Steve Jobs' Venus Yacht Shown In Fresh Footage

Steve Jobs' yacht, the Starck-designed Venus, hasn't had an easy time over the holidays, impounded in Amsterdam over unpaid bills, but that gave harbor hunters a chance to snap some new video of the crisp-edged craft. Michiel Frackers took a post-Christmas walk to the former container terminal where Venus was being held, and rather fittingly used an iPhone 5 to film the distinctive yacht as it was being tended to by crew.

"There were a few people on board cleaning the upper deck, but there was nobody else around" Frackers said of Venus. He also spoke up in the yacht's defense, after criticism from some quarters as to Jobs' and Starck's pared-back aesthetic, arguing that "it's a very unique design that looks much better up close than in pictures or even in a video."

Custom-designed for the former Apple CEO, Venus is 260ft long and was constructed by Feadship in the Netherlands at a cost of more than €100m ($133m). €9m of that was French designer Philippe Starck's fee, an unpaid €3m of which caused authorities to impound the yacht before Christmas.

A swiftly identified security deposit lurking in a bank account saw Venus freed after five contentious days, though exactly what will happen to the craft is unclear. More on Venus' specifications (and iMac-filled interior) here.

[Thanks Toby!]