Superyacht sinks latest: Search resumes for Mike Lynch's daughter - as investigators 'gather evidence for possible criminal probe'
Five bodies have been found and now identified in the search for those missing after a yacht sank off the Sicily coast, including that of tech tycoon Mike Lynch. Local investigators are gathering evidence for a potential criminal investigation into the sinking of the yacht.
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- Five bodies found in search of superyacht wreckage, taking number of confirmed deaths to six
- Search resumes for British tech tycoon's daughter
- Ashna Hurynag in Sicily: Investigators gather evidence for potential criminal probe
- Family of Jonathan and Judy Bloomer describe 'unimaginable grief'
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The search for British tycoon Mike Lynch's daughter Hannah has not been "easy or quick" a spokesperson for the Italian Coastguard has said.
Vincenzo Zagarola compared the sunken superyacht to an "18-storey building full of water".
"From the first moment it has not been easy or quick to inspect the boat," he told the PA news agency.
"Think of an 18-storey building full of water."
Prosecutors in the town of Termini Imerese, Sicily, near where the Bayesian superyacht went down, are scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow morning.
Earlier, we reported that investigators from the local public prosecutor's office are gathering evidence for a potential criminal investigation into the sinking of the yacht (see 7.29am post).
These pictures show rescue boats off the coast of Porticello, near where the luxury yacht sank, as rescue personnel resume search operations to find British tycoon Mike Lynch's daughter Hannah.
Search operations for the final person missing from the wreck of the superyacht continue, Italy's fire and rescue service has said.
It tweeted to say sea dives had resumed and added that "the long and delicate search operations for the last missing person continue".
The service shared pictures of rescue workers on boats preparing to dive.
The Italian coastguard hopes there will be progress today in the search for Hannah Lynch.
Asked if any developments were expected, spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola replied: "We trust."
Ms Lynch is the last tourist unaccounted for after six bodies were recovered since the sinking of the Bayesian on Monday.
A captain and maritime chartered surveyor has identified four potential issues that may have contributed to the yacht disaster.
Captain Ed Geary said retractable keels - a stabilising fin at the base of a boat - have "historic problems of failure".
"Whether the keel was up or down would have a serious impact on the stability of the vessel."
Second, he took aim at the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency rules.
"The MCA delegates the inspection and certification and survey of these commercial vessels - up to 12 passengers - to profit-motivated, surveying societies, certification societies.
"Unfortunately, the quality is not as high as it should be," he claimed, adding some of their personnel were "untrained, unqualified and inexperienced".
Captain Geary also took issue with comments made by Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group,
"The builder of boat initially blurted out that the boat was unsinkable, which is kind of hard to fathom considering the boat is sitting at 50m below the surface of water off the Italian coast."
But the captain agreed with Mr Costantino's claims the crew should have been alert.
Sky News has contacted the MCA for comment.
Investigators from the local public prosecutor's office are gathering evidence for a potential criminal investigation into the sinking of the yacht, says news correspondent Ashna Hurynag.
British investigators have said its too early to comment on their probe.
A "blame game" has already started, with the chief executive of the company that owns the firm that built the vessel "laying some of the blame at the feet of the crew and the captain on board", she adds.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, talked about human error and accused the crew of not being in a state of alert.
Meanwhile, the search continues for Hannah Lynch.
"Divers are starting to get ready, and those search and rescue teams have been on site for the past half an hour or so," says Hurynag.
"Tributes have been pouring in for the six people who are confirmed to have died in this tragic incident."
The search continues for 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, the final person missing from the wreck of the Bayesian.
The body of her father, technology tycoon Mike Lynch, was recovered yesterday, while his wife Angela Bacares survived.
Divers paused their efforts at 8pm off the coast of Sicily last night and were expected to resume at 6.30am (5.30am UK time) this morning.
A decision on whether to raise the sunken yacht from the seabed is "not on the agenda", but will be in the future, said a spokesman from the Italian Coastguard, Vincenzo Zagarola.
The wreckage of the Bayesian is resting on the seabed at a depth of 164ft.
It had been moored around half a mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank at about 5am local time on Monday.
Mr Zagarola said the Italian coastguard's working theory is still that the missing woman is inside the boat.
Welcome back to our live coverage of the yacht disaster, as the search continues for the last missing tourist.
Hannah Lynch, 18, the daughter of British tycoon Mike Lynch, is still unaccounted for, while her father has been confirmed dead.
He was among five bodies recovered and identified yesterday.
Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judith Bloomer, as well as lawyer Christopher Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo were also named as among the deceased.
Meanwhile, tributes have flooded in for the deceased, including from the families of the Bloomers and the Morvillos.
A senior oceanography lecturer told Sky News it's "unlikely" Ms Lynch was thrown from the Bayesian and more probable that she will be found somewhere inside the vessel.
An Italian fire service spokesman said emergency workers "would need a crystal ball" to know if and when another body will be discovered.
Meanwhile, an investigation is under way into the circumstances behind the sinking.
The chief executive of a firm which makes and sells yachts like the Bayesian said the sinking may have been due to a series of human mistakes and questioned why its crew were not in a "state of alert" when the storm hit.
We're pausing our coverage for tonight but here is a recap of what we know:
- The five bodies discovered in the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian have been identified;
- British tycoon Mike Lynch, Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judith Bloomer, lawyer Christopher Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo were all named;
- Mr Lynch's 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch remains unaccounted for;
- A senior oceanography lecturer has told Sky News it's "unlikely" she was thrown from the Bayesian and more probable that she will be found somewhere inside the vessel;
- Tributes have flooded in for the deceased, including from the families of the Bloomers and the Morvillos;
- The chief executive of a firm which makes and sells yachts like the Bayesian believes the sinking may have been due to a series of human mistakes and questioned why its crew were not in a "state of alert" when a storm hit;
- An Italian fire service spokesman says emergency workers "would need a crystal ball" to know if and when another body will be discovered;
- Mr Lynch had reportedly considered selling the Bayesian earlier this year but changed his mind when acquitted in a major fraud trial in the US.
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Divers find 5 bodies during search of yacht wreckage off Sicily
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Italian firefighter divers bring ashore in a green bag the body of one of the victims of the U.K.-flag vessel Bayesian on Wednesday. The luxury sail yacht was hit by a violent sudden storm and sunk early Monday, while at anchor off the Sicilian village of Porticello near Palermo, in southern Italy. Salvatore Cavalli/AP hide caption
PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday and searched for one more as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Rescue crews unloaded three body bags from rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. Salvatore Cocina, head of the Sicily civil protection agency, said two other bodies had also been found in the wreckage for a total of five.
Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht sank in Sicily?
The discovery made clear the operation to search the hull on the seabed 50 meters (164 feet) underwater had quickly turned into a recovery one, not a rescue, given the amount of time that had passed and that no signs of life had emerged over three days of searching, maritime experts said.
The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday as it was moored about a kilometer (a half-mile) offshore. Civil protection officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.
Fifteen people escaped in a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby sailboat. One body was recovered Monday — that of the ship’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, of Antigua.
Thomas was born in Canada, according to his cousin David Isaac, but would visit his parents’ homeland of Antigua as a child, moving permanently to the tiny eastern Caribbean island in his early 20s. Italian officials previously listed Antigua as the nationality of someone on board.
The fate of six missing passengers had driven the search effort, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch , his 18-year-old daughter and associates who had successfully defended him in a recent U.S. federal fraud trial.
Lynch’s spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, on Tuesday. Salvatore Cavalli/AP hide caption
What caused the ship to sink so quickly?
Meanwhile, investigators from the Termini Imerese Public Prosecutor’s Office were acquiring evidence for their criminal investigation, which they opened immediately after the tragedy even though no formal suspects have been publicly identified.
Questions abound about what caused the superyacht, built in 2008 by Italian shipyard Perini Navi, to sink so quickly, when the nearby Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat was largely spared and managed to rescue the survivors.
Was it merely the case of a freak waterspout that knocked the ship to its side and allowed water to pour in through open hatches? What was the position of the keel, which on a large sailboat such as the Bayesian might have been retractable, to allow it to enter shallower ports?
“There’s a lot of uncertainty as to whether it had a lifting keel and whether it might have been up,” said Jean-Baptiste Souppez, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects and the editor of the Journal of Sailing Technology. “But if it had, then that would reduce the amount of stability that the vessel had, and therefore made it easier for it to roll over on its side,” he said in an interview.
The captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat, which came to the Bayesian’s rescue, said his craft had sustained minimal damage — the frame of a sun awning broke — even with winds that he estimated reached 12 on the Beaufort wind scale, which is the highest, hurricane-strength force on the scale.
He said he had remained anchored with his engines running to try to maintain the ship’s position as the storm, which was forecast, rolled in.
Search teams scour waters along Italy’s southwestern shore, where a luxury yacht sank
“Another possibility is to heave anchor before the storm and to run downwind at open sea,” Karsten Bornersaid in a text message. But he said that might not have been a viable option for the Bayesian, given its trademark 75-meter (246-foot) tall mast.
“If there was a stability problem, caused by the extremely tall mast, it would not have been better at open sea,” he said.
Yachts like the Bayesian are required to have watertight, sub-compartments that are specifically designed to prevent a rapid, catastrophic sinking even when some parts fill with water.
“So for the vessel to sink, especially this fast, you are really looking at taking water on board very quickly, but also in a number of locations along the length of the vessel, which again indicates that it might have been rolled over on its side,” Souppez said.
Italian coast guard and fire rescue divers continued the underwater search in dangerous and time-consuming conditions. Because of the wreck’s depth, which requires special precautions, divers working in tag teams could only spend about 12 minutes at a time searching.
The limited dive time is designed in part to avoid decompression sickness, also known as the “bends,” which can occur when divers stay underwater for long periods and ascend too quickly, allowing nitrogen gas dissolved in the blood to form bubbles.
“The longer you stay, the slower your ascent has to be,” said Simon Rogerson, the editor of SCUBA magazine. He said the tight turnaround time suggests the operation's managers are trying to limit the risks and recovery time after each dive.
“It sounds like they’re operating essentially on no decompression or very tight decompression, or they’re being extremely conservative,” he said.
Additionally, the divers were working in extremely tight spaces, with debris floating around them, limited visibility and oxygen tanks on their backs.
Search resumes for British tech magnate and 5 others after yacht sinks off Sicily
“We are trying to advance in tight spaces, but any single thing slows us down,” said Luca Cari, spokesman for the fire rescue service. “An electric panel could set us back for five hours. These aren’t normal conditions. We’re at the limit of possibility.”
“It’s not a question of entering the cabin to inspect it,” he added. “They’ve arrived at the level of the cabins, but it’s not like you can open the door,” he said.
The Italian coast guard said they had reinforced their dive teams and were using underwater remote-controlled robots, which can stay out for six or seven hours at a time and record the surroundings.
The lack of any signs of life and the recovery of bodies led outside experts to conclude that the search was now a recovery effort and investigation to determine how the tragedy had unfolded.
“I think the fact that there’s been quite a lot of diving presence around the vessel and that they haven’t been able to pick up any signs of life inside the vessel, is, is unfortunately, not a particularly good sign,” said Souppez.
Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily
Newly released video captures a luxury superyacht being battered by a violent storm before it suddenly sank off Sicily with 22 people aboard Monday.
The grainy images obtained by NBC News and other outlets were recorded on closed-circuit television not far from where the Bayesian was anchored, about a half-mile from the port of Porticello, on Sicily’s northern coast .
The yacht's 250-foot mast, illuminated with lights and lashed by the storm, appears to bend to one side before it finally disappears and is replaced by darkness.
The speed with which a yacht built to handle the roughest seas capsized stunned maritime experts.
“I can’t remember the last time I read about a vessel going down quickly like that, you know, completely capsizing and going down that quickly, a vessel of that nature, a yacht of that size,” said Stephen Richter of SAR Marine Consulting.
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five of the 22 other people who were aboard the 184-foot vessel remain unaccounted for and are believed to be trapped in the Bayesian’s hull, nearly 170 feet underwater.
Officials confirmed Monday that at least one person, the ship’s cook, had died.
Superyachts like the Bayesian, which had been available for charters at a rate of $215,000 a week, are designed to stay afloat even as they are taking on water to give the people aboard a chance to escape, Richter said.
“Boats of this size, they’re taking passengers on an excursion or a holiday,” Richter said. “They are not going to put them in situations where it may be dangerous or it may be uncomfortable, so this storm that popped up was obviously an anomaly. These vessels that carry passengers, they’re typically very well-maintained, very well-appointed.”
Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.-registered Bayesian could carry 12 guests and a crew of up to 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. Its nearly 250-foot mast is the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world, according to CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters.
On Tuesday, Italian rescue workers resumed the search for Lynch and the five other passengers still missing: Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah; Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife; and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife.
“The fear is that the bodies got trapped inside the vessel,” Salvatore Cocina, the head of civil protection in Sicily, told Reuters .
The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was one of the 15 people rescued Monday after it capsized.
“It’s extremely rare for a boat of this size to sink,” Richter said.
What’s not rare is the kind of storm that sank it , said Simon Boxall, senior lecturer in oceanography at Britain’s University of Southampton.
“People assume the Mediterranean is this rather calm and passive place that never gets storms and always blue skies,” Boxall said. “In fact, you get some quite horrendous storms that are not uncommon at this time of year.”
The president of Italy’s meteorological society has said Monday’s violent storm may have involved a waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, or a downburst, which occurs more frequently but doesn’t involve the rotation of the air.
Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorology Society, also said recent temperatures may have been a factor.
“The sea surface temperature around Sicily was around 30 degrees Celsius [86 Fahrenheit], which is almost 3 degrees more than normal,” Mercalli told Reuters. “This creates an enormous source of energy that contributes to these storms.”
The Mediterranean sailing vacation was designed to be a celebration for Lynch, who two months ago was acquitted by a San Francisco jury of fraud charges stemming from the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion.
Prosecutors alleged that Lynch, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates,” and Autonomy’s vice president for finance, Stephen Chamberlain, had padded the firm’s finances ahead of the sale. Lynch’s lawyers argued that HP was so eager to acquire Autonomy that it failed to adequately check the books .
Lynch had taken Morvill, who was one of his defense attorneys, on the luxury trip.
Chamberlain was not on the Bayesian.
In what appears to be a tragic coincidence, a car struck and killed Chamberlain on Saturday as he was jogging in a village about 68 miles north of London, local police said.
“Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family,” Chamberlain’s lawyer, Gary Lincenberg, said in a statement .
Henry Austin reported from London and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.
Henry Austin is a senior editor for NBC News Digital based in London.
Corky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.
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Pictures: Inside Quintessentially One – the world’s largest superyacht
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Dubbed the "world's largest superyacht", the 220-metre Quintessentially One will be a floating club for the global elite. View our gallery of renders of the vessel below
The global private members club and concierge service Quintessentially has announced that it is to build the “world’s largest superyacht” – called Quintessentially One.
The 220-metre vessel will only be open to the “global elite to tour the world and attend the world’s most desirable events,” according to details released by the company.
It will cost £250 million to build and will serve Quintessentially members as a seaborne private members club.
“It will be the world’s largest floating private membership club,” said Quintessentially’s co-founder, Aaron Simpson.
A render of the 220-metre superyacht
“Where the traditional cruise model is to go somewhere, dock and get off; we will dock and people will want to get on”, he stressed.
No builder has yet been announced for the superyacht.
See renders of the interior of Quintessentially One below
According to the Quintessentially One website, the vessel will have 11 decks, 10 residential suites and a crew of 490 to cater for the guests on board.
A boutique hotel on the lower decks will provide 112 berths, with prices expected to start from £2,000 a night.
The superyacht, which will have a gross tonnage of 45,000 GRT, will be Norwegian-registered.
The cruising speed of Quintessentially One has not been revealed.
Azzam is currently the largest superyacht in the world. Quintessentially One will be 40-metres longer. Credit: Gerd Fahrenhorst/Wikimedia Commons
“This is a wonderful way to cater and meet the demands of Quintessentially’s global members when they all descend on the same high-profile events which currently don’t have enough supply,” explained Simpson, who says the vessel will visit events such as the Monaco Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival and Rio Festival.
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Five unnamed billionaires are reported to have paid £8.5 million each towards the build cost, and will each receive a private suite.
The superyacht will be 40-metres longer than the world’s biggest private vessel, Azzam, which was launched by Lürssen Yachts in April 2013.
It is set to make its first voyage in 2019-2020.
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Quintessentially One aft
Quintessentially One will provide every imaginable luxury for guests
Quintessentially One Beach Club
The superyacht is expected to make its first voyage in 2019
Quintessentially One Main staircase
To stay the night, guests have to be members of Quintessentially..it also comes with a £2,000 price tag
Quintessentially One Suite reception
Quintessentially One also features a boutique hotel, with suites measuring 40sqm, 60sqm and 100sqm
Quintessentially One suite bedroom
The ownership suites will be located on the upper decks with a private sun terrace on the top deck
Quintessentially One on deck
Every year, Quintessentially One will circumnavigate the globe
Quintessentially One Spa
As well as an onboard spa, the superyacht will also feature an oyster and champagne bar, a bespoke wine and cigar cellar and an underwater bar.
A superyacht captain shares 3 things people who want to charter a luxury vessel should know
- Vacationing on a superyacht may sound like it's all Champagne and sunbathing.
- But before boarding a luxury vessel, superyacht captain Kelly Gordon advises keeping certain things in mind.
- Yachting is a summer pastime with risks and nuances for clients and crew.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez soaking up the sun. Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian's wedding . Beyoncé's carefree jump into the ocean.
One of these images is likely what comes to mind when you hear the word "superyacht," a phrase generally used to describe a yacht over 80 feet in length.
While ultra-luxurious vessels are associated with all things carefree, tragic events such as the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht off the coast of Sicily on Monday is a reminder that yachting is a pastime with unique risks and nuances. It's unclear what the protocols were on the Bayesian.
For those keen on the idea of chartering a superyacht, captain Kelly Gordon, 42, told Business Insider there are a number of important factors to consider before hopping on board.
Gordon fell in love with yachting after she stepped aboard a yacht for the first time in her mid-20s.
Hellbent on reaching captain level, Gordon quickly worked her way up the chain of command. She's spent most of her time sailing the Bahamas and the Caribbean and is now based in Florida, where she works as a captain on a 108-foot-long privately owned vessel.
Gordon, who has over 12,600 followers on Instagram , shares three factors to keep in mind before boarding a chartered superyacht.
Think of the process of chartering a superyacht as buying a house
One of the most important things to do when chartering a superyacht is to work with a charter broker, Gordon says.
"The charter manager's job is to No. 1: find you a safe boat," Gordon said, adding that in her experience, "Not all programs put safety as high up on the list as it should be."
She also likes to equate charter brokers to Realtors in that they take on the role of finding you the best option for your taste.
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"You find one that you gel with really well and has a good reputation, and then you discuss with them what your budget is, where you want to go, what your activity levels are, what your personalities are like," Gordon said.
Pairing clients with a crew that aligns with their characteristics is a huge part of a charter broker's job, Gordon said.
"If you think about it, you're living with that crew for 24/7, around the clock," she said. "You're not going put someone that just wants to sit and read books all day with a crew that's extremely active."
Find a crew that is competent and prioritizes safety
Charter brokers also help match clients with a competent crew that prioritizes safety.
"I don't know that many people realize just how much their life is in our hands when we cast those lines and we go to sea," Gordon said.
Part of that is having a safety briefing, which Gordon carries out every time she welcomes clients onto a chartered vessel before leaving a dock.
A thorough safety briefing includes informing clients about the location of safety equipment and lifejackets and the procedures for events such as a fire, a person falling overboard, or the boat sinking.
"You should have a safety briefing, and if you don't get one, you should ask for one," Gordon said.
The process, she added, can be different on privately owned yachts, where passengers may be familiar with the vessel.
The Bayesian is a private yacht owned by tech tycoon Mike Lynch; it's not yet known what kind of safety protocols staff and guests were trained on.
Make sure there's a member of the crew on watch 24/7
"A lot of charter guests think when they go to sleep, the crew goes to sleep," Gordon said.
But that shouldn't be the case, she added. "You want to be on a boat knowing that someone's up, because if the weather changes or the anchor starts to drag, you need somebody that's up and ready to go and get everybody else to handle it."
Among the biggest weather risks are tornados, which can be extremely difficult to predict and prepare for whether you're on land or at sea.
"I'm from the Midwest, where tornados pop up," Gordon said. "It's hard to see a tornado coming, and if you do see it coming, the tornado goes where it wants to go."
Most often, that leaves people near the weather event with just minutes to ready themselves, which is even trickier "in the middle of the night."
While rapid changes in weather are tough to contend with, Gordon recommends researching the areas you are sailing in beforehand, like you would when visiting a new country.
"It's no different than if you're going on vacation on land," she said. "You want to know where you're going. Don't put that just all on the crew."
While the research doesn't have to be as extensive as the crew should be doing, it's important to still be "responsible for your own self as well as your family and your guests."
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One man has died and six people are missing after a luxury yacht sank in freak weather conditions off the coast of Sicily. The 56m British-flagged Bayesian was carrying 22 people - 12 passengers ...
Five bodies have been found and now identified in the search for those missing after a yacht sank off the Sicily coast, including that of tech tycoon Mike Lynch. An expert says it is unlikely his ...
Sleeps 10 overnight. The multi-award winning 30.49m/100' sail yacht 'Quintessential' was built by Yachting Developments in New Zealand at their Auckland shipyard. Her interior is styled by British designer design house RWD and she was delivered to her owner in June 2012. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Warwick Yacht Design.
According to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder, the Bayesian left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on 14 August and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, with a navigation status of "at ...
Yachting Developments. QUINTESSENTIAL is a 30.51 m Sail Yacht, built in New Zealand by Yachting Developments and delivered in 2012. Her top speed is 12.0 kn and her cruising speed is 10.0 kn and her power comes from two Caterpillar diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 10 guests, with 5 crew members waiting on their every need.
Italian firefighter divers bring ashore in a green bag the body of one of the victims of the U.K.-flag vessel Bayesian on Wednesday. The luxury sail yacht was hit by a violent sudden storm and ...
The multi-award winning 30.49m/100' sail yacht 'Quintessential' was built by Yachting Developments in New Zealand at their Auckland shipyard. Her interior is styled by British designer design house RWD and she was delivered to her owner in June 2012. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Warwick Yacht Design. Guest Accommodation
The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht's 250-foot mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one ...
Launched earlier this month, the 30.48m sailing yacht Q5 Quintessential (hull YD66) by the prominent NZ builder Yachting Developments is currently undertaking sea trials, before starting her maiden voyage in the Pacific.With naval architecture and exterior by Warwick Yacht Design, the Q5 Quintessential superyacht boasts interior by Redman Whiteley Dixon.
In this picture released by the Italian Firefighters Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, Scuba divers study a map of the sailing yacht Bayesian at the Porticello harbor. Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht Tuesday to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped ...
Quintessential is a sailing yacht with an overall length of m. The yacht's builder is Yachting Developments from New Zealand, who launched Quintessential in 2012. The superyacht has a beam of m, a draught of m and a volume of . GT.. Quintessential features exterior design by Warwick Yacht Design Ltd and interior design by RWD. Up to 10 guests can be accommodated on board the superyacht ...
Less than three weeks after her launch, the sailing yacht Q5 Quintessential (hull YD 66) by the respected Auckland builder Yachting Developments has successfully completed sea trials and has been delivered to her owner. Superyacht Q5 Quintessential is one of the largest composite sailing Superyacht catamarans in the world, measuring 100ft (30.48m) in length and a staggering 48 feet (14.63m) in ...
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five of the 22 other people who were aboard the 184-foot vessel remain unaccounted for and are believed to be trapped in the Bayesian's hull, nearly 170 feet ...
Launched in 2012, the 30,48m (100ft) sailing catamaran yacht Q5 Quintessential, also known under build number YD66, is a splendid vessel, built by the respected NZ shipyard, Yachting Developments. The Q5 superyacht features naval architecture as well as exterior by Warwick Yacht Design, while her lovely interior is by Redman Whiteley Dixon.
Quintessential, also known as Q5, the 30.48m catamaran sailing yacht (hull YD66) whose construction we have followed, has now been delivered by Yachting Developments in New Zealand. Marine Construction Management (MCM) which represented the owner through the build will be providing full ongoing management of the yacht. Designed by Warwick Yacht ...
During the tests, Quintessential's cruising speed was between 10 and 12 knots under engine (2 x 455hp) with a top speed of 14 knots and above all, 14 knots under sail with just 12 knots of true wind (builder's data)!!! Not bad for a catamaran whose displacement is 115 tonnes. As for the accommodation, there is everything you could dream about ...
6. 'Quintessential' is a 100.03ft /30.49m motor yacht built in 2012 by Yachting Developments. Her luxury exterior is the work of Warwick Yacht Design, and her interior design is by Redman Whiteley Dixon. She's attractive on the outside, and beautifully designed inside. She is furnished to a good standard, and offers comfortable ...
Dubbed the "world's largest superyacht", the 220-metre Quintessentially One will be a floating club for the global elite. View our gallery of renders of the vessel below. The global private members club and concierge service Quintessentially has announced that it is to build the "world's largest superyacht" - called Quintessentially One.
Gordon fell in love with yachting after she stepped aboard a yacht for the first time in her mid-20s. Hellbent on reaching captain level, Gordon quickly worked her way up the chain of command.
Here are a selection of superyachts which are similar to Quintessential yacht which are believed to be available for charter. To view all similar luxury charter yachts click on the button below. Interactive, detailed layout / general arrangement of QUINTESSENTIAL, the 30m Yachting Developments super yacht with naval architecture by Warwick ...
The current position of M5 is at US East Coast reported 7 days ago by AIS. The vessel is en route to AZORES, and expected to arrive there on Aug 20, 15:30 . The vessel M5 (IMO 8979374, MMSI 319191100) is a Yacht built in 2004 (20 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Cayman Islands . Plans & Prices.
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