Onlookers capture British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's 'victory' celebration trip off coast of Sicily just days before 'black swan' waterspout ravaged luxury superyacht and sunk it 'within 60 seconds' - as daylight search resumes for six missing people READ MORE: ROBERT HARDMAN reveals events experts blame for tragedy By Nick Craven In Sicily and Matthew Lodge Published: 07:07, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 07:16, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments Guests and crew members on the doomed Bayesian superyacht were filmed peacefully enjoying it's owner's 'victory' trip just days before the boat sank off the coast of Sicily. Video taken by curious onlookers showed a group of people on the £30million vessel as it floated off Porticello, with men and women in white polo shirts seen moving around the deck in calm waters off the island of Vulcano last week. The boat had been taken to Mediterranean island by British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who had invited family and friends with him to celebrate his 'second life' after being acquitted of fraud charges in the US.
Just days later six of those on board would be missing and 15 others dramatically rescued after the boat capsized following a direct hit from a freak 'black swan' waterspout during severe thunderstorms on Monday morning. Today the search operation for those who are still not accounted for - including Mr Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter and a senior boss at Morgan Stanley - enters its third day, with divers warning they are not expectin.