Seawater is pumped out of the wreckage of the ‘Bayesian’ yacht, owned by the late British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, as it’s recovered by the floating crane ships HEBO LIFT 10 and HEBO LIFT 2 off the coast of Porticello, close to Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on June 21, 2025.
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Salvage specialists lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the floor and started pumping seawater out of it on Saturday, 10 months after it sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and 5 others.
Work resumed at first gentle, with probably the most highly effective maritime cranes in Europe having been used to haul the 56-metre-long (184-foot) Bayesian from beneath the waves.
The higher decks appeared badly broken whereas the blue hull was encrusted with mud.
The Bayesian was moored off the small port of Porticello, close to Palermo, in August final yr when it sank throughout a sudden storm. The yacht was susceptible to violent winds and was in all probability knocked over by gusts of greater than 117 km (73 miles) per hour, an interim British report mentioned final month.
The vessel can be held in an elevated place over the weekend whereas checks and preparations are made, mentioned TMC Marine, which has been main the salvage operation, working with Dutch specialists Hebo Maritiemservice to carry the yacht 50 meters from the seabed over the previous few days.
It’s then anticipated to be transported to the close by port of Termini Imerese on Monday and handed over to the authorities who’re investigating the sinking.
The wreckage of “Bayesian” yacht, owned by late British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch who died when the yacht sank off the coast of Porticello, is recovered by floating crane ships HEBO LIFT 10 and HEBO LIFT 2, close to Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on June 21, 2025.
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The restoration course of has been made simpler after the vessel’s 72-metre mast was indifferent utilizing a remote-controlled chopping instrument and positioned on the seabed on Tuesday.
Along with Lynch, founding father of the software program firm Autonomy, his daughter Hannah, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his spouse Neda, banker Jonathan Bloomer and his spouse Judy, and chef Recaldo Thomas have been killed when the yacht sank. 9 different crew members and 6 friends have been rescued.