The Venus Of The Sea

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Steve Jobs yacht was launched at aDutch shipyard on Sunday October 28, where the boat designed by Jobs and designer Philippe Starck was named "Venus," after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, prosperity and victory.

The ship was launched at shipbuilder Koninklijke De Vries in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. Steves wife Laurene and their children, Reed, Erin and Eve were there to.

"People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." This is what got Steve through the designing of his luxurious yacht.
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The family gave everyone of the workers who helped on the boat a thank you note, along with a gift for their appreciation. It was an iPod Shuffle with the name of the ship engraved on the back.

The yacht looked as it was described in the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. In the book, Isaacson wrote about Steve showing him models and blue printe of the yacht, isaacson said it was "sleek and minimalist."

The yacht is between 230 and 260 feet long. It's a beautiful ship with teak decks and big panes of glass ceiling-to-floor glass. The boat has seven 27-inch iMacs that control the ship. A photo showed six of them lined up on a counter.

CNN quotes "The late Apple CEO was aware he might not live to see the boat launched, but continued to tinker with its design. Now, at its christening more than a year after his death, his quotes about the yacht become even more poignant. In the Isaacson book, Jobs said." Steve told a CNN reporter, "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."
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