Italy - Sailing yacht sank off Italian coast, 15 rescued, 7 missing, 19 August 2024

[Chimera]

No warnings?
With weather conditions there?

"Other experts questioned
why the crew wasn’t paying closer attention to various weather warnings ahead of the tragedy.

'I don’t know if there was anyone on board consulting the radar.

Let’s say that if I had been on board, at the first sign of a thunderstorm, I would have woken up all the occupants and been ready and alert with lifejackets on until the storm was over',
one of Italy’s leading climate experts said."

‘Black swan’ weather phenomenon may have sunk Bayesian yacht, experts say

A rare and unexpected “black swan” weather event may have led to the luxury Bayesian superyacht’s speedy demise, maritime experts claim.

nypost.com

Yes, well -- I was referring to your own attached link from the NYP; that described the 'black swan phenomenon' , and how quickly it can overtake a boat of any size....regardless of the cloudy weather.
Basically the wind whipping up and behaving differently over a body of water ?

Described as rare, unexpected, and without warning :

‘Black swan’ weather phenomenon may have sunk Bayesian yacht, experts say

A rare and unexpected “black swan” weather event may have led to the luxury Bayesian superyacht’s speedy demise, maritime experts claim.

nypost.com

"....The spontaneous formation of a tornado-like waterspout would have given the 22 passengers and crew aboard the luxury vessel little to no time to react..."

Swift and deadly.
I was with friends on a smaller boat on just a lake (lake Superior), & not the ocean ; and the waves came up on a fairly sunny day.
We were tossed all over the place, and that is not something I want to repeat.
Eek.
Omo.

 

[Cryptic]

That's what happened with the Conception. Most of the crew weren't trapped below deck (the only crew member who was below deck died with the passengers), so it was far easier for the crew to escape.

The crew probably knew the ship better than the passengers. And.... there can be multiple ways to move around a super yacht- if one knows the "secret passages".

The one I very briefly worked on had a series of hidden passageways that allowed crew to move around the yacht with out being seen by the owner or guests.

Rather, we could suddenly "appear" in an area to take care of owner or guest requests, set / clean tables etc. Then, quickly "disappear" with out having to cut through VIP areas. The designer's intent was to give the VIPs the hour by hour impression that they were alone on the super yacht.

Neat design features aside, If the yacht had such passage ways, they would give crew other escape options if the main routes were blocked. Heck, even some owners might not even be aware of the full extent of the passageways- especially if they viewed the super yacht as an occasional "toy" among many super toys.

 

[Rikissa]

Oh I think I have that wrong. I think it was five couples (including one with the baby) and Hannah, occupying the six rooms.

There were five couples onboard, a baby, and a teenager (Hannah). Three of the couples were middle aged/older, and two were younger (in their 30s?), both the younger couples survived, as well as Angela Bacares. Hannah would have had a suit on her own.
Here's a list of the guests, and some of the crew onboard.

Who was on Bayesian and how they were celebrating end of Mike Lynch’s court battles

The five bodies recovered from the wreck have now been identified, with Mike Lynch’s teenage daughter still missing

www.independent.co.uk

 

[mickey2942]

Interesting that the yacht manufacturer, states that the boat should not have been at anchor. I am just surprised that every single crew member, aside from the chef was on the deck. It sounds like the passengers were not given information about how severe the storm was.

Sicily Yacht Sank Due to ‘Endless Chain of Errors,' Claims Ship Maker's CEO: ‘Everything Was Predictable’

The luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week was the result of an "endless chain of errors," Giovanni Costantino — who is the CEO of The Italian Sea Group, the company that now owns Perini Navi, which built the Bayesian in 2008 — asserts in a new interview

people.com