ZEUS

M/Y ZEUS — Arno Leopard 24m, cruising Greece There is a particular breed of Italian motor yacht built for people who want to arrive somewhere before lunch, and the Arno Leopard 24m is squarely in that tradition. ZEUS carries the marque's low, taut profile and backs it up with genuine pace — 28 knots at the top end, which turns an island hop into a decision made over morning coffee rather than a day's planning. A refit completed in 2024 has brought her presentation up to date. Her real intelligence, though, is in how the space works. The aft deck is arranged around wraparound seating and a folding teak table that drops down to form a broad sunbed — one setting for lunch under way, another for the long flat hours of the afternoon. Large double sliding doors open the cockpit straight into the salon, so the two spaces read as one when the weather allows, which in the Aegean is most of the time. A barbecue and wet bar keep the main deck self-sufficient, and the foredeck offers a second, more private sunbathing area forward of the action. Below, three cabins accommodate seven guests. The owner's cabin takes the full beam of the hull, with the volume that implies. The VIP sits alongside it, and a third cabin is fitted with twin beds plus an additional upper berth, giving three sleeping places — a genuinely useful configuration for families or a group travelling with children. Detailed bed layouts are available on request. What holds it together is the crew. ZEUS is run by a team that knows the Greek islands well and reads a charter properly — when to suggest the next anchorage, when to leave guests alone with the view. That judgement is what separates a fast yacht from a good week aboard one.