Close shave for Steve Jobs' Superyacht

[claymore]

Cover story at present.

Dearie me - the Hull to Zeebrugge ferries go through a gap narrower than that every day when transiting the lock.

 

[sailorman]

wot is this cover you speak of

 

[Cloven]

wot is this cover you speak of

Exactly, I was about to ask the same question.

 

[Giblets]

http://www.ybw.com/news

 

[RichardS]

Cover story at present.

Dearie me - the Hull to Zeebrugge ferries go through a gap narrower than that every day when transiting the lock.

Is this about his yacht trying to pass through the Pearly Gates .... or perhaps the Eye of a Needle?

Richard

 

[Twister_Ken]

Is this about his yacht trying to pass through the Pearly Gates .... or perhaps the Eye of a Needle?

Richard

Shouldn't that be the iNeedle?

Story here...

http://www.mby.com/news/amazing-dro...t-venus-squeezing-through-narrow-bridge-45071

 

[Cantata]

About as silly as the Ailsa Craig Swale lifeboat story the other day...

 

[V1701]

I'm sure it would be in its own way very impressive to see close up but I still think it looks more like a supermarket or something from a distance...

 

[[70521]]

Vile looking ship.

 

[Corribee Boy]

Vile looking ship.

+1

 

[VicS]

I notice that the article refers to "ariel" footage.

Is that Ariel as in:

Ariel Motor Company, who first made penny farthing bicycles, then motor cycles, but now specialise in motor cars for the suicidal

A moon of Uranus

A little mermaid

A washing powder

or simply mean you cannot get the staff these days.


which ever the Zeebrugge ferries are not as ugly as that superyacht.

 

[AndrewfromFal]

Vile looking ship.

It serves as a monument to the arrogance and foolishness of a talented individual who thoughts has talents and expertise extended to anything and everything.

Well, that and the belief a juice diet would cure his cancer.

 

[sighmoon]

It serves as a monument to the arrogance and foolishness of a talented individual who thoughts has talents and expertise extended to anything and everything.

Well, that and the belief a juice diet would cure his cancer.

Steady on - that's a lot to infer from a yacht. I think any man who has created no less than four billion-dollar companies is probably neither arrogant nor foolish to believe his talents and expertise extend further than most. He would probably have been better off taking medical advice, though it's nothing to get upset about - he hurt nobody but himself.

I don't think it's any less attractive than most big motorboats.

 

[newtothis]

I notice that the article refers to "ariel" footage.

Is that Ariel as in:

...

or simply mean you cannot get the staff these days.


**which ever** the Zeebrugge ferries are not as ugly as that superyacht.

Um, whichever, actually... you simply can't get the staff these days.

;-)

 

[Twister_Ken]

I don't think it's any less attractive than most big motorboats.

And a damn sight better looking than...

 

[Stemar]

And a damn sight better looking than...

Have to disagree with you on that. That, at least looks like a boat. To me, the Jobsmobile looks like a 1980's bus station.

 

[Twister_Ken]

That, at least looks like a boat.

Nah - looks like a tower block that's fallen over.

 

[nickd]

looks like a lego brick

 

[Stemar]

Nah - looks like a tower block that's fallen over.

looks like a lego brick

I can't really disagree with either of you - I was being generous to show how much I dislike the bus station.

I'm sure if the current owner knew of my opinion, he'd be crying all the way to the bank

 

[AndrewfromFal]

Steady on - that's a lot to infer from a yacht. I think any man who has created no less than four billion-dollar companies is probably neither arrogant nor foolish to believe his talents and expertise extend further than most. He would probably have been better off taking medical advice, though it's nothing to get upset about - he hurt nobody but himself.

I don't think it's any less attractive than most big motorboats.

I'm not sure I expressed myself too well in my original post; I wasn't really conflating the two, merely providing an additional example of his 'Steve knows best' attitude, which had a rather more drastic consequence on him personally (and one which he told his biographer he deeply regretted).

It's the least attractive of all the boats that Philippe Starck has been involved in, by quite some way...but it follows the Apple credo of packaging something to look radical and innovative, even if under the skin, it isn't really.