Eos (yacht)
Eos in Lyttelton, New Zealand, Mar. 7, 2010
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 Cayman Islands
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| Name: | Eos |
| Namesake: | Eos, Greek goddess of dawn |
| Launched: | 2006 |
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| Tons burthen: | 1500 gross tons |
| Length: | 304.86 ft (92.92 m) LOA (including bowsprit); 271 ft (83 m) LOD; 233 feet (71 m) LWL |
| Beam: | 44.29 ft (13.50 m) |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw with 2 × 2,333 hp (1,740 kW) MTU diesel engines |
| Sail plan: | 3-masted Bermuda rigged schooner |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) maximum |
| Complement: | 16 guests, approx. 21 crew. Two chefs, three engineers, nine deck crew, and captains and stewardesses. |
| Notes: | Aluminum hull and superstructure |
The Eos is a three-masted Bermuda rigged schooner. The ship is one of the largest private sailing yachts in the world, and as of 2009 was owned by movie and media billionaire Barry Diller, husband of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. According to a 2007 article in Harper's Bazaar, Eos features a figurehead of von Fürstenberg sculpted by Anh Duong. Its overall length measures approximately 305 feet (92.92m).
Eos was launched in Bremen, Germany from the Lürssen yard in 2006. The ship took three years to build. When launched, she "knocked Athena off the number one spot [for largest sailing yacht]."Bill Langan was the designer, Rondal/Huisman supplied the rig, and the remaining naval architecture was completed by Lürssen. The interior was designed by François Catroux. The 200 feet (61 m) tall masts are "the maximum height allowed to enable the craft to pass underneath bridges cross the globe."
According to the San Francisco Bay Area sailing magazine Latitude 38, the EOS is longer overall than her nearest rival, the Maltese Falcon. However, much of the length of Eos is in the bowsprit, and although she is slightly beamier than the Falcon, the Maltese Falcon is fourteen feet longer on deck and over 20 feet (6.1 m) longer at the waterline, as seen in the table below:
"Which one is bigger? Well, it depends on how you measure it. If the bowsprit counts (and it usually does), then the Eos wins," opines the YachtPals website.
However, Latitude 38 begs to differ. They "consulted with sailing experts from around the world at the Le Select Bar here in St. Barth," who explained that the length at the waterline and length on deck are "the real measure of size," making Maltese Falcon the largest sailing yacht.
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