British Superyacht sinks off Siciliy

[chrismscotland]

I noticed this story this morning that a British Flagged superyacht had sunk off Sicily after a storm but reports earlier suggested it wasn't Brits on board.

Now its being reported that the yacht belongs to UK Tech billionaire Mike Lynch and he's been reported as missing:

https://news.sky.com/story/mike-lyn...esian-yacht-sinks-off-sicilian-coast-13199765

If it wasn't for the Storm I'd have wondered if HP had borrowed one of Boeing's "whistle-blower finders" given they recently lost their court case in the UK against Lynch.

 

[Jokester]

Was just saying the same thing. Just cleared of fraud after something like 10 years including extradition to the US.

 

[200sols]

Conspiracies didnt take long

 

[Jokester]

Conspiracies didnt take long

I would imagine somebody left doors / hatches open as seemingly sunk in no time at all.

 

[cheesyboy]

Not at all suspicious

 

[LiE]

The super yacht looks pretty low tech.

Surely the forecast said “don’t go out a boat” today.

 

[Diddums]

His name sounds like one of those online video game names where they're trying to be funny.

Like Mike Hunt.

Or Hugh Jerection.

 

[fez]

Now i'm not a nautical man nor am I a sea dweller but that being said, shouldn't boats have some god awful annoying alarm if you leave a door/window open when you shouldn't. My fridge gets furious if I leave the door open for 30s. There was another expensive yacht recently that went down supposedly from someone leaving a big hole in the side of the boat open.

 

[GhostWKD]

Now i'm not a nautical man nor am I a sea dweller but that being said, shouldn't boats have some god awful annoying alarm if you leave a door/window open when you shouldn't. My fridge gets furious if I leave the door open for 30s. There was another expensive yacht recently that went down supposedly from someone leaving a big hole in the side of the boat open.

They have bilge pumps and bilge alarms etc. Not to mention even the most incompetent crew will know to seal hatches etc

Edit: Shouldn't theorise really, RIP, immensely sad situation and likely incredibly unlucky in the circumstances as would take a lot to sink it straight up

 

[LiE]

Grim

During rescue efforts, divers saw "corpses through the portholes" of the wreck as they recovered the body of a man at a depth of 50m (164ft), according to Salvo Cocina, the head of the Civil Protection of Sicily.

 

[Quartz]

Mike Lynch has been confirmed as one of those missing.

 

[LiE]

Mike Lynch has been confirmed as one of those missing.

Doesn’t look good. Going missing when a ship sinks usually means one thing…

 

[Diddums]

Doesn’t look good. Going missing when a ship sinks usually means one thing…

A new identity on the Cayman Islands?

 

[Quartz]

A new identity on the Cayman Islands?

Assassinated by CIA?

 

[JBuk]

Doesn’t look good. Going missing when a ship sinks usually means one thing…

That they’re missing but also wet?

 

[Junglist]

The sea has absolutely zero qualms about snuffing out the life of the super rich.

 

[StriderX]

Guess HP wasn't happy with the outcome of the trial.

 

[Mad_Jay]

A new identity on the Cayman Islands?

The Simpsons did it.

Cayman Islands banker

The Cayman Islands banker works at a bank in the Cayman Islands. He operates a secret illegal account for Krusty the Clown. When the Banker with Antlers and the Banker with House Costume inquired about Krusty's account, he replied that he would divulge nothing about his "secret, illegal...

simpsons.fandom.com

Strangely looks like him too.

 

[robfosters]

Grim

That’s like the MS Estonia wreck. When divers went down to that, even months later, they could still see the panic stricken dead faces of passengers at the cabin windows. Can’t tell you how much that would freak me out and affect me mentally, I’d probably need counselling

 

[Jono8]

Might watch Triangle of Sadness again.