The Coast Guard of Palermo has filed a 42 -page information in recent days at the Prosecutor of Termini Imerese in which the dynamics of the sinking of the Bayesian yacht off Porticello is reconstructed, which took place exactly one year ago on the night of August 19, 2024 causing the death of 7 people including the owner of the sailing ship Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah. The information is not public, but was viewed by the AGI agency that disclosed its content. In summary, the information confirms the scenario already outlined in recent months after a first preliminary report and the recovery of the yacht, in which the shipwreck of the yacht would be attributed to the strong bad weather and the lack of adoption of the necessary countermeasures by the crew. Currently on charges of shipwreck, the commander James Cutfield, the head of the Tim Parker Eaton machine room and the Matthew Griffiths sailor are investigated.
According to the reconstruction of the Coast Guard of Palermo, at 3:57 in the morning Bayesian started to move to the tip until, at 4:03, the yacht disappeared from the cameras active in the area. At that point, between 4:03 and 4:09 the yacht hit 90 degrees, also due to the violent gusts of wind that reached their maximum intensity in those crucial minutes, to be precise between 4:05 and 4:06. The definitive unbelievation of the boat took place at 4:10.
However, the same weather conditions did not cause damage to the Sir Robert Baden Powell sailing ship, anchored just 100 meters away from Bayesian in the moment of shipwreck. An explanation could consist in the entry of water from the stern tailors, even if this remains a hypothesis still to be confirmed among the various questions still unanswered on the first anniversary of the tragedy.
