Zeus (formerlyECO,Katana andEnigma) is alarge privatesuperyacht. According toPower and Motoryacht magazine, she was owned byAidan Barclay, son of the British media tycoonDavid Barclay, who recently purchased theTelegraph newspaper. She was sold after her former owner,Larry Ellison, took delivery ofRising Sun, the 6th largest private yacht in the world at the time. Measuring slightly more than 244 feet (or around 75 metres) long,Enigma was launched in 1991 and originally christenedECO by its former owner,MexicanmogulEmilio Azcárraga, founder and former CEO ofTV andmedia conglomerateTelevisa.Enigma is renowned for her design, including a pyramidalsuperstructure surrounded by convex windows and an agile design that enables her to achieve a maximum speed of 36knots.[1][2] The yacht has nine luxurious suites and the rear deck was originally designed to carry aMaule turboprop floatplane.
She was built by German shipbuilderBlohm & Voss and designed by Martin Francis.[1] Thestern originally featured a pad for aflying boat, which Ellison replaced by a basketball court. The boat once crossed theAtlantic Ocean (3000 miles) in 3 days, with one mid-ocean refueling.[3]
Zeus is powered by twoDeutz AG BV16M628 diesel engines each producing 5,000horsepower and oneGE LM1600gas turbine producing 18,500 horsepower.[4] Each engine drives its ownwater jet drive. Because of the number of fuel consumed when using the turbine engine for full speed cruising, the owner also commissioned a fuel tanker to provide refueling capabilities mid-journey.[2]
In 2017, she was sold toYannakis Theophani "John" Christodoulou, a Monaco-based Cypriotbillionaire property developer, owner ofYianis Group who gave her its new name.
