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Horizon Welcomes the FD102 TO-KALON to the Family

NEWS | June 29, 2020

Horizon kicked off the summer season with the pop of a champagne cork during the christening celebration of the brand new Horizon FD102, TO-KALON. The first FD102 superyacht to be delivered to the U.S., TO-KALON is the second hull of the Horizon FD102 model – the first of which was delivered to European owners in February 2020.

This is the second superyacht build for To-Kalon’s experienced owners, whose most recent yacht was a custom Cor D. Rover-designed Burger of the same name. Befitting her name inspired by Plato’s concept of beauty, TO-KALON indeed exudes beauty throughout and is poised to be one of Horizon’s flagship builds.

Welcomed by a spacious aft deck featuring a pleasant seating area with a bar, storage and television to starboard, guests enter the main deck through curved opening glass doors and are greeted by a delightful semi-al fresco dining area hosting an extendable round table set beneath a custom circular light fixture.

Oak, wenge and zebra woods feature prominently throughout the main and upper deck guest areas, which were designed in collaboration with Cor D. Rover and Horizon’s in-house design team. Numerous customized touches have been incorporated throughout, from the backlit mullions highlighting the salon to the customized galley fitted with professional-grade appliances. The owners also specified a stunning carved design in the opaque Hi/Lo partition that separates the galley from the salon.

Configured to accommodate ten guests in five spacious staterooms including an on-deck master, TO-KALON maximizes her impressive interior volume, which is augmented by a 25’ 3” beam. A his-and-hers en suite and his-and-hers walk-in closets complement the full-beam master stateroom, which resides just forward of the galley, powder room and custom wine cabinet. Storage was maximized throughout the yacht, and the four additional guest staterooms on the lower deck feature thoughtful customizations, multiple closets and beech, wenge and bird’s eye maple wood finishes.

On the upper deck, TO-KALON’S owners requested a semi-enclosed flybridge with sliding glass windows that allows the majority of this deck to function as an indoor/outdoor space. Just aft of the fully enclosed pilothouse, an oversized U-shaped seating area opposite a full bar with fixed bar stools and a dayhead is protected from the elements under the hard top. The deck area aft is fitted with an extendable dining table for up to 12, a BBQ and a Jacuzzi tub for six with a bar counter and fixed stools. This portion of the deck is easily shaded by an electric retractable awning. Situating the tender storage on the bow and removing the starboard staircase from the aft deck to the flybridge further maximized this space, which will be a preferred area for entertaining family and friends.

Those family and friends gathered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as the champagne flowed and the owners christened their new yacht with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. Owner Dave Copham said, “It has been a very pleasant building experience working with everyone at Horizon both in the U.S. and Taiwan. Their willingness to consider our ideas, incorporate their own and to be willing to compromise on important matters is very commendable. We look forward to many years of enjoyable cruising on our specially designed yacht. We have Cor D. Rover to thank for the basic concept, which we think will be quite well received in the yachting community. Long and short, we can’t say enough good things about the Horizon team and expect the quality and workmanship we have yet to enjoy will equal the experience thus far.”

TO-KALON will make her public debut at the 2020 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in late October.

To experience all of the details of TO-KALON via the virtual tour, please click  HERE . For more information, please contact Horizon Yacht USA at [email protected] or call 561-721-4850.

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Second Horizon FD102 Superyacht To-Kalon Delivered

The second hull in Horizon’s FD102 superyacht line To Kalon has been delivered.

Named  To Kalon after Plato’s concept of beauty, the yacht is the first FD102 delivered to US owners, who are first time clients of the yard.

The yacht is due to arrive in Fort Lauderdale in June and make her debut at the 2020 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this October.

The 31.01 metre yacht is part of the yard’s  Cor D Rover -designed Fast Displacement line but differs greatly from the first hull in the series, Impatient IV , which has a 33 metre LOA.

It also features an open galley, an open deck aft of the pilothouse and many more custom features.

Impatient IV  debuted as part of  Horizon’s Open House  in January this year and has an enclosed skylounge connected to the bridge.

Elsewhere, the model is powered by twin CAT C32A 1900hp engines, beam of 7.68 metres and draft of 1.92 metres.

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To-Kalon Specifications

• Name To-Kalon
• Model Custom
• Hull NB 509
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• Naval Architects Burger Boat Company Donald L. Blount & Associates
• Exterior Designers Burger Boat Company Cor D. Rover Design
• Interior Designer
• Length Overall 30.8m
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• Hull Material Aluminium
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When an experienced boating couple first approached Burger Boat Company to discuss plans for a new yacht, they knew exactly what they wanted: a unique vessel that would not only stand out in any marina or anchorage, but also incorporate features and ideas they had accumulated over many years of yachting.

The result of that collaboration is TÒ-KALÒN, a contemporary-styled enclosed bridge motor yacht. The Burger Design Team joined forces with Cor D. Rover Design and Donald L. Blount & Associates to develop a vessel that is both elegant and technologically advanced.

The Limitless Life

One of the owner’s top priorities was a “need-for-speed” without sacrificing world-class yacht quality. The unique hull design that was developed provides the necessary lift to achieve higher speeds while ensuring comfortable sea-keeping qualities. Use of lightweight materials and carefully calculated design and engineering parameters combined to produce a top speed of 27.8 knots.

TÒ-KALÒN’s interior revolves around Sapele paneling with accents of Sapele Pomele, which flows throughout the main deck salon and guest accommodations. Guests enter the main salon through electric sliding doors aft. This space features a custom bar and a forward dining area, combined to provide a multifunctional area to ensure quality time with friends and family.

TÒ-KALÒN’s dining area is easily serviced by the galley, located forward of the dining area on the main deck. Next to the galley is the laundry area, which provides access to crew accommodations. The owner’s stateroom is located on the lower deck and contains two separate heads with a shared shower. Forward of the owner’s stateroom are two additional guest cabins with ensuite heads.

A focal point of TÒ-KALÒN’s interior is the centrally located open spiral staircase, crafted from select Sapele veneers and hardwoods and accented by a custom brass balustrade. Suspended in front of three large, full length windows and ascends from the owner’s accommodations up to the sky lounge and pilothouse.

Exquisitely paneled in Kaya wood with Ebony inlays, the sky lounge features a comfortable seating area, a spacious desk with bookshelves, flat screen TV and a domed ceiling painted by a New York artist. The aft bridge deck is a relaxing retreat complete with lounge seating, hot tub and sun pads.

The all aluminum TÒ-KALÒN is powered by a pair of 2,400-hp MTU marine engines and is fully ABS certified. TÒ-KALÒN has several additional unique features including a comprehensive ship’s monitoring and information system integrated with the entire vessel’s electrical power system.

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Current Name - INDULGENCE

• Length Overall - 101' 06" (30.8m)
• Beam - 22' 06'' (6.9m)
• Draft (Full Load) - 6' 06'' (2.0m)
• Gross Tonnage - 206 GT ITC
• Main Engines - MTU 16V2000 M93, 2400 BHP x 2
• Maximum Speed - 27 Knots
• Cruise Speed - 23 Knots
• Fuel Capacity - 6,260 US Gallons (23,700 l)
• Fresh Water - 1,320 US Gallons (5,000 l)
• Naval Architect - Donald L. Blount and Associates, Inc.
• Interior Designer - Burger Design Team
• Exterior Stylist - Cor D. Rover Design B.V.
• Classification - ABS

Dimensions, weight, performance and capacities are approximate. Please consult Burger Boat Company for complete details.

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The 32m/105ft motor yacht TO KALON was built in 2020 at Horizon Yachts. Her contemporary exterior was designed by Cor D Rover, who also designed the interior. With a beam of 7.37m/24.2ft, the yacht offers accommodation for up to 10 guests in 5 cabins.

NOTABLE FEATURES OF TO KALON: ~ Beach club ~ Stabilisers ~ Wi-fi ~ Airconditioning ~ A/V Entertainment system

The fantastic outdoor amenities are offered on both the main deck and flybridge. Aft of the main deck hosts an alfresco dining area with vast seating. The flybridge provides spaces for sunbathing, socialising and dining while enjoying the sea breeze.

TO KALON Specifications

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The master suite is placed on the main deck and is a full-beam size. There are his and her walk-in wardrobes, as well as his and her vanity and a lovely seating area. Four guest cabins, two double and two twin, are on the lowered deck. Each is equipped with ensuite facilities.

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Builder: BURGER Category: Motor Yacht Sub Category: Enclosed Bridge Model Year: 2008 Year Built: 2008 Refit Year: 2018 Refit Type: ABS Inspection 10 yr Country: United States Registration #: 70561 Vessel Top: Enclosed Fly Bridge: Yes

LOA: 101' 6" (30.94m) Beam: 22' 6" (6.86m) Min Draft: 5' 5" (1.65m) Max Draft: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Speed, Capacities and Weight

Cruise Speed: 23 Kts. (26 MPH) Cruise Speed Range: 700 Max Speed: 28 Kts. (32 MPH) Gross Tonnage: 206 Pounds Water Capacity: 1320 Gallons Holding Tank: 325 Gallons Fuel Capacity: 6260 Gallons

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Hull and deck information.

Hull Material: Aluminum

Engine Information

Engines: 2 Manufacturer: MTU Model: 16V2000 Engine Type: Inboard Fuel Type: Diesel

ToKalon is a 100% custom built Yacht from conception to completion. Still owned by her original owners, in 2006 her owners decided to build a custom yacht from scratch. They had extremely specific requirements which could not be meet by production yacht manufactures. So the yacht had to be 100% custom.

Engineered For World Travel One of the key features of To-Kalon is that she was specifically designed and engineered for world travel. Her owners had specific travel destinations in mind which included travel from Spain to the Greek Island, Bahamas, Eastern Seaboard of the USA, and Nova Scotia through the Great Lakes. The owners also required the vessel to be built to ABS Class as safety and reliability was of the up most importance. To achieve this length, draft , speed, and cruising range, were of key importance.

Length  was of concern as the owners desired to dock in port at their destinations. Typically vessels built to the standards of To-Kalon are in excess of 45M or 150’ in length. This size point would not work for mooring in port at 90% of their desired destinations. Thus To-Kalon was built at 101’6” so she could dock in port where others would have to anchor off shore.

Draft  was a key factor as well as many of their desired destinations required shallow draft vessels and or waiting for tides for entry and exit. So much effort and engineering was dedicated to achieve 5'5" draft.

Speed  was paramount in the design of the vessel. The owner demanding not less than 22 knots at full load. This was a daunting task with the rest owners of the requirements of the vessel. Tank testing at the University of Michigan was conducted prior to construction to make sure this was achieved.

Range  was a key factor as well. The owners desired a range of 700 nautical miles of continues running at speeds over twenty knots. This allowed To-Kalon on her maiden voyage to depart the Burger plant in Wisconsin, and to arrive in Ft Lauderdale in just 15 days.

By achieving all of the above, and having world compatible power systems aboard, has allowed To-Kalon to successfully travel to all of the owners desired destinations.

ToKalon is a 100% custom built Yacht from conception to completion. Still owned by her original owners, in 2006 her owners decided to build a custom yacht from scratch. They had extremely specific requirements which could not be meet by production yacht manufactures. So the yacht had to be 100% custom. Several custom yacht manufactures were entertained around the world, but in the end they decided to go with Burger yachts. The criteria was to build a yacht with the quality and safety features of a 200’+ yacht in a body of no longer than 101’4”. Additional criteria was to have tops speeds close to 30 knots, range at cruise speed (22+ Kn) of 700 nautical miles, draft of approximately 5.5’ at full load, world travel capability and electrical systems to be comparable, and built to ABS class.

To complete this challenging task Cor D. Rover was brought in for the styling and design from the waterline up and Donald L. Blount and Associates was contracted for naval architecture for the waterline down. Cor D Rover is a well-known Dutch designer that creates timeless designs for large yachts. Donald L. Blount and Associates is known for their integrated systems-hull shapes, propulsion sections, and achieving low weight targets. Donald Blount also was the head of the U.S. Navy design team for everything up to 200’. Burger Yachts was tasked with the challenge of producing an elegant lightweight interior while maintaining their traditional interior standards. Needless to say the owner’s criteria made for an extremely challenging project. In order to achieve their criteria weight control was essential. One of contributing elements used by Burger yachts to eliminate excess weight was the use of Alustar aluminum alloy. This aluminum alloy is lighter and stronger than traditional marine alloys. Additionally the hull design was tank tested at the University of Michigan to ensure the hull design was optimal prior to construction.

Additionally the owners wanted strict oversight of the project. They hired Dean Vaughn who is an experienced yacht manager and engineer. Dean moved his family and lived in Manitowoc, WI (location of Burger plant) until launch and followed up with the boat until work was completed several weeks later. In addition to Dean’s oversight the owners Captain who is still aboard the vessel was on site once a month during construction and full time for the last three months before delivery. This provided for the highest level of quality control possible.

Since ToKalon’s departure from the Burger plant in October 2008 the quality control of the construction has been continued in her maintenance. She receives an annual ABS safety inspection as well as completed her 5 year and 10 year ABS class survey inspections. These inspections have maintained her to ABS class since new. Her last ABS survey was completed in the summer of 2018

Walkthrough

As you walk up to ToKalon you’re struck with her size, stature, and timeless design. Boarding her aft deck you’re taken by her beautiful teak decks and large round teak table with seating for 8. You have access around the entire vessel via her side deck walk ways. This allows owners, guest, and crew to navigate around the exterior decks of the vessel freely without accessing the salon. There is a crew door on the forward port side of the vessel giving the crew direct access into the laundry, galley, and their quarters without going through the owners areas. There are two stair ways to the swim deck port and starboard on the aft deck. On the swim deck there is a door accessing the engine room. Back up on the aft deck there is an additional crew access into the engine room for access underway as well as a crew ladder to the fly bridge.

Entering the salon from the aft deck, there are double doors that are automatic by push of a button. Upon the opening of the doors you are taken back by the size, beauty, and of craftsmanship of the Sapele paneling with accents of Sapele Pomele. This exquisite wood work is seen on the vessels main deck and staterooms.

Port side in the salon you have a large couch and two end chairs, starboard you have built-in cabinetry with high low TV. The salon entertainment is controlled by an Ipad that’s linked through the vessels Crestron AV system.

Forward of the salon entertainment center is a beautifully crafted walk behind bar with seating for 4, or the chairs can be removed and the bar will raise for walk up entertaining. Behind the bar is a sink and storage for glass ware as well as a refrigerator.

Dining room is forward of the salon with table and chairs that can seat up to 10. Forward of the dining table is a built in china cabinet with two wine Sub Zero wine refrigerators.

Starboard of the dining room is a focal point of the salon, a beautiful open spiral staircase that was crafted from select Sapele veneers and hard woods and accented by a custom brass balustrade. The stair case in centered within three full length windows allowing an abundance of light down into the staterooms foyer.

Dayhead is located between the dining room and galley just forward of stairs accessing skylounge.

Galley is located forward of the dining room. There are double entry doors separating the galley from the dining and salon to limit noise. The galley has a country kitchen arrangement with large windows port and starboard, very large island in the center which is great for food preparation, large L-shaped dinette to starboard with seating for 6+. One of the focal points of galley is the large stainless steel double glass door Cospolich commercial sized refrigerator/freezer. Additional appliances are all commercial grade Miele & Dacor.

Owner staterooms are accessed via the spiral staircase in the salon. There is a large Onyx foyer at the bottom of the stairs that accesses the master stateroom and two guest staterooms. Also hidden behind paneling in the foyer is a commercial grade Miele washer/dryer and there is an additional washer dryer in the crew laundry located forward of the galley.

Master stateroom is located aft of foyer through double doors. King sized bed is centerline in the stateroom, his and her closets, built-in desk, TV in celling above bed, and his and her baths aft in the stateroom. Baths features beautiful marble and granite finishing’s.

There are two guest staterooms forward of the master. Port guest has double beds that can be joined to make a king, private ensuite bath with marble and granite finishing’s. Starboard stateroom has a queen bed, ensuite bath with marble and granite finishing’s. All staterooms have large hull side windows allowing an abundance of natural light into the rooms.

Skylounge, accessed via hard wood staircase to starboard of dining room. Kaya wood paneling with ebony inlays accent the room beautifully. State-of-the-art helm is located forward with a double Stidd helm seat and dinette seat and table to starboard for observation. To port is a large chart table and cabinet. Helm features (4) large 19’ display monitors which provide comprehensive monitoring of all vessel systems. Systems monitoring software is by Tijssen elektro which is a state of the art monitoring soft ware usually only seen in very large mega yachts. The Tijssen is remote accessible and reports via text as well.

Aft of helm there are two couches, custom coffee table, built-in desk to starboard, and two automatic doors giving access to aft deck of flybridge.

As you pass through the doors and proceed onto the aft bridge deck there is a large teak table with 4 chairs and bench seating aft for up to 7. Additionally the hard top of the skylounge extends to cover bridge seating and table.

Aft of the bridge seating is a large raised Jacuzzi that doubles as a large sunning area when Jacuzzi is not in use. Bridge also features custom sun shade, stainless steel BBQ grill, on-deck head, and an abundance of storage. Tender and davit are located far aft on the bridge deck.

Crew and crew laundry facilities are located forward of the galley. There is a port side door in the crew laundry area that gives the crew access to the exterior of the vessel without passing through the owners areas. Down the stairs of the crew laundry in the bow of the vessel are two staterooms and two heads. The captains room is aft and has a full size bed with an additional bunk above in the event of bringing additional crew members. Additionally there is a full sized head within the captain cabin. Forward of the captains stateroom is a bunk room with full bath within.

ToKalons Galley is equipped with commercial grade appliances and designed with full service crew and chef needs in mind. 

• Cospolich stainless steel refrigerator with side by side glass doors
• Dacor microwave oven
• Miele 5 burner glass cooktop
• Stainless steel hood and vent system for cook top
• Miele dishwasher
• Dacor Oven 
• Miele coffee/espresso machine 
• Stainless steel double sink 
• Fresh air exhaust system that brings in fresh air from out side vessel and vent system extracts cook top smells.

Galley is also separated from salon with double doors to prevent galley noise to enter the dinning and salon areas. 

ToKalon's AV system is a Crestron based system with an electronics tower located in the crew laundry. The system has Ipad remote capability, kaleidescape hard drive storage for movies and music, directTv receivers for all tv's, and linked to the vessels audio system with multiple zones.

Communications

ToKalon is equipped with satellite HD TV, satellite phone and data, cellular data, and on-board network for data that can be provided by one of the on-board systems or available dockside networks. 

1) Sat TV Intellian HD 2015 2) Data Satellite , Sailor FleetOne 3) Cellular data Pepwave 4G 4) Aigean network 2.4 & 5 GHZ for Wifi

Technical Systems Monitoring

ToKalon is equipped with Tijssen elektro monitoring software.The system monitors every functioning system aboard the vessel. The information travels through a LAN network aboard the vessel and can be remotely accessed from anywhere in the word. The system also reports via text. The software aboard the vessel is the latest version available.

ToKalon is built to (ABS) class American Bureau of Shipping.

Since design and construction of ToKalon she has been in compliance with ABS. All required annual safety inspections as well as her first five year inspection in 2013 and her 10 year inspection in the summer of 2018 have been completed and she remains complaint with ABS and in class.

World Compatible Power System

Power Sources—ASEA 75kVA dual cabinet shore power converter allows vessel to be connected worldwide on any shore power supply, it will accept any standard within the range of 170V to 520V 40-70 Hz, 1 to 3 phases and output a clean 120/208/3/60 to be fed into the main switchboard.

Engine Room & Mechanical

Main Engines—Twin 16V2000 M93 hrs 3500 every 200 hrs full service with MTU spec category 2 oil with oil samples every year since new, MTU extended W4 to being due at 5000 hrs due to mechanical history and engine run data

Generators—Twin 55 KW Kohler 120/208-V,3 phase, 60Hz 6650 Complete overhaul by RPM summer 2018 approx 75 hrs since overhaul, under warranty

Hydraulic Systems—there are two independent hydraulic systems 1) The steering/gear control system 2) The central hydraulic system including bow thruster, stabilizers, windlasses, passerelle, capstains and davit. Hydraulics are powered by both engines pto and or electric power pack when engines are not running.

Engine Room Ventilation: The engine room ventilation equipment is designed and engineered by Delta-T Systems. Ventilation of the engine room is provided by two reversible, variable speed axial fans. One fan provides intake air and the other exhausts air from the space.

Commercial grade oil change system with built in hose reels, quick connect attachments, fresh oil and waste oil tanks.

Water purification system with multiple filters and UV light purifier

Hamann Waste Treatment system, automatically treats waste and legally discharges

Watermaker Inc 1500 gal per day watermaker

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How did the superyacht carrying tech tycoon Mike Lynch sink off Sicily?

Lynch’s was among five bodies retrieved by divers on Wednesday after the Bayesian sank, according to reports.

Five bodies were retrieved on Wednesday, and a sixth on Friday , by divers searching for those missing from the superyacht which sank off the Sicilian coast in the Mediterranean. The bodies found include British tech tycoon Mike Lynch , the UK’s Telegraph reported. The bodies have not been formally identified by the authorities yet.

It is understood that they were retrieved from inside the sunken yacht, which is reported to be lying on its side on the sea bed at a depth of 50 metres

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This brings the total death toll to seven; one person, reported to be the chef from the yacht, was confirmed dead on Monday.

The yacht capsized on Monday at about 5am (03:00 GMT) after it was hit by stormy weather caused by a “waterspout” – or mini tornado – according to Italian authorities.

The cruise had reportedly been undertaken to celebrate the acquittal of Lynch in a fraud trial in the United States in June.

His co-defendant in the trial, Steve Chamberlain, who was also acquitted in June, was killed after being hit by a car on Saturday.

Here’s what is known so far about the yacht, those on board and who died or were still missing after it sank.

Who was on the superyacht which sank?

According to the Italian coastguard, the 56-metre-long (184 feet) British-flagged yacht, called the Bayesian, was carrying 22 people, including 10 crew members.

One person has been confirmed dead after rescuers located a body on Monday at a depth of about 50 metres (164 feet), the AFP news agency reported. Officials have not yet given the name of the deceased but Italian media reported that he was the yacht’s chef.

AFP reported on Tuesday that divers had spotted a second body inside the sunk boat, quoting a source close to the search operation. Authorities have not confirmed it yet, though.

While not all the names of the six missing passengers were not made public officially, they were understood to include:

• Mike Lynch, 59, a British-Irish technology businessman who co-founded British tech company Autonomy in 1996 and was once likened to Microsoft founder Bill Gates; he earned a PhD from Cambridge University
• Hannah Lynch, 18, Mike’s daughter, who had just completed her final school exams and was due to begin a degree in English at the University of Oxford this September
• Jonathan Bloomer, the 70-year-old British chairman of Morgan Stanley bank and the Hiscox insurance company, was confirmed as missing by Hiscox CEO Aki Hussain
• Judy Bloomer, Jonathan’s wife, was also confirmed as missing by Hussain
• Chris Morvillo, from British international law firm Clifford Chance, was confirmed to be missing by Salvatore Cocina, head of the Civil Protection in Sicily

Fifteen people, including Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, were rescued. Among others rescued were Charlotte Golunski, 36, a board director at Luminance, a software startup founded by Lynch; her husband, James; and their one-year-old daughter, Sophie. Golunski is understood to have kept her daughter alive by holding her above her head while she was in the water.

All those rescued are in stable condition, although eight of them have been hospitalised, according to Italian news agency Adnkronos.

What do we know about the Bayesian?

Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi constructed the superyacht in 2008 and refitted it in 2020, according to the company’s website.

The yacht’s owner is listed as Revtom Limited, a firm solely owned by Lynch’s wife, Bacares, according to company documents seen by the Reuters news agency.

It was formerly called Salute but was renamed Bayesian after Lynch’s PhD thesis and his software that earned him a fortune. Both of these were based on the statistical Bayesian theory, championed by mathematician Thomas Bayes.

Where was the Bayesian last seen and where was it going?

The Bayesian was last located on Sunday evening in the Tyrrhenian Sea, east of the harbour at Porticello, according to ship tracking websites Vessel Finder and Marine Traffic.

Porticello is a port city located near the Sicilian capital, Palermo.

The yacht had departed on August 14 from the Sicilian port of Milazzo. Its destination was reported to be the Italian city of Bagheria by the tracking websites.

Did a waterspout cause the yacht to sink?

Italian authorities reported that the stormy conditions that caused the yacht to sink were triggered by a waterspout.

A waterspout is a rotating column of whirling air and water mist – sometimes referred to as a mini tornado – according to the website of the US National Ocean Service.

The website adds that a tornadic waterspout is a tornado that forms over water or moves from land to water. They are similar to land tornadoes and can occur during thunderstorms.

Who is Stephen Chamberlain and how is he connected to this case?

Chamberlain, 52, was Lynch’s co-defendant in a fraud trial in San Francisco, which saw both men acquitted in June.

Chamberlain died in a hospital from injuries sustained when he was hit by a car while out running in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, on Saturday. His death was confirmed by his lawyer Gary Lincenberg in a statement on Monday.

The fraud case related to Hewlett Packard’s $11bn acquisition of Autonomy, the firm Lynch grew into the UK’s leading tech company before it spectacularly unravelled after being bought by HP in 2011.

Lynch was extradited to the US in May 2023 and he spent more than a year under house arrest before his acquittal. Chamberlain was the former vice president of finance at Autonomy.

The yacht trip was supposedly a celebration of Lynch’s acquittal.

How did the rescue operation unfold?

Specialist divers began a search anew for the six missing people on Tuesday. Three divers, equipped with oxygen cylinders, descended beneath the surface to examine the wreck.

They initially faced difficulty accessing the yacht’s chambers because they were constricted by furniture.

An investigation into the wreck has been opened by prosecutors in the nearby Sicilian town of Termini Imerese.

What have survivors and witnesses said about the incident?

“It was terrible. The boat was hit by really strong wind and shortly after it went down,” survivor Golunski told the ANSA news agency.

She added that she had lost hold of her one-year-old daughter in the water for “two seconds”, but then managed to grab her and hold her up over the waves until a lifeboat inflated and they were both pulled to safety. She reported that people were screaming.

Karsten Borner, a captain of a nearby yacht who witnessed the sinking, said he had turned on the engine of his ship to prevent collision with the Bayesian. “We managed to keep the ship in position and after the storm was over, we noticed that the ship behind us was gone,” he told reporters.

Bloomer’s wife, Judy, is a trustee of the Eve Appeal, a UK-based gynaecological cancer research charity. Athena Lamnisos, the CEO of the Eve Appeal, was quoted by the BBC saying she was “deeply shocked to hear the news that our very dear friend and her husband Jonathan, are among those missing”.

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One of the world’s largest sailing superyachts sank in high winds off Sicily on Monday, causing the death of UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six other passengers and crew whose bodies were recovered from the wreck or from the sea.

The trip on the Lynch family’s yacht had been intended to celebrate his recent acquittal by a US jury, with 12 passengers on board, including his wife and 18-year-old daughter, and 10 crew members.

The Italian coastguard said the 56-metre, 540-tonne, British-flagged yacht Bayesian sank within minutes after it was hit by ferocious winds of 60 knots (over 110km/h) near Palermo.

The rapid sinking of such a large, modern and well-equipped yacht due to bad weather, rather than as a result of a collision, has raised concerns over marine safety as extreme weather events occur with more frequency and intensity.

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Why did the superyacht sink?

The yacht may well have been caught in a waterspout — a form of tornado — because the extreme wind speeds were recorded only in a localised area around the harbour of Porticello, where the boat was anchored about 300 metres offshore when it was struck.

Karsten Börner, the skipper of a nearby boat, told the FT that Bayesian appeared to capsize. He said he regarded the boat as unstable and his comments suggest that it could have been the combination of high winds and Bayesian’s 72-metre mast — the world’s tallest aluminium mast, according to manufacturers Perini Navi — that triggered the disaster.

Even with no sails up, a boat with a tall mast has a lot of “windage”, or surface area exposed to the wind, which can tip the vessel over in a storm. The boat may have heeled over so far that it took on water through open windows, hatches or companionways.

According to Perini Navi, Bayesian had a keel that can be lifted to reduce the draught of the boat — otherwise nearly 10 metres — for easier entrance to shallow harbours. If the keel were for some reason in the raised position rather than fully extended, that could compromise the boat’s stability in a strong wind.

Skippers of sailing yachts with exceptionally high masts typically aim to move out of harm’s way if strong winds are forecast.

Yacht designers and sailors are nevertheless puzzled by the sinking of the boat. AIS (Automatic Identification System) tracking data shows it took 16 minutes from the time Bayesian appeared to started dragging its anchor until it sank. But it is not yet known whether vulnerable hatches were open or when water started entering the boat. Italian prosecutors are investigating possible charges of manslaughter and “negligent shipwreck”.

Giovanni Costantino, chief executive of Italian Sea Group, which owns Perini Navi, told the Financial Times that Bayesian was “absolutely safe” and said the crew should have had time to secure the boat and evacuate passengers from their cabins.

Should we blame climate change?

Climate change is likely to have been at least a contributing factor in the Mediterranean’s unsettled and sometimes violent weather this summer. The Mediterranean is a favoured cruising ground for superyachts during the northern hemisphere summer — in winter, the wealthy prefer the Caribbean or the Indian Ocean — because the weather is typically warm and sunny, and storms are rare. 

Meteorological experts have long predicted that climate change and the heating-up of oceans will help trigger more extreme weather events, including floods, droughts and more severe hurricanes.

Last week, the Mediterranean reached a median temperature of 28.9C — its highest surface temperature on record — and similar records are being broken in other seas. June was the 15th consecutive month that global sea temperatures hit a record high and forecasters predict the warmer waters may fuel an intense Atlantic hurricane season.

Will disasters at sea occur more often?

While design improvements and safety regulations have made even the smallest boats safer, the potential dangers posed by bad weather are increasing in line with the rising number of pleasure vessels at sea.

Last week, a sudden and exceptionally strong thunderstorm with wind squalls blowing at up to 53 knots (about 100km/h) swept over the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera, driving several sailing and motor yachts to crash on to the shore. Among those damaged and grounded but later recovered was a luxury, 30-metre vessel made by the Monaco-based Wally Yachts .

The cause was a thunderstorm known as a “Dana”, a Spanish acronym for depresión aislada en niveles altos or isolated high-altitude depression. The bad weather also caused serious flooding in Mallorca and Menorca to the north.

How can boat makers and skippers help avoid more deaths?

The weather in the Mediterranean is often notoriously unpredictable and prone to sudden, unforecast gales — unlike the north Atlantic, where weather shifts are usually signalled days in advance by changing air pressure and cloud formations visible to the naked eye.

Safety at sea depends largely on two factors: the seaworthiness of the boat and the skill and experience of the captain and crew.

Modern boats — Bayesian was built in 2008 and refurbished four years ago — are normally built to high safety standards and equipped with electronic navigation and communications systems, as well as standard emergency gear such as life vests.

Common accidents include people falling overboard, fires on board and accidental groundings or collisions — not sinking in bad weather.

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Morgan Stanley Chief Jonathan Bloomer Also On Sunken Bayesian Yacht With Michael Lynch

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The chairman of Morgan Stanley International was reportedly among the six missing people—including UK tech mogul Michael Lynch— after the 184-foot luxury sailing yacht Bayesian sank in rough seas near Sicily early Monday morning, according to new reports.

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Lynch , a British tech entrepreneur and one-time billionaire, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch are confirmed to be among those still missing after the ship sank (his wife, Angela Bacares, was rescued).

Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of the Morgan Stanley International bank and insurance company Hiscox, is also reportedly among the missing along with his wife, Judy.

Authorities on Monday told the BBC the missing people are presumed to still be inside the boat, and rescue operations resumed Tuesday morning.

The vessel had 22 people on board — 10 crew and 12 passengers — including people from the United States, Britain and Canada, when it overturned at around 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Italian coast guard.

Fifteen people were rescued from the vessel (including a 1-year-old girl), one person was found dead and six, including two Americans , remain missing, according to multiple reports.

Local media reported the person who died was a member of the crew, thought to be the yacht’s chef .

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Who Are The Missing People Aboard The Bayesian Yacht?

Lynch, 59, and his daughter were the first to be reported as among the missing. Lynch's lawyer Chris Morvillo, a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has also not been found, nor has his wife and jewelry designer Neda Morvillo. Bloomer, 70, a close friend of Lynch's, is also missing along with his wife, Judy.

Key Background

The Bayesian was anchored near the port of Porticello overnight Sunday when a harsh storm hit the coast that included a " waterspout ," a tornado-like swirling column of air and water. The ship tipped over and quickly was drug underwater by its massive mast —it had the tallest aluminum mast in the world at 246 feet. Of the 15 people rescued in the aftermath, eight were treated at a local hospital.

Lynch was acquitted in a fraud trial in June after he was accused by Hewlett-Packard of artificially inflating the value of Autonomy before HP bought it for more than $11 billion in 2011. HP wrote off $8.8 million of Autonomy's value within a year of buying the company. Today, The Times estimates Lynch has a net worth of £500 million. He "had a lot of pride" in his yacht, a member of his staff told the U.K. paper, and business filings show the boat is legally owned by his wife, Bacares.

Surprising Fact: Lynch's Co-Defendant Stephen Chamberlain Died The Same Weekend

Stephen Chamberlain, who was acquitted in the same trial as Lynch in June, died hours after news broke of Lynch's disappearance. Chamberlain was hit by a car while jogging in England on Saturday morning and was put on life support before his death was announced late Monday, the Guardian reported . Lynch and Chamberlain were both indicted for conspiracy and wire fraud in the sale of Autonomy to HP before being acquitted.

What To Watch For

An ongoing search operation includes divers attempting to search the vessel, now sitting 160 feet below sea level, as well as rescue boats and helicopters, according to CNN .

$215,000. That's the cost to charter the Bayesian, a single-mast sailing vessel, for one week .

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“She told me that while they were sleeping, at a certain point the yacht overturned due to the tornado, and they found themselves in the water,” Dr. Domenico Cipolla, head of the emergency room at the pediatric hospital in Palermo, Italy, told The Times . “Some of them immediately managed to get onto the lifeboat. And some, evidently, didn’t make it.”

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Mike Lynch and daughter among missing after yacht sinks: What we know about disaster - and 'alarming' potential cause

The British-flagged luxury vessel named Bayesian was carrying 22 people when it got into difficulty off the coast of Sicily. Seven bodies have now been recovered from the wreckage.

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Seven bodies have been found after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

Twenty-two people were on board the vessel named Bayesian when it got into difficulty in the early hours of Monday, with 15 people rescued.

Here's what we know about the sinking of the luxury vessel so far.

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What might have caused the sinking?

The British-flagged luxury vessel, named Bayesian, capsized at around 4.30am local time on Monday morning off Palermo, according to ship-tracking site Marine Traffic.

It sank in as little as 60 seconds with 22 people on board, 12 passengers and a crew of 10, according to the Italian coastguard.

Waterspouts, essentially tornados that form over water, were seen as powerful winds battered the area overnight, local media said.

The yacht may have sunk faster with all the doors open due to the hot weather, Sailing Today magazine editor Sam Jefferson has said.

"I imagine all the doors were open because it was hot, so there were enough hatches and doors open that it filled with water very quickly and sank like that," he said.

Official pictures show air conditioning units in several of the rooms, however, which could counter the suggestion open windows caused the vessel to sink faster.

The huge mast is also likely to have played a role, he added.

What are waterspouts?

Waterspouts typically occur during thunderstorms and can develop very rapidly, within minutes.

Their spin generally reaches wind speeds between 75-200mph, but can reach as high as 300mph.

They can travel at about 10-20mph typically but can reach greater speeds, making them difficult to avoid - especially in something as slow-moving as a yacht.

Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, called the reports of a tornado or waterspout "rare" and "quite alarming".

"The vessel was at anchor in a recognised anchorage," Mr Schanck said.

"Depending on wind direction and the state of the sea, this informs the captain whether it is a safe area to anchor or not. There was nothing that was too concerning, for my eye. All in all, the captain used the information they had to make a safe call."

Who owns the yacht?

The yacht belonged to the family of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. He was confirmed to have died after rescuers found his body on Thursday. Mr Lynch was on holiday with his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, who is still missing, and his wife Angela Bacares, who was rescued.

Mr Lynch, 59, was known as the " British Bill Gates " and has been in the headlines in recent months over a high-profile fraud case.

In June, a US jury cleared him of all charges, which were related to the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP). The yacht trip is believed to have been a celebration of the end of Mr Lynch's legal troubles.

HP accused him of deliberately overstating the value of the company before it was acquired by the American tech giant.

Mr Lynch was extradited to the US to face trial in May last year and spent 13 months under house arrest in San Francisco as he awaited trial on 17 charges of conspiracy and wire fraud brought by the US Department of Justice - which were later reduced to 15 charges. He always denied any wrongdoing and was acquitted.

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Who was on board when the boat sank?

The passengers were largely British and American, with crew members were from New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada.

Charlotte Golunski was among the Britons rescued. Her LinkedIn profile says she is a partner at Mr Lynch's firm Invoke Capital and has worked there since 2012.

Speaking after the ordeal, Ms Golunski told Italian media that she lost her daughter Sofia for "two seconds" amid the "fury" of the sea but was able to retrieve her. She said she held the infant above the waves until the lifeboat was ready.

"Many people screamed. Luckily the lifeboat inflated and 11 of us were able to get on board," she told ANSA.

The girl's father James Emsley also survived, according to Sicily's civil protection agency.

Also on board were Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of investment bank Morgan Stanley, his wife Judy Bloomer, a top US lawyer Chris Morvillo, who worked on Mr Lynch's criminal case, and his wife Neda Morvillo. Divers confirmed on Thursday that their bodies had been recovered.

The yacht's captain James Cutfield survived, along with South African crew members Leah Randall and Katja Chicken.

Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat, was the first to be found dead, the Italian Coastguard confirmed to Sky News.

During rescue efforts, divers saw "corpses through the portholes" of the wreck as they recovered the body of a man at a depth of 50m (164ft), according to Salvo Cocina, the head of the Civil Protection of Sicily.

What do we know about the vessel?

The Bayesian is owned by a company controlled by Mr Lynch's wife.

It was known for its unusual 72.3m (246ft) single mast - one of the world's tallest made of aluminium - and shared its name with the statistical method Mr Lynch's Autonomy software was based on.

It was built by Italian company Perini Navi in 2008 and last refitted in 2020.

It was listed for rent for up to €195,000 (£166,000) a week, according to online charter sites.

The luxury vessel , which was managed by yachting company Camper & Nicholsons, could accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites.

It won a string of awards for its design, according to online specialist yacht sites.

Mr Schanck, of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, said the vessel would have been equipped with "high standard" life-saving appliances and radio communications.

He added the yacht would have met all international standards and UK Maritime Coastguard Agency regulations before its voyage.

It was previously named Salute, or "health" in Italian, when it flew under a Dutch flag. Its minimalist interior featured light wood with Japanese accents designed by the French designer Remi Tessier, according to descriptions on charter sites.

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What were its last movements?

The boat 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 anchor", according to vessel tracking site VesselFinder.

The Bayesian previously travelled to other parts of Sicily before its last sighting off the coast of the port of Porticello.

On Sunday, the boat was seen off the coast of Cefalu before it travelled towards Porticello, MarineTraffic data shows.

In the days before, the yacht travelled around four of the Aeolian islands, just north of Sicily.

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Prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese have opened an investigation into the sinking.

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In 2011, Mike Lynch was the toast of the tech world.

Hailed as Britain's Bill Gates, Lynch sold Autonomy, his groundbreaking data-management company, to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion.

Shareholders and business commentators were puzzled about what HP, a hardware company, would do with Autonomy, a software company — and why the latter was worth $11 billion. HP's executives said at the time that Autonomy had the potential to transform HP and usher the Silicon Valley titan into a new generation.

None of that happened. A year after the acquisition, HP wrote down $8.8 billion of the purchase value and accused Lynch of lying about Autonomy's finances.

The claim led to a vicious decadelong series of legal disputes.

Another Autonomy executive, Sushovan Hussain, was convicted of fraud in 2018 and sentenced to five years in prison. Federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against Lynch and Stephen Chamberlain, the company's former vice president of finance.

Lynch's court battles concluded with a three-month criminal trial in San Francisco. After just two days of deliberation, jurors found Lynch and Chamberlain not guilty on all counts.

"The truth has finally prevailed," his lawyer Chris Morvillo said.

Within months, Lynch, Chamberlain, and Morvillo were all dead.

A takeover doomed from the start

Lynch, who studied neural networks for his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, spun off Autonomy from a previous company, Cambridge Neurodynamics, in 1996.

Using sophisticated algorithms, Autonomy allowed users to organize and search through large amounts of unstructured data. It was a bright spot in Britain's tech industry and was listed on the country's stock-market index.

Autonomy's clients included Oracle, Adobe, Cisco, AT&T, and HP itself. But HP's purchase of Autonomy was controversial.

The hardware company's CEO, Léo Apotheker , who had been in the position for less than a year, tried to shift the company's direction. HP had struggled to sell printers and servers as part of its traditional hardware business. Apotheker wanted to spin off HP's personal-computing division and make a big bet on moving the company into software, which had higher margins.

Analysts hated the idea. Shareholders sued. HP's value dropped by more than half. The company's board fired Apotheker within weeks of the decision to buy Autonomy, before the deal even closed.

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His successor, Meg Whitman, fired Lynch and wrote down the value of Autonomy by $8.8 billion, which indicated HP paid nearly four times what it should have. The New York Times columnist James B. Stewart floated the case that it was the worst acquisition in corporate history — even worse than AOL's ill-fated purchase of Time Warner.

In a stunning move, HP accused Lynch of fraud the following year. The company alleged he and Hussain, a former CFO, inflated Autonomy's sales figures. The FBI and the UK's Serious Fraud Office both opened investigations.

Lynch fervently denied accusations of wrongdoing. He pointed out that Autonomy was audited by Deloitte, which hadn't found issues. Lynch said HP stifled Autonomy with mismanagement and bureaucracy that pushed out employees and stymied sales.

The culture at HP, he said, was poisonous.

"It was like boarding a plane, realizing the engine is on fire, and then going up to the cockpit only to find that the pilots are having a fight," he told The Telegraph at the time .

According to The New York Times, lawyers representing shareholders in the lawsuit against HP obtained a copy of the company's own KPMG-prepared due-diligence report. The report said that Autonomy wasn't transparent enough with its finances, but Apotheker moved forward with the takeover anyway, deciding that Autonomy's potential was worth it.

A legal morass

The UK's Serious Fraud Office announced in January 2015 that it closed its investigation into Autonomy, finding insufficient evidence for legal action, though it referred some issues to the US Justice Department.

In the subsequent months, HP and Lynch sued each other in the UK. As those cases wound their way through the British court system, US prosecutors continued investigating HP's purchase of Autonomy. In 2016, they brought fraud charges against Hussain, who was found guilty in a 2018 jury trial. British regulators formally barred him from the financial industry earlier this year after he completed a five-year sentence in the US.

HP unloaded Autonomy altogether, selling parts of it in 2016 and 2017.

In November 2018, Justice Department prosecutors went directly after Lynch and Chamberlain.

Their indictment accused Lynch and Chamberlain of falsifying financial documents, lying to auditors and regulators, and suppressing the voices of people who criticized Autonomy's financial practices.

Lynch was no longer looking at civil fights over money. He was facing the prospect of up to 20 years in prison.

For years, Lynch fought extradition to the US. Powerful in British political circles — he had advised David Cameron when Cameron was prime minister and served on the boards of the BBC and the British Museum — he and his lawyers argued that his legal issues should play out in the UK, not the US. American criminal laws were unfairly stacked against him, his lawyers said.

HP's lawsuit against Lynch — still churning in the background — finally went to trial in 2019. Apotheker testified he would have abandoned the Autonomy acquisition if he had a better understanding of its finances. Lynch argued that the whole morass was orchestrated by Whitman, Apotheker's successor, who harbored political ambitions (she ran for governor in California and is currently the US ambassador to Kenya) and wanted to shift the blame for Autonomy's failures to someone else.

Robert Hildyard, the judge who oversaw the case, ruled mostly in HP's favor. In a 2022 decision that ran over 1,700 pages, he wrote that HP overpaid for Autonomy because of deceit from Lynch and Hussain. Hildyard hadn't yet decided how much they would owe in damages, but he wrote it would be "substantially less" than the $5 billion HP asked for.

When he wasn't fighting legal battles, Lynch continued to be an entrepreneur. He founded a venture-capital firm, Invoke Capital, and invested in and helped run the cybersecurity firm Darktrace, which,  Politico reported, has deep ties  to Britain's intelligence agencies.

Financial disclosures Lynch filed last year as part of his criminal case indicated he was worth about $450 million.

The criminal trial

The UK finally extradited Lynch to the US in May 2023 , where he prepared for his trial — alongside Chamberlain as a codefendant — while under house arrest in San Francisco.

Lynch had a top-shelf legal team, but after the British court loss and Hussain's conviction, the chances of an acquittal seemed bleak.

Lynch testified at the end of his three-month trial, which began in March, telling jurors he wasn't involved in day-to-day financial oversight of the company. Misunderstandings, he said, could be chalked up to the differences between British and American accounting practices.

"A lot of what we've been looking at is like peering through the door of a kitchen and seeing the sausage-making machine, and that's how it really works," he told jurors, according to The Times of London . "If you take the microscope into even the most spotless kitchen, you'd find bacteria. If it wasn't there, that'd be something very abnormal. I don't think Autonomy was any different."

Jurors believed him. In June, they declared Lynch not guilty of the 15 charges against him, clearing Chamberlain as well.

Morvillo, one of Lynch's lawyers in the trial — as well as in the preceding decade of legal disputes — praised the jury, saying it had rejected "the government's profound overreach in this case."

"This verdict closes the book on a relentless 13-year effort to pin HP's well-documented ineptitude on Dr. Lynch," Morvillo said in a joint statement with his attorney colleague Brian Heberlig. "Thankfully, the truth has finally prevailed."

In an interview with The Times of London after the trial , Lynch reflected on how, with a great burden lifted off him at the age of 59, he could remake his life.

He mourned the deaths of his brother and mother, who both died ahead of the criminal trial. He mused about using his fortune to start a British version of the Innocence Project, which prevents wrongful convictions in the US.

"Now you have a second life," he told The Times. "The question is, what do you want to do with it?"

But first, a celebration. Lynch; his wife, Angela Bacares; one of his two daughters; Morvillo and his wife, Neda; and several others went on a superyacht, the Bayesian , which was anchored outside Sicily and owned by Bacares.

Chamberlain moved back to the UK. While running near his home, a driver hit him with a car . He died in a hospital on Saturday.

On Monday, a sudden storm struck the Bayesian. The yacht capsized.

Of its 22 passengers, 15, including Bacares, were rescued.

But rescuers have pulled five bodies from the wreckage, including Morvillo's and Lynch's . A sixth remains trapped inside the boat. Lynch's daughter Hannah remains missing.

Correction: August 22, 2024 — An earlier version of this story misnamed Lynch's lawyer. His name was Chris Morvillo, not Charles Morvillo.

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