Mike Lynch missing after yacht sinks

[king arthur]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce38n4egqwzt

This guy has already been in the news recently for something completely unrelated and now this. 15 people rescued and six still missing.

[22s]

Sad.

Hounded by the vultures at HP for over a decade because they got salty after their embarrassingly poor due diligence during the Autonomy acquisition, acquitted in June, and 2 months later after all that toil looks like he could be gone.

Weird world we live in!

[vaud]

Very odd a yacht that size (so not some fancy gin palace) to be lost. That's a sizable yacht at 58m.

[glazbagun]

vaud said:

Very odd a yacht that size (so not some fancy gin palace) to be lost. That's a sizable yacht at 58m.

Yeah a head scratcher for sure. Reports of being hit by a waterspout, but can't see that wrecking such a yacht. Unless it was enough to keep it on its side with open hatches, maybe.

Shame for Mike Lynch to go through all that and not be able to enjoy years out from under the cloud.

[BikeBikeBIke]

glazbagun said:

vaud said:

Very odd a yacht that size (so not some fancy gin palace) to be lost. That's a sizable yacht at 58m.

Yeah a head scratcher for sure. Reports of being hit by a waterspout, but can't see that wrecking such a yacht. Unless it was enough to keep it on its side with open hatches, maybe.

Apparently it had a lifting keel and was anchored.

So if the keel was up it would be entirely possible for a waterspout to knock it flat and it get quickly flooded via open hatches.

A freak accident.

[durbster]

What a sad story. Shocking that it happened so close to shore rather than out at sea.

For people who know these things - do these expensive yachts compromise any stability for aesthetics or is that not relevant? I remember there were stories about Steve Jobs' yacht being barely seaworthy because of his insistence on it looking a certain way, but I dunno if that's an exceptional story or not.

[Sway]

durbster said:

What a sad story. Shocking that it happened so close to shore rather than out at sea.

For people who know these things - do these expensive yachts compromise any stability for aesthetics or is that not relevant? I remember there were stories about Steve Jobs' yacht being barely seaworthy because of his insistence on it looking a certain way, but I dunno if that's an exceptional story or not.

Not relevant if it's charter certified.

From the sounds of it, we're pretty much talking tornado/waterspout hitting it with no warning whilst at anchor late at night. Nightmare scenario.

[the-photographer]

World’s Second Tallest Mast and Largest Aluminium Mast at 75m

https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-y...

[BikeBikeBIke]

Sway said:

Not relevant if it's charter certified.
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Yeah. It was apparently British flagged (images online with Red Ensign) so if chartered it's Code Zero, perfectly sea worthy when in normal use out on the water with hatches closed.

[durbster]

BikeBikeBIke said:

Sway said:

Not relevant if it's charter certified.
.

Yeah. It was apparently British flagged (images online with Red Ensign) so if chartered it's Code Zero, perfectly sea worthy when in normal use out on the water with hatches closed.

Ok thank you.

[king arthur]

His 18 year old daughter Hannah also missing. Just a very sad occurrance. Chances are they'll find the missing people inside the wreck.

[eharding]

The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial, was critically injured and is on life support after being hit by a car in Cambridge on last Saturday morning.

[GM182]

I'm really saddened by this. I had some contact with the family through my work so I always followed his case in the news.
Life can be so capricious. From triumph to disaster in a few short weeks.

RIP

[Juanco20]

eharding said:

The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial, was critically injured and is on life support after being hit by a car in Cambridge on last Saturday morning.

What's the chances

[vaud]

vaud said:

Very odd a yacht that size (so not some fancy gin palace) to be lost. That's a sizable yacht at 58m.

"Witnesses told the Italian news agency Ansa that the force of the storm caused the ship's 72m (236ft) aluminium mast to snap in half and the boat became unbalanced." (BBC)

That would make more sense. Tragic loss.

[I am alright Jack]

eharding said:

The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial, was critically injured and is on life support after being hit by a car in Cambridge on last Saturday morning.

You think Enrique Lores had 'em whacked?

[eliot]

vaud said:

"Witnesses told the Italian news agency Ansa that the force of the storm caused the ship's 72m (236ft) aluminium mast to snap in half and the boat became unbalanced." (BBC)

That would make more sense. Tragic loss.

How would it make it less stable rather than more stable?

[vaud]

Juanco20 said:

eharding said:

The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial, was critically injured and is on life support after being hit by a car in Cambridge on last Saturday morning.

What's the chances

How much Autonomy software did Russia buy?

(sorry, bad taste)

[eharding]

I am alright Jack said:

eharding said:

The Telegraph are reporting that Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in his US fraud trial, was critically injured and is on life support after being hit by a car in Cambridge on last Saturday morning.

You think Enrique Lores had 'em whacked?

I don't go in for Alcan millinery, and I doubt what's left of HP could organise a piss-up in a brewery, let alone summon up extreme weather events - but it does look like the fates have been extremely unkind to Chamberlain and Lynch, when only recently they had had the prospect of 20 years in a US jail lifted from their shoulders.

[eliot]

This guy is a good bloke to follow on all things yachts