The pricey $200 million (£157 million) Lady Moura yacht whereas $140 million (£110 million) Venus yacht
Two of the world’s most famous luxury yachts owned by a pair of the richest people in the world collided in a fender-bender accident while anchored off the coast of Naples, Italy this week.
Mexican retail and broadcasting billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego took to Instagram to share a video of a sleek boat drifting toward his mega yacht Lady Moura as crew members blast the horn, scream and shout in a bid to get the crew’s attention.
Apple co-founder
The oncoming vessel, Salinas said, was the Venus luxury yacht famously built for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and now owned by his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs.
The video shows Venus bounce off the side of the Lady Moura without breaching the ship’s hull before it drifts away backwards.
$340 million 2 Superyahts
Tense footage shows the moment a mega-yacht owned by the late Apple owner Steve Jobs crashed into the side of a Mexican businessman’s boat
The pricey $200 million (£157 million) Lady Moura yacht, owned by businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego, was sailing off the coast of Naples, Italy when a gust of wind sent Jobs’ $140 million (£110 million) Venus yacht on a collision course with his.
Drifted dangerously close.
In footage shared by Salinas on Instagram, crew members on his yacht can be seen scrambling to get the attention of the Venus’ crew as it drifted dangerously close.
The two boats then bounced off of each other before Jobs’ futuristic looking yacht floated backwards.
It’s understood that neither Salinas or Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs – who currently owns the Venus – were onboard at the time of the crash.
Big scratch’
Salinas later clarified on social media that no major damage had happened to his yacht, other than a ‘big scratch’ which he expected would cause a small fortune to fix.
“You won’t believe this, but our yacht was hit while we were in Naples,” he wrote in a lengthy caption alongside the clip.
Cost a lot to fix ha ha ha !!
“I’d like to know what the captain and crew were doing that they didn’t see a yacht the size of mine in front of them. The good thing is that nothing more than a scratch happened, but it’s a big scratch that’s going to cost a lot to fix ha ha ha.!!
Wind changing
An update on the situation has since been issued via Boat International, with the outlet saying the collision was caused by the wind changing ‘very quickly’.
“On 22 July while at anchor, Venus came into contact with Lady Moura, which was also anchored,” the statement read.
Apple co-founder’s death
“No family was on board, only crew. The wind changed very suddenly, picking up from a breeze to 55 knots over the course of a few minutes.
The Venus yacht had been designed and created specifically for Jobs back in 2009, however production wasn’t completed until 2012, a year after the Apple co-founder’s death.
Meanwhile Salinas made his fortune as the founder and chairman of Group Salinas, which specialises in media and telecommunications.
VENUS
It is noteworthy VENUS (IMO: 1011836) is a Yacht and is sailing under the flag of Cayman Is. Her length overall (LOA) is 78.2 meters and her width is 11.8 meters.Yacht VENUS is currently located in the West Mediterranean (reported now Marine traffic reported
LADY MOURA
LADY MOURA (IMO: 1002380) is a Yacht and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas. Her length overall (LOA) is 105 meters and her width is 18.52 meters.Yacht LADY MOURA is currently located in the Aegean Sea (reported 3 minutes ago)
