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I booked my STCW at Bluewater's Fort Lauderdale location and they cancelled my course less than a week before it was due to start. They have refused to provide me a refund and after 2 months of trying to contact them, they have completely ghosted me. If you're trying to pursue your dream in yachting, go somewhere where they actually care about their customers.

What brought me to Blue Water Yachting was that I had received a phone call from some friends advising that they would be bringing their boat into Bahia Mar Marina prior to doing a Caribbean cruise and wanted me, for security reasons, to be the one to ask around about additional staffing. As soon as I walked in the door, though I had inadvertently entered through the back door, I was warmly greeted and rather impressed with the general bright décor and setup of their offices. I was also impressed to find out that they could handle all of my friends needs as they maintain a data base of over 100,000 professional crew with crew agents in various separate departments that would specialize in selecting those best suited for a particular yacht. I passed the information on to my friends for them to finalize any details, which they did, and have been advised that they couldn't have been more pleased. As I'm sure that the staff at Bluewater were aware that was an amateur handling such affairs, matters such as these are generally handled by a yacht's captain, they clearly went out of their way to accommodate me. They not only answered all of my questions but also advised me on a few points that I should have had questioned but failed to ask. I was also interested in the size of their operations, which are really big. They not only assist with crew placement but also handle yacht brokerage, are a yacht-training provider in Europe, have operations in Antibes, France, Mallorca, Spain, Moscow and Miami. Then, if you intend to have a Yacht designed and constructed, they offer new construction management. So no matter your needs when it comes to larger yachts, particularly those of the super or mega yacht categories, Bluewater seems to have you covered.

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13 years in the yachting industry, and over 8 different Yacht Crew Agencies, this one was the least likely to ever offer anything in regards to employment. One of their employees admitted to me that they had over 30,000 names in their data banks. Given that number and usually only 5-10 jobs available, the odds of getting a job through Crew Unlimited were lower than playing the lottery. They do have a fancy website, and do post jobs available, but again, in the 13 years I worked in the yachting industry, none of their job leads ever led to an actual interview with a Captain or owner looking for crew.

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Bodies found in sunken superyacht ‘are Mike Lynch and daughter’

Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are believed to be among five bodies found in the search of the luxury superyacht Bayesian on Wednesday.

Specialist cave divers continued their search for the missing passengers for a third day, breaking through a 3cm-thick pane of glass to gain access to the £30 million vessel.

Inside, Italian authorities believe that the divers found Mr Lynch and his daughter, along with three other passengers who had gathered on the vessel to celebrate the tech tycoon’s acquittal in a fraud trial .

Four bodies have been brought ashore. Salvo Cocina, the director of Sicily’s civil protection agency, said rescuers had found another body but were yet to recover it. One person remains missing.

Mr Cocina told The Telegraph that he believed Mr Lynch and his daughter had been found.

He added: “On behalf of myself and my colleagues, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and express our condolences to them at this difficult time”.

Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Chris Morvillo, the Clifford Chance lawyer; and Neda Morvillo, his wife, are the other passengers missing since the yacht sank.

With help from remotely controlled underwater vehicles, divers began scouring the wreckage of the Bayesian from 8am. The yacht is lying intact on its starboard side, 165ft underwater.

The robots can be used at depths of 300m and are equipped with “advanced technology to investigate the seabed and record videos and detailed images”, according to the coast guard.

Three body bags were seen being taken to the port of Porticello where dozens of emergency service staff were waiting. One was seen being put into the back of an ambulance.

James Cutfield, 51, the yacht’s captain, was questioned by prosecutors from the Termini Imerese public prosecutor’s office for two hours yesterday after the vessel sank on Monday morning, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported.

Mr Cutfield, originally from Auckland, New Zealand, was described by his brother Mark as a “well-respected” lifelong seafarer .

He said Mr Cutfield had captained luxury yachts for the past eight years, had worked on them since he was a teenager and was a “very good sailor”.

Mark Cutfield told The New Zealand Herald that his brother was recovering in hospital, but that his injuries were not “too dramatic”. He said: “He’s safe, he’s OK.”

In the nearby town of Termini Imerese, prosecutors have opened an investigation into the disaster . They will seek to establish what caused the yacht to sink and establish any criminality.

Prosecutors will investigate the keel on the superyacht after divers found it was “partially elevated”.

Experts have suggested that the keel would normally be fully extended for extra stability when faced with bad weather.

A tornado over water, known as a waterspout, had struck the 184ft yacht with 22 people on board as it moored overnight off Porticello, a fishing village 10 miles east of Palermo.

A team of four British inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) also arrived in Porticello to look at the site of the sinking.

The MAIB is looking into what happened because the Bayesian was flying a British flag and is not involved in the search for the remaining missing passenger, it is understood.

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That’s all for today. Here is a summary of today’s developments:

• Four bodies have been recovered from the sunken superyacht, including Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah.
• Divers have found a fifth body, which they are working to recover.
• One person remains missing. 
• Remotely controlled underwater vehicles were used, with naval units and cave divers also taking part in the search.
• Divers entered the superyacht’s hull by breaking a window.
• The captain of the Bayesian was described as a “very good sailor” by his brother.
• British inspectors arrived in Sicily to investigate yacht sinking.  

Search ends for the day

Sicily’s civil protection agency chief Salvatore Cocina has said that searches have finished for the day and will resume on Thursday.

He confirmed that five bodies have been found, but only four recovered.

One person remains missing, Mr Cocina said.

British investigators likely to contact designer of Mike Lynch’s superyacht

The designer of  Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian is likely to be contacted by British investigators.

The vessel was designed by Ron Holland, a naval architect, who now lives in Vancouver.

Gavin Pritchard, a retired Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) inspector, told The Telegraph that Mr Holland would, in the normal way, be contacted by the MAIB as its investigation into the sinking gathers pace.

Read the full story here .

Fifth body found by rescue divers

The director-general of Sicily’s civil protection agency, Salvo Cocina, confirmed that a fifth body has been found in the sunken superyacht.

Four of the bodies have now been recovered while a fifth has been found but is yet to be brought to shore.

One person remains missing, according to Italian news agency ANSA.

Admiralty nautical chart shows shipwreck area

An extract from Admiralty Chart 963 covering ports on the north coast of Sicilia shows the area in which Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank on Monday.

Although the precise spot where Bayesian sank has not been disclosed by the authorities, it is known to be about half a mile south-east of Porticello.

Search continues for two missing guests

Four bodies have been found in the wreck of Mike Lynch’s superyacht this afternoon, but two people remain unaccounted for.

Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley and insurance company Hiscox, and his wife Judy, a psychotherapist, have not been seen since the Bayesian sank on Monday.

Likewise, Chris Morvillo, a lawyer from Clifford Chance and part of the legal team representing Mr Lynch, and his wife Neda, who reportedly runs a luxury jewellery line, remain missing.

Sicily civil protection director-general Salvo Cocina told The Telegraph that two more bodies had been found after the bodies of what are believed to be Mike Lynch and his daughter were brought to the surface.

Profile: Mike Lynch

Just weeks ago, Mike Lynch was walking out of a San Francisco court room a free man with tears in his eyes.

The technology tycoon who was known as “Britain’s Bill Gates” had  improbably beaten the odds in a bitter US legal dispute with technology giant HP, convincing a jury that he was not guilty of claims of massive fraud.

Cleared after a 13-year legal fight, the entrepreneur vowed to fight to reform Britain’s extradition laws after he was flown to San Francisco to face trial and be kept under house arrest.

Yet tragedy has now struck the 59-year-old so soon after his victory. 

Mr Lynch and his daughter, Hannah, are understood to have died after their yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning.

Read the full story here.

Divers making use of ‘natural entrances’ to superyacht

Fire crews from the Vigili del Fuoco said they have been accessing the vessel through natural entrances, without making openings.

Remotely controlled underwater vehicles are being used, with naval units and cave divers also taking part in the search, the Italian Coastguard has said.

Captain of sunken superyacht is a very good sailor, says brother

The captain of Mike Lynch’s superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning, is a “very good sailor”, his brother has said.

James Cutfield, 51, was on Bayesian, the British tech tycoon’s yacht, when it went down  in a fierce storm off Porticello, near Palermo.

Mr Cutfield, originally from North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand, was described as a “well-respected” lifelong seafarer by his brother Mark.

Read the full story here

Watch: Rescue crews return with a body bag

Rescue crews were seen unloading a body bag from one of the ships searching the remains of the sunken superyacht.

The green body bag was taken back to the port of Porticello where dozens of emergency services staff were waiting.

Breaking news here in Sicily🚨🚨 Two bodies have been found in the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian yacht, according to reports. The remains were found inside one of the cabins and have now been brought onto land. One of the bodies is male, according to Corriere Della Sera. pic.twitter.com/zz7bCX8IbE — Albert Tait (@AlbertTait1) August 21, 2024

Several boats heading towards wreckage

Several boats have left the port of Porticello to go to the site of the sinking.

They left the port at the same time shortly before 3.30pm on Wednesday.

It comes after reports of two bodies being discovered in the sunken Bayesian.

Watch: Robot assists with search for survivors

Divers break window and enter superyacht hull

Divers have entered the sunken superyacht Bayesian after breaking a window as part of the search for survivors. 

The coast guard and firefighting service resumed their search for the six missing passengers at 8am local time on Wednesday.

The team broke through a three centimetre pane of glass on the side of the yacht yesterday and entered the hull, using special jacks produced by a locksmith in Porticello.

Firefighter spokesman Luca Cari said divers had reached the lounge area of the yacht.

Divers have been frustrated by the short 12 minute turnaround working at a depth of 48 metres and have spoken about the challenges of dealing with narrow corridors and floating debris obstructing their way. They are also using remotely operated vehicles to help them in the search.

Italian authorities are now investigating whether hatches left open by crew members caused the superyacht to sink.

Superyacht captain ‘questioned for more than two hours’

The captain of the sunken Bayesian was “questioned for more than two hours” by prosecutors, according to reports.

James Catfield, 51, the captain of the yacht was questioned by prosecutors from the Termini Imerese Public Prosecutor’s Office yesterday after the vessel sank on Monday morning, Corriere della Sera reported.

An investigation into the shipwreck is underway and Mr Catfield was interviewed as authorities try to reconstruct events preceding the incident. 

Prosecutors are expected to interview other survivors as part of the investigation.

It comes as Italian authorities are investigating whether hatches left open by crew members caused Mike Lynch’s superyacht to sink.

Pictured: Italian fire service crew return to Porticello Harbour from the dive site

Divers from fire service seen entering water

Divers from the local fire service were seen entering the water with torches attached to their headgear at the site of the shipwreck on Wednesday afternoon.

A police boat and divers were also seen helping with the search while a helicopter hovered overhead.

The boats spent a short time at the scene before heading back to the nearby port.

Survivors turned down offer of psychological support, according to reports

All 15 survivors of the Bayesian wreckage were offered psychological support for their trauma but they each refused help, according to reports.

Salvo Cocina, director-general of the Civil Protection Agency in Sicily, told MailOnline: “We wanted to make sure that everyone was offered every kind of help they might need, but no-one from the passengers or the crew accepted counselling.”

He said the agency, which is a government department that deals with emergency events, still has hope that the six missing people are alive.

Mr Cocina said: “The operation is not complete – we don’t differentiate between rescue and recovery in these circumstances, because the people are still in the boat.

“The divers have not yet reached the cabins, so we have not yet given up hope that there may be air pockets in there keeping them alive.”

Watch: Robot that can operate for seven hours underwater assisting search, says coast guard

The Italian coast guard is using a robot which can function for up to seven hours underwater to assist its search for survivors of the sunken Bayesian. 

The remotely operated vehicle can be used at depths of 300m and is equipped with “advanced technology to investigate the seabed and record videos and detailed images”, according to the coast guard.

Pictured: Search for survivors of sunken superyacht continues

Robot that can operate for seven hours underwater assisting search, says coast guard

The Italian coast guard is using a robot which can function for up to seven hours underwater to assist its search for survivors of the sunken Bayesian.  The remotely operated vehicle can be used at depths of 300m and is equipped with “advanced technology to investigate the seabed and record videos and detailed images”, according to the coast guard. A spokesman said: “Underwater investigations, conducted by divers from the Naples and Messina Coast Guard Diving Units, have been enhanced with the help of an additional remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV - Remotely Operated Vehicle) with high-performance features. “The ‘robot’ is capable of operating on the seabed at a depth up to 300 metres and for between six and seven hours. “The device supplied by the coast guard, is equipped with advanced technology to investigate the seabed and record videos and detailed images. It aims to provide useful and timely elements to reconstruct the dynamics of the accident for the benefit of the Termini Imerese Public Prosecutor’s Office.” It comes as a new team of Italian firefighter divers has been dispatched from Genoa overnight to support the search for six missing passengers of the yacht which has entered its third day.  Luca Cari, spokesman for the firefighting service, told The Telegraph on Wednesday some of the divers are specialised in deep sea diving and can stay underwater for up to 20 minutes, longer than the 12 minutes which restrict some of the other divers at a depth of 50 metres.

Firefighters release footage of search

Italy’s fire and rescue service has released footage of its late night search. 

Vigili del Fuoco posted the clip and wrote that Italian divers “concluded late yesterday evening and at the first light of day the operations at sea resumed”.

They added: “The search for the six missing people continues.”

❌ #Porticello #Palermo , si sono concluse nella tarda sera di ieri e alle prime luci del giorno sono riprese le operazioni in mare: proseguono le ricerche dei 6 dispersi da parte dei #sommozzatori speleo dei #vigilidelfuoco [ #21agosto 9:30] pic.twitter.com/mJhEJQQF2d — Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) August 21, 2024

British inspectors investigating wreckage is international protocol

Gavin Pritchard, a retired former Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) inspector, told The Telegraph the UK investigation team’s first priority will be “perishable evidence”.

Under international protocol, Mr Pritchard said the UK has the “first call” on conducting the safety investigation.

He added: “And their priority is what’s called perishable evidence. So they’ll be wanting to interview survivors, maybe get some electronic data, which would be things like radar tracks of the vessel or voice recordings of radio calls.

“Potentially the divers will be taking video, so [the MAIB] will want to have a look at the wreck as well, either with their own divers or underwater vehicles.”

Pictured: Italian coast guard continues search for survivors

The Italian coast guard continues its search for the survivors of the sunken Bayesian superyacht. 

New team of Italian firefighter divers dispatched

A new team of Italian firefighter divers has been dispatched from Genoa overnight to support the search for the six missing from the sunken Bayesian yacht in Porticello.

They will be able to remain underwater for longer periods of up to 20 minutes a time.

Specialist cave divers and other divers from the firefighting service as well as eight divers from the coast guard have been working in rotation for more than 48 hours since early Monday when the boat sank after being hit by a tornado.

The coast guard said the divers are also using remotely operated vehicles to help them in the search on the seafloor.

Luca Cari, spokesman for the firefighting service, told The Telegraph on Wednesday some of the divers are specialised in deep sea diving and can stay underwater for up to 20 minutes, longer than the 12 minutes which restrict some of the other divers at a depth of 50 metres.

He said those arriving from Genoa are trained in deep sea diving and their experience will enhance efforts to find the missing as they can stay underwater for longer periods.

Mr Cari was unable to confirm media reports saying divers had reached some of the cabins and had found them empty.

British inspectors arrive in Sicily to investigate yacht sinking

A team of British inspectors has arrived in Sicily to investigate how Mike Lynch’s luxury yacht sank.

Four inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) are understood to have arrived in Porticello on Tuesday to conduct “preliminary investigations” into the sinking.

The Telegraph understands the team will be at the scene of the shipwreck on Wednesday where the search for six missing people continues. The MAIB would not confirm if the team will speak to any of the 15 survivors who are still on the island.

The team are believed to have flown out because the luxury yacht Bayesian was flying a British flag when it sank. Its arrival comes despite the Italian coast guard saying it did not request assistance in its search.

Spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola said: “Even if they come (probably) the searches are carried out by the Italian authorities. Initiative not requested by us.”

Pictured: A woman watches rescue teams at work in Porticello near Palermo

A woman watches rescue teams at work in Porticello near Palermo.

The search for the six missing passengers resumed at 8am local time on Wednesday with divers inspecting the wreckage for signs of life. 

Missing banker’s brother hopes air pockets offer chance of survival

The brother of the Morgan Stanley chairman missing after a superyacht sank off Sicily has said he hopes air pockets could be keeping those onboard alive.

Jonathan   Bloomer is a close friend of Mike Lynch and gave evidence at his fraud trial, where he claimed his friend “wasn’t particularly interested” in the finance side of the business.

He was travelling on the Bayesian to celebrate the court victory.

Jeremy Bloomer, the twin brother of Jonathan, told the BBC his fingers were crossed.

He said: “It’s a slow process and it will take time. So there might be air pockets, but we don’t know. It’s still wait and see, so fingers crossed.”

It comes as the search for the six remaining passengers enters its third day with the Italian coastguard confirming Mr Lynch and five others are still trapped inside the vessel. 

Italian authorities are now investigating whether hatches left open by crew members caused superyacht to sink.

Pictured: Search for survivors resumes

The search for survivors of the Bayesian yacht after it sank on Monday has resumed.

Last moments of Mike Lynch’s co-defendant captured on Strava

The last moments of Mike Lynch’s co-defendant before he was hit by a car were captured by a trackable running app.

Police have appealed for witnesses after Stephen Chamberlain, 52, was hit by a blue Vauxhall Corsa travelling between Stretham and Wicken, in Cambridgeshire, as he was 10km into a morning trail run on Saturday.

Search for survivors resumes

Divers were able to break through a three centimetre pane of glass on the side of the yacht on Tuesday and enter the hull reportedly using special jacks that were produced by a locksmith in Porticello.

The search and rescue operation of the coast guard and firefighting service for survivors of the sunken Bayesian resumed at 8am local time on Wednesday.

They are also using remotely operated vehicles to help them in the search.

Luca Cari, a firefighter spokesman, said divers had reached the lounge area but on Wednesday he was unable to confirm media reports saying divers had reached two cabins but found them empty. 

Divers have been frustrated by the short 12 minute turnaround working at a depth of 48 metres and have complained about the challenges of dealing with narrow corridors and floating debris obstructing their advance inside the ship.

Marco Tilotta, an inspector from Palermo’s firefighting diver service, has said the yacht is tilting at 90 degrees and both the hull and the mast appear to be intact.

Experts question yacht’s radar coverage

As Sicilian prosecutors begin their investigation into what caused the Bayesian sinking, one expert interviewed by daily Corriere della Sera has questioned whether the yacht had effective radar coverage where it was docked in front of Porticello when the tornado struck.

“Radar is the best tool, but we checked and the area of the accident has patchy radar coverage,” said Francesco De Martin, an expert on extreme weather events at the University of Bologna.

“It’s not certain that they had this information. The radar anticipates the arrival of a strong storm by 10 to 15 minutes, perhaps too little to maneuver the boat and get to safety.”

In media interviews Marco Tilotta, one of the first divers to go down to the wreckage, has said both the yacht and the mast were intact. Mr Tilotta, inspector from Palermo’s firefighter diving unit, has likened the search and rescue operation to the Costa Concordia due to the narrow passages on the boat and the amount of furnishings and debris blocking their progress.

Inside the £30m Bayesian superyacht

The superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily had won multiple awards for its stylish interiors and design.

Mike Lynch , 59, and his teenage daughter, Hannah, are among the seven passengers and crew feared dead when his yacht, the Bayesian, sank off Porticello near the Sicilian city of Palermo.

Divers are searching the wreckage of the 184ft British-flagged vessel, which rests on the sea bed 160ft below the surface and 1,600ft from shore.

Survivors searching for their loved ones was ‘apocalyptic’, says emergency responder

Survivors searching for their loved ones after the Bayesian sank was described as “apocalyptic” by an emergency responder to the disaster. 

Dr Fabio Genco, from the Palermo Emergency Medical Services, treated the 15 survivors of the yacht sinking when they were brought ashore on Monday.

He said his main concern was treating the baby who had been onboard in case she had ingested saltwater.

Speaking to BBC’s Newsnight he said: “The word that the mother and all the injured kept repeating was ‘darkness’ during the shipwreck.

“They spoke for about five minutes, from three to five minutes, from the moment the boat was lifted, raised by the waves of the sea until it sank.”

CCTV shows storm battering Mike Lynch’s superyacht

CCTV captured the moment that  Mike Lynch’s superyacht was battered during a ferocious storm.

The British tech tycoon’s superyacht, Bayesian,  sank off Porticello , near the Sicilian city of Palermo, on Monday.

Mr Lynch, 59, and his teenage daughter, Hannah, are among the seven passengers and crew  feared dead .

British investigators checking if windows and doors were open

British investigators will be looking to find out if the sunken yacht’s windows and watertight doors were open, a former marine accident investigator has said.

Gavin Pritchard, who was a principal investigator with the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) before retiring in 2022, said: “The MAIB will want to look at the vessel using either an ROV [remotely operated vehicle] or divers, or want to have a look and see what the positions of watertight doors, hatches and windows were.

“It’d be important to state that doesn’t attribute blame,” he added, saying the job of the MAIB is to establish a cause for the sinking - rather than legal liability - so safety-critical findings can be spread across the maritime industry.

“One of the first questions that accident investigators ask is, has anything like this ever happened before? And I have to say, having observed this tragic event, I honestly can’t think of anything similar to this,” he added to The Telegraph.

Investigation into ‘open hatches’ on doomed superyacht

Italian authorities are investigating whether hatches left open by crew members caused Mike Lynch’s superyacht to sink .

On Tuesday night, specialist cave divers were continuing to search for six missing passengers , including the tech entrepreneur and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, as the Bayesian lay intact on its starboard side, 165ft underwater on the seabed.

It has been suggested that the missing could still be alive, trapped in pockets of air within the yacht, but hopes were fading fast as the search progressed during its second day. 

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Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily

A celebration turned into tragedy for a british tycoon when the storm sank the vessel off sicily. six people remain missing., by henry austin and corky siemaszko | nbc news • published august 21, 2024 • updated on august 21, 2024 at 4:08 pm.

Newly released video captures a luxury superyacht being battered by a violent storm before it suddenly sank off Sicily with 22 people aboard  Monday.

The grainy images obtained by NBC News and other outlets were recorded on closed-circuit television not far from where the Bayesian was anchored,  about a half-mile from the port of Porticello, on Sicily’s northern coast .

The yacht's 250-foot mast, illuminated with lights and lashed by the storm, appears to bend to one side before it finally disappears and is replaced by darkness.

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The speed with which a yacht built to handle the roughest seas capsized stunned maritime experts.  

“I can’t remember the last time I read about a vessel going down quickly like that, you know, completely capsizing and going down that quickly, a vessel of that nature, a yacht of that size,” said Stephen Richter  of SAR Marine Consulting.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five of the 22 other people who were aboard the 184-foot vessel remain unaccounted for and are believed to be trapped in the Bayesian’s hull, nearly 170 feet underwater.

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Officials confirmed Monday that at least one person, the ship’s cook, had died.  

Missing revealed as divers search superyacht that sank in storm off Sicily

British tech magnate Mike Lynch, 2 US citizens among missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

Superyachts like the Bayesian, which had been available for charters at a rate of $215,000 a week, are designed to stay afloat even as they are taking on water to give the people aboard a chance to escape, Richter said. 

“Boats of this size, they’re taking passengers on an excursion or a holiday,” Richter said. “They are not going to put them in situations where it may be dangerous or it may be uncomfortable, so this storm that popped up was obviously an anomaly. These vessels that carry passengers, they’re typically very well-maintained, very well-appointed.”

Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.-registered Bayesian could carry 12 guests and a crew of up to 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. Its nearly 250-foot mast is the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world,  according to  CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters. 

On Tuesday, Italian rescue workers  resumed the search for Lynch  and the five other passengers still missing: Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah; Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife; and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife.

“The fear is that the bodies got trapped inside the vessel,” Salvatore Cocina, the head of civil protection in Sicily, told Reuters .

The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was one of the 15 people rescued Monday after it capsized.

“It’s extremely rare for a boat of this size to sink,” Richter said.

What’s not rare is the kind of storm that sank it , said Simon Boxall, senior lecturer in oceanography at Britain’s University of Southampton.

“People assume the Mediterranean is this rather calm and passive place that never gets storms and always blue skies,” Boxall said. “In fact, you get some quite horrendous storms that are not uncommon at this time of year.”

The president of Italy’s meteorological society has said Monday’s violent storm may have involved a waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, or a downburst, which occurs more frequently but doesn’t involve the rotation of the air.

Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorology Society, also said recent temperatures may have been a factor. 

“The sea surface temperature around Sicily was around 30 degrees Celsius [86 Fahrenheit], which is almost 3 degrees more than normal,” Mercalli told Reuters. “This creates an enormous source of energy that contributes to these storms.”

The Mediterranean sailing vacation was designed to be a celebration for Lynch, who two months ago was  acquitted by a San Francisco jury of fraud charges  stemming from the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion.

Prosecutors alleged that Lynch, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates,” and Autonomy’s vice president for finance, Stephen Chamberlain, had padded the firm’s finances ahead of the sale. Lynch’s lawyers argued that HP was so eager to acquire Autonomy that it failed to  adequately check the books .

Lynch had taken Morvill, who was one of his defense attorneys, on the luxury trip. 

Chamberlain was not on the Bayesian.

In what appears to be a tragic coincidence, a  car struck and killed Chamberlain on Saturday as he was jogging in a village about 68 miles north of London, local police said.

“Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family,” Chamberlain’s lawyer, Gary Lincenberg, said in a statement .

Henry Austin reported from London and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.

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Yacht tragedy leaves Sicilian port reeling as divers search wreck

In the cloudy skies and on the choppy waters, the emergency operation is continuing here in Porticello, where a luxury yachting holiday turned to horror.

As a coastguard helicopter whirls overhead, divers are being despatched from the port, continuing their search for the six missing passengers of the Bayesian, which capsized before dawn on Monday and whose wreckage now lies some 50m (165ft) underwater on the seabed.

Luca Cari from Italy’s fire and rescue department said that, given the depth, divers were only allowed 10 minutes underwater before resurfacing, limiting their work.

Divers trained to work in small spaces have been flown in from Rome and Sardinia. Strong winds are making the conditions even harder.

The divers found no bodies on the bridge – the room in which the captain controlled the vessel – and have made it into the lounge, from where they are working to gain access to the rest of the yacht.

It’s expected that the six missing passengers will be trapped in the cabins, where they were likely sleeping when it capsized.

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Among the missing are the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch along with his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; his lawyer, Mike Corvillo and his wife Neda; and the president of Morgan Stanley international Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy.

The body of the yacht’s chef has already been found. He is believed to be Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan.

Mr Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, is among the 15 people rescued, when they scrambled into a life raft and set off a flare, that drew the attention of another boat captain.

The tragedy began on Sunday night with violent storms buffeting the boats here.

In the early hours of Monday, that prompted a waterspout – a tornado-like rotating column of cloud and water that engulfed the Bayesian. Witnesses say it snapped the 76m (249ft) tall aluminium mast and quickly engulfed it.

Recent searing heat and heavy winds had reportedly prompted a weather warning prior to the capsizing. The temperature of the Mediterranean was 30C – higher than normal - amplifying the likelihood of an extreme weather event.

Among the survivors are several British nationals, who are staying at a local hotel, to which journalists were denied access.

They include Charlotte Golunski, who clutched her one-year-old daughter above the water to keep her alive, telling how all she could hear were the screams around her.

The British ambassador to Italy, Ed Llewellyn, told me he had visited the survivors and heard their anguish.

“It underlines what a desperately sad and distressing situation they found themselves in,” he said.

“My heart, and I’m sure that of the whole country, goes out to them. We will do whatever we can practically to help in this very difficult and heartbreaking situation.”

He confirmed that marine investigators sent from the UK had arrived in Sicily and were working with their Italian counterparts on a preliminary assessment.

Local prosecutors have also opened an investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy – and if anything could have been done to mitigate it, including closing the ship’s hatches overnight.

The yacht’s captain, James Catfield, from New Zealand, told Italian media of the suddenness of the waterspout that turned a luxury super yacht into a death trap. “We just didn’t see it coming”, he said.