttles back to her $120m luxury yacht Venus designed by her late husband after a day visit to the Sandy Lane Hotel spa and shops

• Laurene Powell Jobs, 59, had spent Sunday visiting the 5-star hotel Sandy Lane's restaurants, shops and spas
• The billionaire was pictured climbing on to a dinghy before being shuttled across ocean to $120million yacht  

The Venus was Steve Jobs' final masterpiece, after he commissioned it in 2008 and worked painstakingly on the design with superstar French product designer Philippe Starck

By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline

Published: 08:30 EDT, 21 November 2022 | Updated: 11:17 EDT, 21 November 2022

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs has been pictured shuttling back to her $120million luxury yacht during a holiday in Barbados.

Powell, 59, had spent Sunday afternoon visiting the luxury 5-star hotel Sandy Lane's restaurants, shops and spas.

The billionaire and philanthropist, wearing shorts, a floaty shirt and a sunhat, was pictured climbing on to a dingy after her shopping trip.

She was then shuttled across the North Atlantic Ocean back to her $120million luxury yacht Venus, which was designed by Jobs before his death.

Powell was left widowed after Jobs passed away, age 56, from complications from pancreatic cancer in October 2011. They had three children together and Powell is also step-mother to Jobs' daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

When Jobs died, most of his assets passed on to his wife, making her one of the 50 richest people in the world.

Powell married Jobs in 1991 - ten years before the release of the first iPod - and now manages a fortune estimated to be worth $12.3 billion according to Forbes.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs, wearing shorts, a floaty shirt and a sunhat, was pictured climbing on to a dingy after her shopping trip

The billionaire and philanthropist was then shuttled across the North Atlantic Ocean back to her $120million luxury yacht Venus, which was designed by Jobs before his death

Powell has been pictured shuttling back to her $120million luxury yacht during a holiday in Barbados

Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2005

In addition to the Venus, she owns two private jets, four large real estate properties and a large stake in the Walt Disney Company.

The Venus was Steve Jobs' final masterpiece, after he commissioned it in 2008 and worked painstakingly on the design with superstar French product designer Philippe Starck.

He did not survive to see the ship completed and launched, dying of pancreatic cancer a year before work was finished in 2012.

In his final years, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson: 'I know that it's possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat. But I have to keep going on it. If I don't, it's an admission that I'm about to die.' 

Starck helped design the sleek 256-foot long vessel, and Jobs enlisted the chief engineer of the Apple Stores to design reinforced glass for its walls, according to his biographer Walter Isaacson. 

Starck spoke about Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair, explaining the yacht houses six bedrooms along with communication systems between the kids' rooms in the front and the adult quarters in the rear.

'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,' Starck said.

'In his home, children did not make noise, nor the dog, nor his wife … no one made any noise, ever.'

The 255ft yacht is made of light-weight aluminium and Jobs employed the chief engineer of his Apple stores to help design special glass that allowed the ship to be installed with ten-foot-high windows across the hull.

Powell was left widowed after Jobs passed away, age 56, from complications from pancreatic cancer in October 2011

The billionaire and philanthropist, wearing shorts, a floaty shirt and a sunhat, was pictured climbing onto a dingy after her shopping trip

She was then shuttled across the North Atlantic Ocean back to her $120million luxury yacht Venus, which was designed by Jobs before his death

The $120 million luxury yacht Venus was designed by Steve Jobs and French product designer Philippe Starck

Laurene Powell Jobs' $120million luxury yacht Venus

The $120 million luxury yacht Venus was designed by Steve Jobs and French product designer Philippe Starck.

Jobs commissioned the yacht in 2008, but he did not survive to see the ship completed and launched, dying of pancreatic cancer before work was finished in 2012.

The yacht can fit 12 guests on board in six suites as well as 22 crewmembers. 

Starck spoke about Venus in an interview with French Vanity Fair, explaining the yacht houses six bedrooms along with communication systems between the kids' rooms in the front and the adult quarters in the rear. 

The interior also features 27-Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows along the yacht. 

Looking like a floating Apple store, the yacht bears all the hallmarks of a new Jobs-inspired creation — crisp white lines, polished metal, glass. 

The superyacht has a long white hull with a row of circular portholes just above the water line and two glass-walled cabins on the top deck, one on top of the other. 

The yacht can fit 12 guests on board in six suites as well as 22 crewmembers.

The interior also features 27-Mac computer screens, with large cabin windows along the yacht.

As a token gift of appreciation, Jobs' family gave out a custom iPod Shuffle engraved with the name of the yacht to each member of the crew who helped build it. Each one came with a note thanking them for their 'hard work and craftsmanship.'

In 2012, the Venus was briefly impounded in Amsterdam in a dispute over unpaid bills to the designer Starck, but the issue was resolved after several days.

Meanwhile, Powell's fortune mainly comes from the Walt Disney Company shares she inherited from her husband.

Those shares were worth $7.4 billion when he sold Pixar, his animation studio, to Disney in 2006. It has since increased to more than $12.7 billion.

Powell is the founder and president of the Emerson Collective, an investment firm focusing on good causes including education, immigration, health and the environment.

Last year, it emerged that Powell will invest $3.5 billion within the next 10 years to address the climate crisis, a spokesperson for Emerson Collective said. 

The money will go into Waverley Street Foundation, an organization Jobs set up in 2016, and focus on 'initiatives and ideas to help underserved communities most impacted by climate change,' the spokesperson said. 

'Efforts will focus on housing, transportation, food security, and health.' 

Powell has done most of her work through Emerson Collective, which focuses on education, immigration reform and environmental causes, and has other media investments and grants in film, TV production and journalism.  

Jobs commissioned the yacht in 2008, but he did not survive to see the ship completed and launched, dying of pancreatic cancer before work was finished in 2012. Pictured: Powell after her shopping trip 

In 2012, the Venus was briefly impounded in Amsterdam in a dispute over unpaid bills to the designer Starck, but the issue was resolved after several days

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