A former Bayesian crew member has been left bewildered about how the luxury superyacht could sink as it has withstood choppy seas in the Atlantic previously. When guests were celebrating the acquittal of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch aboard the £30million Bayesian, the 183ft yacht tragically sank off the coast of Italy. It had been anchored offshore from Porticello, having sailed from the seaside village of Cefalu, when it was hit by a freak waterspout caused by bad weather and sank near Palermo.
Investigations are underway as to why the Bayesian sank when others in the vicinity remained afloat when disaster struck just before 5am on Monday. The yacht's former chief stewardess Monica Jensen, 48, said it is 'a bit strange' because she's crossed the Atlantic on the boat and it withstood bad weather 'all over'. Last night, Mr Lynch – once dubbed the British Bill Gates and worth an estimated £852million and his daughter Hannah, 18 - who completed her A-levels this summer and has a place to read English at Oxford University – were among six missing and feared dead.
The body of one man, thought to be an onboard chef, has been found, while specialist divers fear those unaccounted for could be in the hull of the ship after getting trapped in their cabins. And in an extraordinary twist, the tragedy comes days after Stephen Chamberlain, an ex-colleague of Mr Lynch – who he had successfully fought the fraud case with – died after being hit by a car. It comes as: An emergency and rescue service boat navigates on the sea near the site where the Bayesian sank when disaster struck just before 5am on Monday Luxury sailboat Bayesian was docked off the coast of Porticello when a waterspout struck The yacht's former chief stewardess Monica Jensen, 48, (above) said it is 'a bit strange' the boat sank because she's crossed the Atlantic on the boat and it withstood bad weather British tech tycoon Mike Lynch (pictured above) is missing after his superyacht sank Mike.
.. Emily Jane Davies.
