Sunken Superyacht of UK Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch Recovered Near Sicily (theguardian.com)
- Reference: 0178122505
- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/2158226/sunken-superyacht-of-uk-tech-tycoon-mike-lynch-recovered-near-sicily
- Source link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/mike-lynch-bayesian-superyacht-raised-from-seabed-sicily-salvage-operation
> The white top and blue hull of the 56-meter (184ft) vessel emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge, as salvage crews readied it to be hauled ashore for further investigation. The Italian coastguard said the recovery was scheduled to begin on Saturday morning. A spokesperson for TMC Maritime, which is conducting the recovery operation, said the vessel had been slowly raised from the seabed, 50 meters (165ft) down, over the past three days to allow the steel lifting straps, slings and harnesses to be secured under the keel.
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> The operation -- which has cost approximately $30 million -- was made easier after the vessel's 72-meter mast was detached using a remote-controlled cutting tool and placed on the seabed on Tuesday. The vessel will be transported to the port of Termini Imerese, where investigators are expected to examine it as part of an inquiry into the cause of the sinking. [...] The salvage operation was very complex, and was temporarily suspended in mid-May after Rob Cornelis Maria Huijben, a 39-year-old Dutch diver, died during underwater work. The British-based consultancy TMC Marine, which oversaw a consortium of salvage specialists undertaking the project, said the hull would be lifted on to a specially manufactured steel cradle on the quayside once it had been transported to Termini Imerese. Investigators hope the yacht will yield vital clues to the causes of the sinking. A forensic examination of the hull will seek to determine whether one of the hatches remained open and whether the keel was improperly raised.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/mike-lynch-bayesian-superyacht-raised-from-seabed-sicily-salvage-operation
[2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/08/19/2035232/uk-tech-entrepreneur-mike-lynch-among-missing-in-sicily-yacht-sinking
[3] https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/21/222220/it-tycoon-mike-lynch-daughter-hannah-found-dead
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No, that's not what happened. It's apparently a design problem, a sailboat, actually a motorsailer, that could not take a knockdown, as in a 90 degree list, and had no self righting capability in that condition.
Or the crew left one or more hatches open.
That's why there is an inquest and investigation.
"News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" (Score:3)
Not sure how this story cleared that bar. Nothing techie for the nerds, and not a name anyone here recognizes.
TL;DR: Some rich guy you've never heard of died when his superyacht sank.
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> "Not sure how this story cleared that bar. Nothing techie for the nerds, and not a name anyone here recognizes."
It sank "during a storm". And not even a tie-in to climate change/emergency/crisis/justice/disaster or whatever it is currently called, which somehow automatically makes it Slashdot news-worthy.
Pissed off orcas (Score:2)
This story has no relevance unless it was really the act of orca revolutionaries intent on retaking the seas from those irritating land dwellers who keep floating crap all over.
This is important! (Score:3)
IDGAF! Nobody else here does either.
The important thing is that we don't give a fuck. That's the this. Just to clarify.
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If it had technical details of how the recovery was done, that might have been more interesting
Re: This is important! (Score:2)
Bringing a vessel this size to the surface is a pretty complex process that involves a fair bit of engineering, which is par for the course for this site.
Besides, it's far more relevant than msmash's occasional articles about tennis, a sport that nobody has played since cocaine went out of style at country clubs.
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Ain't nothing wrong with tennis. Except my elbow.