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I'm going off the assumption that the crew made mistakes, which I'm saying even if the crew made mistakes a supposedly oceangoing vessel shouldn't just instantly sink like a rock. Even if the crew of a vessel made some mistakes that could result in total loss of the vessel it shouldn't result in...

The speed it sank is the biggest issue I have. I can certainly see crews screwing up resulting in loss of property, like this isn't the first superyacht that has sunk but usually there's time to evacuate even if you don't have time to save property. I really want to know why it sank so fast...

When they get onto the drives they find out that it actually contains Lynch's crypto wallet.

That seems like a lawsuit where regardless of the outcome the mere trial will have Perini end up with egg on their face. I think for instance that the vessel was designed in a legally compliant way, but just because something is legal it doesn't mean that it is fragile. Even if they get some...

I'd think if it was true that it was news to them or else they wouldn't have allowed it in the first place. It hardly sounds like it was in a SCIF room.

This gives some information on the voyage, which started in Rotterdam: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13760523/bayesian-yacht-sicily-mike-lynch-final-voyage.html

I'm more angry with the ship designer for making such a vulnerable vessel. The crew made mistakes but I don't think anyone realized how quickly things would go from bad to deadly. I just think as a baseline vessels like that shouldn't sink in less than hour unless there's been some kind of...

This article shows weather radar for Sicily at the time of the incident and also gives some other interesting details: https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/21/extreme-of-the-extreme-how-the-waterspout-that-sunk-superyacht-was-turbocharged-by-climate This article is also about the weather...

Not that this should be a surprise but the first autopsies have been done, which the results are the death was a result of drowning: https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/09/02/autopsies-confirm-bayesian-victims-the-morvillos-drowned_2b40ec6d-258a-4074-873e-2dd027ec99c9.html

This goes in part why I think the vessel was unseaworthy notwithstanding that it was built to code. It's both expected and allowed for the keel to be up while the anchor is down as well as hatches being open. They didn't have to have the keel down until they were 60 miles away from port. As a...

The engine room vents could only be closed if there was a fire emergency. During a water emergency it's a real conundrum as having the vents open increases capsize risk but without engines you really can't maneuver in the weather like how the SRBP captain was doing. There are ways of designing...

There's information coming out regarding the interrogation of the crewmember that was on watch, which if this is accurate could really point into how much of this was design flaw versus crew error. Now keep in mind from the stability document that downflooding begins at around 31 degrees and...

Like I said, I'm aware of that. 20 degrees is not in the safe heeling range of the Bayesian for the weather conditions it was in. It should have been at like 10 degrees: Operation of the vessel in cyclonic conditions particularly in the hours of darkness, where severe squalls are imminent...

It's my speculation that could explain why the Bayesian captain acted the way that he did rather than anything reported in the news. The only specific injury that I'm aware of is AB, who ended up in wheelchair due to being injured from broken glass.

I'm aware of that, which context is key. They didn't get into the 20° heel voluntarily as part of sailing but instead were in that position due to weather with flooding happening while they were at anchor. It's perfectly normal to drive your car 20 MPH, but something is up if your car suddenly...