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

[Ruthbullock]

And the Dutch captain - Karsten Borner, whose boat picked up the survivors - supplied the photos because ..... he was irritated by repeated attempts by the ship's builder to pin the blame on the crew.

He also said ..... 'My first mate said, 'she has gone, she has sunk', and I was laughing at him, saying such a big thing doesn't disappear in a minute. He was right.'

Photo of ill-fated Bayesian superyacht minutes before it sunk

These photos were from 14 minutes before, so whilst useful, they are not definitive proof they were all closed (and they only show one side of the boat). In some of the earlier discussions, it was thrown around, the possibility that the door that was opened was potentially the one to release the hard sided tender craft due to the storm. Does anyone know if that’s the side that’s submerged on the sea floor? Also is that on the side that’s photographed? They must surely know by now if any of the doors were opened, If not from witness statements, from looking at it underwater? Any open hatches on the sea bed however may have been forced open due to internal pressure as it went down, it’s not going to be easy to establish the hatch door theory.

 

[SouthAussie]

These photos were from 14 minutes before, so whilst useful, they are not definitive proof they were all closed (and they only show one side of the boat). In some of the earlier discussions, it was thrown around, the possibility that the door that was opened was potentially the one to release the hard sided tender craft due to the storm. Does anyone know if that’s the side that’s submerged on the sea floor? Also is that on the side that’s photographed? They must surely know by now if any of the doors were opened, If not from witness statements, from looking at it underwater? Any open hatches on the sea bed however may have been forced open due to internal pressure as it went down, it’s not going to be easy to establish the hatch door theory.

I am pretty sure that is what Karsten Borner is talking about (in the article). And if the door was obviously in a closed position 14 minutes before the boat sank, it wouldn't have been opened after that.


Three crew members are being investigated by prosecutors in Sicily after they were accused of leaving the large door open on the rear port side of the 56-metre yacht.
The flooding is alleged to have started after fierce winds and waves drove water through the door in the hull.

However, two photographs - which are set to be published in an ITV documentary broadcast on Thursday - appear to show the door shut in the hours and minutes leading up to the sinking.

 

[ch_13]

The previous captain of the yacht wrote an article about it shortly after the collapse and said there was no way the door could have been open...

Former Bayesian captain offers insight

Stephen Edwards, captain of the 58.6m Perini Navi built Seahawk, was previously Captain from 2015 to 2020 for the 56m Perini Navi Bayesian which sank

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

Bayesian had only one shell door in the hull, on the port side aft. As this was very close to the waterline, it was rarely used (remembering the extra 30T of ballast mentioned earlier… this caused the water line to be 100mm higher than other 56m Perinis, hence much closer to the bottom of the shell opening meaning it could only be opened in flat calm conditions… 100% it was NOT open at night)