Off Naples: Steve Jobs yacht sails into another luxury ship without a pilot
Off the coast of Naples: the superyacht that the Apple founder once had built collided with the luxury ship of a Mexican billionaire. The accident is a mystery.
"Please stop - stop - stop!": Jobs' yacht on a collision course.
(Image: Instagram / ricardosalinas)
Drama in the bay: Off the Italian city of Naples last week, there was a collision between two boats belonging to prominent people. As Mexican trading billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego writes on his Instagram profile- including video evidence - the "Venus" owned by Apple co-founder Steven Paul Jobs crashed into Salinas Pliego's "Lady Moura". The published film shows one superyacht crashing into the other, seemingly rudderless, while people on the "Lady Moura" shout from the deck that the "Venus" should stop. At the same time, a ship's horn sounds.
Jobs never sailed on the "Venus"
The "Venus", with its characteristic reflective exterior paneling, large wooden surfaces and unusual hull, was designed by Philippe Starck, who was assisted by Jobs. The yacht was built by the Dutch shipyard Feadship. However, the 95 million euro ship (2012 figure) was only completed a year after the death of Steve Jobs, who died in October 2011, and has since belonged to his widow Laurene Powell Jobs.
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As is usual with superyachts of this kind, they are often only crewed. This was apparently also the case here: Powell Jobs is said not to have been on board when the accident happened. It is still unclear how the collision could have happened. There are said to have been no injuries and there was initially no information in the Italian media as to whether the authorities were involved.
Please buy Apple, dear followers
Billionaire Salinas Pliego, who owns media companies as well as retail chains, took the matter with humor. However, he wondered what the captain and crew were doing while they failed to notice the "Lady Moura", a ship 100 meters long that had been twice as expensive as the "Venus". "The good thing is that there was only one scratch. However, it's a big scratch that will be expensive to repair." The video shows the "Venus" heading straight for the "Lady Moura" and failing to stop in time. There is a collision (and the scratch). However, there was no breakage of the hull or a leak.
A juicy fact: Salinas Pliego himself also sells Apple products through his retail chain Group Elektra. Perhaps his followers could buy lots of Apple products from him to help Powell Jobs pay for the damage, he joked. Salinas Pliego is also said not to have been on board his ship, writes the Danish portal Dagens.
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