THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The sleek, white superyacht glistens under a gray autumnal sky, a posthumous testament to the design aesthetic of Steve Jobs.

Just over a year after the Apple founder died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped French product designer Philippe Starck make has finally slipped into an anonymous Dutch backwater.

Looking like a floating Apple store, it bears all the hallmarks of a new Jobs-inspired creation - crisp white lines, polished metal and glass. And secrecy.

Late Tuesday, shipbuilder Feadship announced it had launched the "78.2-meter (256-foot) all-aluminium full custom motoryacht Venus" at its yard in Aalsmeer, just south of Amsterdam, on Sunday.

Starck said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press he was "proud of Venus as he feels it reflects Steve Jobs expectation and vision."

Associated Press