# Steve Jobs personally designed 260 ft yacht finished after his death - Is this an attractive ship? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192 "2012-10-29T06:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/1 "2012-10-29T06:10:22Z")
Seems kind of starkly wedge shaped. Not all that attractive IMO. > **[Steve Jobs' custom-built yacht that he'll never use: 260ft Venus is finally...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224559/Steve-Jobs-yacht-revealed-260-foot-ship-finished-year-Apple-founders-death.html?ICO=most_read_module)** > > The Venus, a state-of-the-art aluminum superyacht that the Apple founder helped design, was finally completed this month -- on year after his death. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/2 "2012-10-29T06:50:13Z")
It’s too simple, IMHO. Any moron with a straightedge could have designed that. They could have at least rounded the corners and called it an iYacht. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/3 "2012-10-29T07:05:23Z")
Yup and any moron with half a billion dollars or so to spare for a toy could have actually built it. It isn’t particularly great looking IMHO but if anyone could design a minimalist 260 foot yacht it was Jobs. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/4 "2012-10-29T07:07:31Z")
Does it have an iPod dock? ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/5 "2012-10-29T07:34:27Z")
If you cover up the bit below the windows you get quite an appealing 1930s feel. The lower hull completely spoils that so the net effect is bleaugh. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/6 "2012-10-29T08:21:42Z")
It looks like a floating office building. An ugly floating office building. Bet it’s pretty swanky inside, though. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/7 "2012-10-29T08:32:25Z")
Great Og that thing’s ugly. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/8 "2012-10-29T08:46:26Z")
I like it 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/9 "2012-10-29T08:52:40Z")
Looks like a WWI era battleship with simple house on it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/10 "2012-10-29T08:52:55Z")
It’s only design feature is the complete lack of design features. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/11 "2012-10-29T11:32:17Z")
I wouldn’t call it a thing of beauty, but I don’t think it’s especially noteworthily ugly. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/12 "2012-10-29T12:18:20Z")
I think it’s butt ugly as it doesn’t incorporate any of the traditional sweeping lines and curves found in naval and aviation architecture, those that have made ships and planes more fluid and aerodynamic, and inspirational things of beauty. But knowing Steve there’s a lot more to it than simply what meets the eye and you’d probably depart with a smile on your face. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/13 "2012-10-29T12:27:50Z")
It looks like someone decided to turn a barge into a houseboat, but that said, I’d dip my balls in it! ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/14 "2012-10-29T12:36:31Z")
One thing’s for sure - there will be no mistaking it for someone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/15 "2012-10-29T12:37:12Z")
Well it’s certainly… err… distinctive! :dubious: Stevie should have stuck with what he knew: small electronic gadgets. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/16 "2012-10-29T12:44:14Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > It’s too simple, IMHO. Any moron with a straightedge could have designed that. They could have at least rounded the corners and called it an iYacht. Then they could have applied for patents for the iPropeller and iAnchor, then sued every other boat manufacturer in the world for violation of their patents on “ovallated propeller blades” and “double-swooped anchors” and “rounded corners”. Wait, that last one was for the iPhone. My bad. As far as the ship itself? Rather ugly (rugly?). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/17 "2012-10-29T13:30:24Z")
I’ll wait until the second version comes out (in 9 months), then buy this one at half price. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/18 "2012-10-29T16:13:22Z")
It’t the Villa Savoye of the sea! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/19 "2012-10-29T16:19:01Z")
When I first glanced at the control console I thought it was a pic of the laundry room. All that money spent, and they have to run an extension cord?? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/20 "2012-10-29T16:19:25Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Does it have an iPod dock? Yes, but not for the fifth generation model. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192.md?page=2)