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Steve Jobs never got to sail his $130 million luxury yacht, Venus, before his death from cancer last year — but he’s still paying for it.
The 230-foot vessel was seized by authorities in the Netherlands in a dispute between the estate of the late Apple co-founder and famed designer Philippe Starck, who spent five years designing the yacht along with Dutch naval architects De Voogt.
Starck claims Jobs’ estate owes him $11.9 million for the project but wants to pay him just $7.9 million.
Lawyers for Starck asked the courts in Amsterdam to impound the boat in the harbor before it was delivered to California, where Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, resides with their three children, Reed, Erin and Eve.
Jobs left a $7 billion fortune when he died on Oct. 5, 2011, with his Apple stock now worth one-third more in value.
Jobs spent the last year of his life working closely with the French designer on the interior, with the craft’s control center lined with numerous Apple gadgets.
Striking for its sleek and minimalist exterior, the aluminium-hulled yacht was built by Royal De Vries shipbuilders in Aalsmeer, just south of Amsterdam.
Lawyers for Jobs’ estate said they expect to resolve the dispute quickly.