Steve Jobs' mega yacht bashed a billionaire's boat in Italy
In what is possibly the slowest speed nautical crash ever, Steve Jobs' yacht struck another billionaire's vessel.
Steve Jobs' Venus hits another yacht [Instagram/Ricardo Salinas Pliego]
A pair of luxury yachts came into contact with each other off the coast of Naples, Italy on Wednesday. The at-sea incident saw Venus, a luxury yacht build for the late Steve Jobs impact that of Mexican retail and broadcasting giant Ricardo Salinas Pliego.
Salinas posted to Instagram a video of Venus drifting toward and into the side of the Lady Moura, his own super-sized yacht. Traveling at a luxuriously slow pace, the front bow of Venusmade contact side-on with the other craft, reports Forbes.
After the impact, Venus was shown to bounce and drift backward, wafting away from the Lady Moura.
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The video seemingly demonstrates that the crew of Venus failed to intervene quickly enough to avoid the collision, despite Salinas' crew using horns and shouting at the opposing crew.
"I would like to know what the captain and crew were doing that they didn't see a yacht the size of mine," Salinas commented with the video. "You see that there are no shortage of idiots in the world."
Salinas wasn't on the Lady Moura, with the 344-foot yacht anchored in place. Laurene Powell Jobs wasn't aboard Venus either.
While the glacial-speed impact didn't cause any serious damage to either boat, Salinas claims there is a "big scratch" on the side of his vessel. Since it's a big boat made for someone worth about $10 billion, the scratch will apparently cost a lot to repair.
Seemingly jokingly, Salinas asked his followers to buy Apple products via the Group Elektra retail chain that he owns, so Powell Jobs could pay for the damage.
It's likely that Powell Jobs, worth $14.4 billion, could probably afford the repair bill without needing some retail assistance if the insurance doesn't cover it.
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“Why of cour… TOO CLOSE! TOO CLOSE!!”
Just possible they were all looking down at the screens of their devices?
Oops.
0.001% problems. I'm having a hard time trying to feel some sympathy when all I want to do is chuckle.
In summary: It’s a joke
Salinas Pliego’s Grupo Salinas said in a statement on Thursday that Lady Moura anchored in the Bay of Naples at a depth of 40 meters with seven shackles of chain deployed, the minimum required for safe anchoring. The amount of chain was calculated using the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) standards.
“Several hours later, the Venus arrived at the anchorage and seemingly misjudged the length of the chain that the Lady Moura had in the water,” it added. “A violent squall with winds of 50-55 knots from an unexpected direction — different from the prevailing forecasts — caused the impact. Fortunately, the damages to both yachts were minimal and cosmetic. Within hours, both parties resolved the situation amicably and professionally.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-boat-mexican-billionaire-yacht-192452868.html
As for the damage, it all comes down to the impact force, with the change in momentum (directly proportional to mass and velocity) and the duration in time over which the impact occurs being the determining factors. With the Venus having a very large mass the potential impact force is still considerable even at low velocity. But in this case the duration of impact was drawn out because the Lady Moura wasn't fixed in place and the Venus was probably in the process of backing down, so the damage was minor. The repair costs could still be considerable from our point of view because it's all one of a kind custom construction. From a billionaires point of view it's not even small change. The operating and crewing costs of these yachts is massive, but I suppose Steve would not have been satisfied with a Bass Tracker even if Jony Ive was given full control over its finishes and fittings.