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Steve Jobs’ Venus yacht shown in fresh footage

, Dec 27th 2012 Discuss [6]

Steve Jobs' yacht, the Starck-designed Venus, hasn't had an easy time over the holidays, impounded in Amsterdam over unpaid bills, but that gave harbor hunters a chance to snap some new video of the crisp-edged craft. Michiel Frackers took a post-Christmas walk to the former container terminal where Venus was being held, and rather fittingly used an iPhone 5 to film the distinctive yacht as it was being tended to by crew. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs Yacht impounded amid unpaid Starck designer fee

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [12]

In just about as close a story to Celebrity News as the tech world ever gets, today's strangest bit of gadget-less drama comes from the Philippe Starck-designed superyacht now in impound over unpaid fees from the Steve Jobs estate. The "superyacht" garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this year as it was first mistaken for a laptop then marveled over once it was revealed as a massive ship custom-made for Steve Jobs himself. Today's news comes from Starck's design company Ubik where they've made it clear that they're going to get the rest of the cash their owed: apparently the Jobs estate hasn't paid up. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs’ yacht makes its first official appearance

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [11]

Back in April we mentioned that word surfaced that designer Philippe Starck was working on a project for Apple. The fact that the famous designer was working on a project by Apple was quickly denied by Starck himself who admitted that he was working on a project involving Steve Jobs' private yacht. The yacht has been under construction by a Dutch company known for custom yachts called Feadship. Read The Full Story

Ocean Empire Super Yacht is Self-Sustainable, Costs $17 Million

, Jan 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

$17 million for a self-sustainable super yacht may seem like a steal to some people. But, as many yachts have proven in the past, it's all about the features on board that make the price make more sense. For the Ocean Empire, being called the first-ever zero carbon life support vessel isn't good enough. No, the designers wanted to make sure that there's plenty of eco-friendly elements, along with plenty of room for people to live their day-to-day lives on board. Read The Full Story

Yacht Concept Shows That Huge Boats Can Fly [Video]

, Jan 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yachts are generally a good way for a concept to become reality. There's generally enough money being tossed around at any given moment on a yacht that, say, including an iPad-controlled thermostat (and many other functions) just seems logical, and not superfluous. But, there's a line where you have to look at a design, especially for something like a yacht, and just shake your head. Perhaps even roll up the plans, and start working on something else. For designer Phil Pauley, having a dream is one thing -- but making it a reality is something entirely different. Read The Full Story

Solemates Superyacht Lets Passengers and Crew Control Some Features with iPads

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [2]

It's been a few days since a yacht has graced the front page of SlashGear, so let's rectify that. Of course, a yacht isn't a yacht if it doesn't have a bunch of luxury items on it, making it not only look good, but also look expensive. Much like an iPad with an 18K gold Apple logo does. The Solemates Suepryacht certainly does its best to make sure that everyone knows it looks expensive, and if you do manage to step inside it, you'll realize why you'll have to pay a bit extra to spend any time therein. Thanks to Apple's iPad tablet device, crew members and passengers alike will be able to control features of the ship, right from the device. Read The Full Story

Strand Design 166 superyacht has sportscar garage, optional bullet-proof Samurai leather

, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

You might remember Gray Design's Strand Craft 122, a sleek, curvaceous yacht which integrated a garage for a sports car to take you from the marina to your choice of restaurant. For some, though, a mere 122 feet is far too unimpressive; what they'll be wanting is the Strand Craft 166, a new superyacht that has the same handy garage but a whole lot more space on-board. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Tag Yachts Shows Off the Tang Catamaran, Features Wind Charged Lithium-Ion Battery

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

It may not be the only ec-friendly boat on the water, but it's certainly one of the coolest looking ones. This particular catamaran is wind-powered, and features a lithium-ion battery inside as well. Interestingly enough, though, the designers and architects made it possible for the Tang, which is the name of the vessel, to run on wind energy, even when the sails are down. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: June 23rd 2010

, Jun 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Wednesday's seem to have a mind of their own. Seriously, they can just feel like they go on forever. That hump at the middle of the week can either be a great motivator, or something that just drags you down. Thankfully, considering the announcements and other pieces of news, today was definitely a good day. Welcome to The Daily Slash. Tonight, in the Best of R3 Media, we've got an expected release date for Froyo, we go hands-on with the Parrot AR.Drone, and US Cellular is getting a BlackBerry. And then in the Dredge 'Net, Xbox 360 won't play Zune music in the background, the Nintendo 3DS can do 3D video chat, we've got a huge yacht. Read The Full Story

Yacht Turns Into a Submarine

, Jun 14th 2010 Discuss [2]

Yachts are one of those things that, the moment you get the extra --extra-- money to get one, you get one. No doubt about it, they're a great indicator of how rich you are. Is there any better way to show off than to have a mansion that can sail the seven seas? Probably not. Unless, if that mansion that can sail the seven seas can also dive into the seven seas. Here's the U-010, and it's a yacht that, upon command, can turn into a submarine. Read The Full Story

Awesome Strand Craft 122 yacht has super car garage built-in

, May 31st 2010 Discuss [2]

I am a landlubber; I have never felt the call of the ocean. I haven’t even been on a cruise. Even if I were filthy rich, I can’t see myself buying a yacht to cruise the world in. If you are the yachting type and like the thought of a ship to carrying across the world's oceans, the Strand Craft 122 is the most awesome yacht I have ever seen. Read The Full Story

WSJ goes inside billionaire’s $300M yacht

, Apr 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

I am a thousandaire, which is a far cry from a billionaire. Thousandair's aspire to own a ski boat or a fishing boat while the billionaire drops more money than I will ever see in my life on a massive yacht worth $300 million. Read The Full Story