What really happened to Mike Lynch’s doomed yacht? | The Daily T Podcast

In the early hours of August 18th, 2024, a freak storm hit the coast of Sicily and a yacht sank. But this was not just any old yacht. It was the Bayesian, an ‘unsinkable’ superyacht belonging to billionaire British entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his family, hosting a sailing party to celebrate the tech mogul’s acquittal after a 13-year fraud trial. As the sun rose that morning, seven people including Lynch and his daughter had drowned, most trapped beneath the boat’s deck. In hospital, the 15 surviving passengers and crew, including experienced mariners, sat dazed and battered, trying to process what had just happened. Meanwhile, reporters and TV crews were racing to Sicily, Italian investigators were being summoned, and the Bayesian’s boatbuilder was gearing up to defend its reputation. Everyone was about to be engulfed by a different kind of storm, driven by a single word. How? #world #yacht #billionaire Read and listen to more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024... Follow us for more on: TikTok: @DailyTPodcast X: @DailyTPodcast Instagram: @DailyTPodcast Stay updated and join the conversation for straight talking and free thinking