
Recovery of sunken Bayesian superyacht begins off coast of Italy
Marine experts have started the recovery of a superyacht from the seabed off the Italian coast.
Sky News
Bayesian was a 56-metre (184 ft) sailing superyacht, built as Salute by Perini Navi at Viareggio, Italy, and delivered in 2008. It had a 72-metre (237 ft) mast, one of the tallest in the world. The yacht was last refitted in 2020. It was in the legal ownership of Angela Bacares, wife of the technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch. It was at anchor off the northern coast of Sicily near Porticello on 19 August 2024, when it was struck shortly before dawn by a powerful storm and sank.
Marine experts have started the recovery of a superyacht from the seabed off the Italian coast.