
The Italian Civil Defense had predicted possible storms on the night of the Bayesian tragedy with 7 dead, including the owner, British tech magnate Mike Lynch. The yellow alert had also reached Bayesian's cabin. But James Cutfield, 50, captain of the luxury sailing yacht, insists no worsening weather conditions were expected. Cutfield says the fault can be attributed, rather than human error, to the extraordinary nature of the atmospheric event, with very strong winds blowing in every direction.
In this regard, Corriere writes, there is a Whatsapp group where hundreds of commanders discuss weather conditions every day and warn each other of possible dangers.
"Beyond official weather bulletins, those who do this work are well aware of the dangers when a cold front arrives over such a warm sea. For days we wrote to each other to be careful because a violent natural and unexpected phenomenon could be caused". "The storm had passed from Formentera, a disaster, to Sardinia...", adds Dudi Coletti, the commander of a ship that escaped the storm: "Immediately after that, something unpredictable happened in Porticello", he emphasizes. Also part of the WhatsApp group is Marco Schiavuta, a former member of Moro di Venezia who is now a maritime entrepreneur, who urges caution: "If a storm is forecast, take all your measures, but if not is foreseen, it is difficult to say what is right to do".
Cutfield chose to stay in Porticello waters. Then came the lightning and that terrible wind. The sailboat rocked, water rushed in, and the Bayesian yacht sank with seven people on board.
Within minutes, the 56-meter-long luxury yacht with the world's tallest aluminum mast, 75 meters high, ended up 50 meters deep in Sicilian waters.