A luxury superyacht carrying 22 passengers sank off the coast of
early yesterday, leaving one person dead and six people missing. Fifteen people were rescued, including a one-year-old child. British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch—acquitted in the US in June of fraud—and his daughter, Hannah, are among those who remain unaccounted for.
The 184-foot yacht named Bayesian was caught in severe weather conditions, including a waterspout, which caused it to capsize around 5 am local time. The ship was anchored roughly a half-mile off the port of Porticello when the storm caused the vessel to tip over. Its mast—the world’s tallest aluminum mast in the world at 246 feet—then quickly pulled the ship underwater causing the yacht to sink to about 164 feet deep. See photos of the yacht here.
According to the US Coast Guard, there were 3,844 recreational boating accidents in the US in 2023, resulting in 564 deaths.
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