After the yacht Steve Jobs commissioned was impounded in Amsterdam over a payment dispute with designer Phillipe Starck earlier this month, it has been released today. AFP reports that Steve Jobs estate paid the designer to release it, but no specific amount was detailed.
Starck was originally seeking an unpaid 3 million euro of the 9 million euro he claims was entitled to him from his work. He was holding the ship, named Venus, until the money was received, though its not clear if it was the full 3 million euros. The dispute came after no formal contract was signed between Jobs and Starck detailing how much he would be paid, as the two had a mutual trust with each other.
The 105 million euro ship was designed by Steve Jobs and set sail after his death. It is currently ported in Amsterdam awaiting a voyage to the United States where Laurene Powell Jobs and her family will enjoy it. In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, he called the ship “sleek and minimalist,” with a control panel made up of non other than seven iMacs.
