THE CAPTAIN of the doomed Bayesian superyacht is recovering in hospital, his brother has said. James Cutfield, 51, managed to escape from the vessel as it plunged to the bottom of the ocean. Six passengers are still missing including the "UK's Bill Gates" Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18.
Cutfield, from New Zealanad, was one of the 15 survivors of the boat that sank in a storm off the coast of Porticello, Sicily. He admitted that the crew "didn't see it coming' when the water tornado struck the ship in the early hours. His wife Cristina has flown to be with him in Italy.
READ MORE ON THE BAYESIAN Cutfield had captained luxury yachts for eight years and had previously worked on building them for 30 years. Before working for Mr Lynch, he worked for a Turkish billionaire. Italian media originally named him as "Catfield" - before his family corrected his name in the press in New Zealand.
Cutfield’s brother Mark told the NZ Herald his brother was a “very good sailor". Most read in The Sun And he added he was “very well respected” in the Mediterranean. Mark said the captain is currently recovering in hospital, but managed to escape with injuries that were not "too dramatic".
Rescuers are today entering day three of the search - with them sending in an underwater robot to probe the wreck. Divers have been hampered by time crunches, narrow entrances and floating debris on the boat as they battle to get inside the cabins where they believe the six people are. As well as .