# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/21 "2012-10-29T16:27:10Z")
The USS iSore ---
**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, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/22 "2012-10-29T16:31:21Z")
Damn. And all I came up with was “iAnchor”. ☹ DMark for the win! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/23 "2012-10-29T16:35:07Z")
You have to steer it with a scrollwheel. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/24 "2012-10-29T16:35:23Z")
Did he design it using Lego? ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/25 "2012-10-29T16:38:23Z")
It didn’t fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. That is because the ugly tree saw it approaching, uprooted itself, bowed down, and said “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!” ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/26 "2012-10-29T16:51:33Z")
Huh…he went for function over form. That’s a switch. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/27 "2012-10-29T17:31:39Z")
A Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House lands atop a giant aluminum cheese wedge: Steve, you’ve done better. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/28 "2012-10-29T21:52:13Z")
Huh. Is that an Imperial or Victory class? Too small to be a Super. Either way, nice job hiding the mounts for the forward turbolasers; makes for a sleeker profile. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/29 "2012-10-29T22:18:36Z")
It’s like a giant floating Apple store. Apple stores are, imho, exceedingly unattractive. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/30 "2012-10-29T22:19:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Did he design it using Lego? Damn you. Beat me to it. But yes, it looks like a lego ship. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/31 "2012-10-29T22:20:29Z")
That looks like the least functional bridge I’ve ever seen. No chairs? Hope the crew enjoys standing for 12 hours… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/32 "2012-10-29T22:26:38Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > 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?? I had the exact thoughts! Plus, why so many washers and dryers in one place? Then I read the caption. I see no beauty at all in this design. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/33 "2012-10-29T22:30:21Z")
It looks like a floating strip mall. Plus I bet it’s not compatible with existing docks. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/34 "2012-10-29T22:49:04Z")
The entire ship can be operated from one Click Wheel. It looks like Jobs was channeling Howard Roark. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/35 "2012-10-29T22:52:57Z")
It looks like a big ass iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/36 "2012-10-29T22:57:29Z")
Fuck Ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/37 "2012-10-29T23:01:35Z")
I saw an article about this earlier today, and while I’m definitely on board with it being horrifically ugly, I was far more taken aback by the mention that each shipbuilder was given a thank you note and an engraved iPod Shuffle. Which costs a whopping $49 retail. Wow, that’s some overwhelming generosity right there. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/38 "2012-10-29T23:04:38Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > I saw an article about this earlier today, and while I’m definitely on board with it being horrifically ugly, I was far more taken aback by the mention that each shipbuilder was given a thank you note and an engraved iPod Shuffle. Which costs a whopping $49 retail. Wow, that’s some overwhelming generosity right there. I’m sure they were also paid a metric fuckload of cash. You’d think they’d have sprung for a new iPhone, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/39 "2012-10-29T23:25:11Z")
I like the general design of Apple products during Jobs’ reigns. This however, is hilariously ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-personally-designed-260-ft-yacht-finished-after-his-death-is-this-an-attractive-ship/639192/40 "2012-10-30T00:03:46Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > Huh. Is that an Imperial or Victory class? Too small to be a Super. Either way, nice job hiding the mounts for the forward turbolasers; makes for a sleeker profile. [Captain America]I got that one! I got that reference.[/Captain America] [Previous 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=1) [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=3)