Laurene Powell Jobs’ $140 million megayacht in collision with vessel owned by Mexican billionaire – igniting VERY expensive blame game

Two megayachts that cost a combined $265 million slammed into each other after a vicious gust of wind off the Italian coast imperilled the luxury vessel owned by Laurene Powell Jobs.

The 78-meter Venus, commissioned by the late Steve Jobs and now owned by Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs, was involved in an incident at sea with the 105 meter Lady Moura, owned by Mexican billionaire business titan Ricardo Salinas. 

Dramatic video posted on social media and taken from the Lady Moura reveals the moment the two boats came into contact while anchored off the coast of Naples.

One crew member can be heard yelling out just after the moment of impact – then groaning at the outcome, with the camera microphone picking up the stiff breeze .

The two vessels came into contact July 22nd after a sudden burst of wind that hit 55 knots after the breeze suddenly picked up, a source for the crew of the Venus told DailyMail.com.

Both vessels were at anchor. Powell Jobs wasn’t aboard when her crew brought her $140 million ship into port, where it was the last vessel to arrive.

Unbeknownst to the captain and crew, the $125 million Lady Moura had dropped anchor with double the amount of expected anchor chain, according to the Venus crew. Neither vessel dragged anchor when the wind picked up. But with anchor lines of different lengths, the two vessels collided — with an impact that Salinas says will cost big bucks.

Video taken from the Moura that Salinas posted online could suggest that it is the Venus approaching the larger vessel. But according to the Venus crew, it was the Lady Moura with her longer anchor line who swung into the Venus.

A ball on the bow of the Venus – which is visible in the video posted by Salinas –indicates she was at anchor at the time of the incident. 

The two captains spoke after the incident, concluding it was a minor incident that needed repairs, according to the Venus. 

Salinas’ take was that the Venus was at fault, and that it would cost more than a few iPhones to get the Lady Moura ship shape.

Job’s superyacht could be seen off the coast of Capri in late July

Emerson Collective founder Laurene Powell Jobs was not on board the ship during the incident

The late Steve Jobs collaborated on the meticulous design

Salinas, one of the richest men in Mexico, posted a video and blamed the crew of the Venus, which was at anchor during the collision

‘Yo quisiera saber que andaba haciendo el capitán y la tripulación que no vieron un yate del tamaño del mío enfrente,’ he wrote in Spanish, saying he’d like to know what was happening with the captain and crew that they weren’t able to see ‘a yacht the size of [his] right in front of them.’

‘The good thing is that it was nothing more than a scratch. But it was a big scratch it’s going to cost a lot to fix it,’ he wrote, ending with ‘ha, ha, ha’ that suggests he was putting it behind him.

He linked the video and used an insult, saying it was so people can see there are ‘still idiots in the world.’ Then he made a pitch for one of his many companies, elektra.mx, urging people to buy Apple products to help pay for the repairs.

Powell Jobs was not on board at the time of the collision. She inherited the yacht meticulously designed by French designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with her late husband, who is famous for devoting himself to minute design details of things he owned and products he sold. 

The sleek boat, named after the Roman goddess of beauty, is made of aluminum and features a minimalist design that includes 40-foot ceilings and six identically sized bedrooms. 

DailyMail.com has reached out to Salinas for comment.