( CNN ) -- The megayacht that Steve Jobs commissioned in the final years of his life has been impounded in Amsterdam after a payment dispute involving the designer , Philippe Starck . The Venus , a 100-million-euro ( $ 137.5 million ) , 260-foot-long yacht , made its unofficial debut in late October . It 's currently stuck in the Port of Amsterdam after Starck hired a debt-collection agency to attempt to remit the final payment for his design . According to lawyers at Ubik -- Starck 's design company -- speaking with Reuters , the designer has only received 6 million of the 9-million-euro commission and is seeking the rest of the payment before the Venus will be released . `` These guys [ Jobs and Starck ] trusted each other , so there was n't a very detailed contract , '' Roelant Klaassen , a lawyer for Ubik , told Reuters . The Venus is a floating ode to both Jobs and Starck 's minimalist aesthetic . Made entirely out of aluminum , with 40-foot-long floor-to-ceiling windows lining the passenger compartment and seven 27-inch iMacs making up the command center . In Walter Isaacson 's biography of Jobs , the late Apple CEO is quoted as saying that , `` I know that it 's possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat , but I have to keep going on . If I do n't , it 's an admission that I 'm about to die . '' Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $ 1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT ! Click here ! Copyright 2011 Wired.com .
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs ' yacht impounded in pay dispute . The billionaire tech mogul has been embroiled in a bitter legal battle with his former business partner over the terms of their split and how much money he is owed for it. The Venus cost more than $ 137 million , is 260 feet long .