Why did the Bayesian superyacht sink?

The Bayesian, which capsized in the early hours of Monday, was an award-winning yacht owned by a company controlled by the wife of tech tycoon Mike Lynch.

Sky's Laura Bundock assesses why it could have sank.

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[CaliKiwi-]

As ex mega yacht crew I don’t understand why there was anyone still in their cabins! In extreme weather we old timers made everyone sleep in the salon so there was no way anyone could be trapped below in cabins.. yacht safety 101..

[reecom]

They can write a mystery movie script. Days before the sinking the billionaire owner’s partner dies in a car accident after winning the lawsuit against their company. The modern superyacht with its owner celebrating the lawsuit win sinks at anchor next to an old wooden yacht that survived the storm and rescued the survivors of superyacht.

[katalinrobin]

Like the Titanic, it was said unsinkable, this yacht, ditto. No man will ever be more clever, more wise than nature.

[eltamarindo]

The yacht had a 246' tall mast and a retractable keel. What could go wrong?

[nizviz]

Two people who embarrassed a behemoth of a company by destroying its lawsuit, suddenly lose their lives in separate "accidents".

[PaulHarris-slct]

The yacht was not designed to withstand stupidity

[murrayashworth]

This has the hallmark of human error, not having the retractable keel deployed.
In a normal state, this would be a sound practice as she could easily rotate on it’s anchored position into the wind.
If this storm hit as quickly as it did, I’d predict the keel deployment was over looked with everything else happening. Once she started heeling over it was probably too late to do anything.
Just my old Kiwi opinion, 70 and been playing around with boats my whole life.
RIP to all the souls lost.
🇳🇿🇨🇦

[naratipmath]

"Bayesian" symbolizes uncertainty. What a good name for a Yacht.

[NomadSupreme]

It was a boat. Any boat can sink. Period.

[Bike-boom_]

When money can't buy important things like life, a lesson for many!

[itsmePassportBro]

Easy. Keel UP, Yacht on side, doors open windows open fills with water, 550tonnes down WE GO....

[paddygeo]

No matter what anyone says. Blame always comes back to the captain

[danielfisher]

Weather weapons can sink anything. Call me a conspiracy theorist.

[AnthonyTobyEllenor-pijq]

The crew mostly got out the guests mostly drowned, something wrong here ! It was a mistake to retract the keel because this raises the centre of gravity so once the yacht heels away from vertical the leverage of the mast increases exponentially with each degree of list and there is no chance of recovery once water starts entering the yacht from open doors. When the mast hits water it hits with a tremendous crash and then the lights go out, the floor becomes the wall and sheer panic overwhelms the poor sods trapped below decks. It is common to retract swinging keels on yachts because the swinging action on bearings can cause a deep rumble that reverberates throughout the yacht which hampers sleep for guests, the crew soon get used to this rumble but when bad weather is due, the keel must be fully lowered no matter what guests say.

[tiancai]

This wouldn't have happened if they'd gone on a caravan trip to Burnham-on-Sea.

[aarenfourever]

I think that huge mast could be a major factor in that sinking... but then, I wasn't there.

[mchaplin]

co defendant in a fraud case died in car crash saturday-seems like possible revenge attacks

[craigstrauss]

It’s not a super yacht!
18 million 😂

[Mike_]

Both Mike Lynch who died in this tragedy and his Business partner who died a few weeks ago after being run over by a car were very unfortunate and appear to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time ...

[chestercopperpot]

Funny how he and his business partner who deal in software for intelligence agencies die on the SAME WEEKEND!