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CC-SUMMER YACHT CHARTER

95m  /  311'8   lurssen   2019.

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Special Features:

• Laura Sessa interior featuring an exquisite colour palette of primary hues
• 12-metre swimming pool with Jacuzzi
• 10 colour-themed cabins with Calcutta-marbled en suites
• Bridge deck master suite with private access terrace
• Custom dining table and artwork by Santiago Montoya
• Fire pit and Teppanyaki grill
• Vast array of water sport toys and tenders including an 11-metre limo tender and Husky seaplane
• Expansive foldout starboard balcony for boarding tenders
• Cinema room and grand piano
• Certified for helicopter operation and bunkering

CC-Summer is spacious and packed with things to do making her fully primed for guests seeking a luxury charter at sea.

The 95m/311'8" 'CC-Summer' (ex. Madsummer) motor yacht built by the German shipyard Lurssen is available for charter for up to 12 guests in 10 cabins. This yacht features interior styling by Italian designer Laura Sessa Romboli.

Built in 2019, CC-Summer is designed for exquisite indoor/outdoor living and boasts voluminous interior and exterior spaces across several decks: ideal for bronzing, lounging or entertaining. She has sensational features such as a dancefloor, spa, elevator, underwater lights, beach club and gym.

Guest Accommodation

CC-Summer offers guest accommodation for up to 12 guests in 10 suites. There are up to twenty-eight crew members on board to provide outstanding service on your charter.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Keeping comfortable and entertained on CC-Summer is easy thanks to the available amenities, notably a children's playroom, perfect for keeping younger guests happy and safe. Celebrate your special occasion on the dance floor with your guests and in addition you can recreate the full cinema experience while at sea with the included movie theatre. For the ultimate relaxation experience, CC-Summer plays host to a luxury spa plus visit the sauna and disconnect in peace and quiet. Take a plunge in the pool under the sun and head to the beach club and take advantage of indoor-outdoor living and entertaining. Maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym or retreat to the deck jacuzzi and soak up the scenery.

CC-Summer benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably an elevator, making any part of the yacht quickly and easily accessible. Satellite communication systems keep you in touch wherever you voyage and in addition soak up the atmosphere after dark with dramatic underwater lights. Take advantage of the on board Wi-Fi and stay connected at all times plus guests will experience complete comfort while chartering thanks to air conditioning.

Performance & Range

Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 16 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots with a range of up to 6,000 nautical miles from her 300,000 litre fuel tanks. CC-Summer features at-anchor stabilizers providing exceptional comfort levels.

Onboard CC-Summer has a large selection of toys and accessories to keep you and your guests entertained on the water throughout your stay. Principle among these is a Flyboard which is a must for any self-respecting thrill-seeker, prepare for supersize thrills - even beginners will enjoy the thrill of swooping skywards and ‘dolphining’ back into the water. Take to the sea on the Jet Skis offering you power and control on the water. Additionally, there are towable toys offering fun and adventure. If that isn't enough CC-Summer also features waterskis, a seabob, wakeboards, fishing equipment, scuba diving equipment and much more. When it comes to Tenders, CC-Summer has you covered - with four tenders, including a 11m/36'1" Maori Yachts Limo Tender.

CC-Summer and her crew are available for charter this summer for cruising within the Mediterranean. She is already accepting bookings this winter for cruising in the Caribbean.

This ocean-going luxury charter motor yacht carries up to 28 professional crew who will cater to your every need.

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Amenities & Entertainment

For your relaxation and entertainment CC-Summer has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

CC-Summer is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 1 x 11m  /  36'1 Maori Yachts Limo Limo Tender
• 1 x 10m  /  32'10 OceanOne Tender
• 1 x Fassmer 625 Tender
• 1 x 7.01m  /  23' MasterCraft Rescue Boat

For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

CC-Summer Awards & Nominations

• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2020 Outstanding Exterior Motor Yachts - 50m and above Finalist
• Boat International Design & Innovation Awards 2020 Best Interior Design Motor Yachts 500GT and Above Finalist
• The World Superyacht Awards 2020 Best Displacement Motor Yacht of 2,000GT and above Special Commendation
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For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

'CC-Summer' Charter Rates & Destinations

Summer Season

May - September

€1,600,000 p/week + expenses Approx $1,731,500

High Season

Cruising Regions

Mediterranean France, Italy, Monaco

HOT SPOTS:   Amalfi Coast, Calvi, Corsica, French Riviera, Sardinia

Winter Season

October - April

Caribbean Antigua, Bahamas, Saint Martin, St Barts

HOT SPOTS:   Virgin Islands

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Madsummer Dimensions

95m / 311'7"

14.0m / 45' 11"

3.80m / 12'6"

The 95-metre (311′ 7″) superyacht Madsummer, delivered by Lürssen in 2019, is a bold, joyous expression of her owner’s love of yachting. From her beautiful sweeping exterior curves penned by Eidsgaard Design to her colourful and personality-filled interior by Laura Sessa.

Key Features

World-class spa and guest amenities

12-meter swimming pool on the main deck

Incredible selection of water toys and tenders

Fully commercial helipad

Accomodation

Owner's Deck: 1 x Owner's cabin with dual en-suites and wardrobes and with a private salon and direct access to exterior decks.

Main Deck: 2 x VIP cabins with en-suites. 1 x Double cabin with en-suite.

Lower Deck: 4 x Double cabins with en-suites. 2 x Twin cabins with en-suites.

Maori Limo tender (11 meters) | OceanOne (10 meters) | Fassmer 625 | Ski Nautique G23.

Inflatables and Accessories

1 x Jet ski SeaDoo GXT – S300iBR | 2x Jet ski SeaDoo Wake Pro 230iBR | 2 x Jet ski Kawasaki Jet Ski SX-R (Stand up) | 3 x Standup Paddleboards | 1 x Flyboard (with Yamaha jet ski) | 2 x Seabobs F5SR | 1 x E-foil | 1 x Foil Surfer | Water skis | Wakeboards | Surfboards | Inflatable towable toys | Beach gear | Fishing gear (limited)

Diving Equipment

Diving and snorkelling equipment

Gym Equipment

The sun deck is home to the full-sized gym, which includes a kinesis machine and hidden television screens. An exterior staircase leads from the owner’s deck to the sun deck for the owner to enjoy their morning workout. A testament to the importance of this space is that the gym has been given the same design attention as the other guest areas.

The spa is a calming, quiet space, with intricate mosaic tiles and lacquered wood details. A sliding door reveals a well-stocked bar next to a circular daybed with views up into the frosted-glass skylight above. The most unusual element of the space is a huge circular shower complete with an ice bucket in the ceiling attached to a rope. Further forward is a beauty-and-hair salon, a massage room and a hammam and sun shower.

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Madsummer Specifications

• Name Madsummer
• Model Custom
• Hull Colour -
• Naval Architect Lurssen Yachts
• Exterior Designer Eidsgaard Design
• Interior Designer Studio Laura Sessa
• Length Overall 95.0m
• Length at Waterline -
• Draft (min) -
• Draft (max) 3.8m
• Gross Tonnage -
• Cabins Total 10
• Hull Configuration Displacement
• Hull Material Steel
• Superstructure -
• Deck Material Teak
• Fuel Type -
• Manufacturer -
• Total Power -
• Propulsion -
• Max Speed -
• Cruising Speed 18.5 Kn
• Fuel Capacity -
• Water Capacity -
• Generator -
• Stabilizers -
• Thrusters -
• Amenities -
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Completed Lurssen MADSUMMER

Moran Yacht & Ship are pleased to announce that the 311′ (95m) Lurssen MADSUMMER has been successfully delivered to her owner, nearly 3 full months early. Formerly known as Project FIJI, MADSUMMER was sold by Moran Yacht & Ship,

“It’s for an American client who has been a great client of ours for 15 years,” said Moran Yacht & Ship President Rob Moran at Monaco Yacht Show. “We’ve built many boats for him before.”

Formerly, known as Project FIJI, the superyacht will feature a 39′ (12m) swimming pool, a huge spa and big diving areas. It will be helicopter-ready, storing a helicopter on the bow, and capable of worldwide cruising. MADSUMMER will accommodate 20 guests in 10 suites on board.

Our new construction team sold the project, negotiated the build contract on behalf of the buyer, compiled the technical specification and will oversee the complete construction of the vessel through delivery in 2019.

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Builder: Lürssen Yachts

95m M/Y Madsummer was built by Lürssen Yachts in 2019. The yacht features an exterior design by Harrison Eidsgaard and an interior by Laura Sessa Romboli. She can accommodate up to 18 guests and 28 crew members.

Country: Germany

LOA (m): 95

Volume (GT): 3120

Beam (m): 14

Draught max (m): 3,9

Materials: Steel / Aluminium

Hull configuration: Displacement

Speed max (kn): 18

Engine: MTU

Naval Architecture: Lürssen Yachts

Exteriors: Harrison Eidsgaard

Interiors: Laura Sessa Romboli

ACCOMODATION

Guests Cabins: 9

Crew: 28″

AMENITIES / KEY FEATURES

Elevator, Swimming Pool, Helipad, Spa, BBQ, Beach Club, Owner Study, Tender Garage, Underwater Lights, Massage Room, Hydraulic Swim Platform, Childrens Playroom, Cinema, Dance Floor, Sauna, Air Conditioning, Deck Jacuzzi, Gym/exercise equipment, Stabilizers at Anchor, WiFi connection on board

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2019   Lurssen    312ft  /  95m

MADSUMMER Yacht Charter

MADSUMMER is actively available for charter in several cruising destinations.

The luxury motor yacht MADSUMMER was built by Lurssen and delivered to her owner in 2019.

The exterior of MADSUMMER is designed by Harrison Eidsgaard.

The 312ft / 95m MADSUMMER has been constructed with a steel hull and is powered by with a cruising speed of 16 knots and a top speed of 18 knots.

Charter guest accommodation

MADSUMMER has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 12 charter guests in 10 suites.

The guest cabins comprise a primary suite with a king size bed and en-suite bathroom facilities, a cabin with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities and 8 cabins with a single bed and en-suite bathroom facilities.

Your luxury charter crew

Your luxury charter on board motor yacht MADSUMMER will be managed by the crew of 28 including the captain.

The crew will ensure you have a relaxed and enjoyable charter experience with all of your needs catered for while on board.

The 28 crew have their own separate crew quarters allowing guests to enjoy increased levels of privacy.

Amenities & Entertainment

Amenities on board for the charter guests include Air Conditioning, BBQ, Beach club, Cinema, Dance floor, Elevator, Exercise equipment, Light fishing gear, Gym, Helipad, Indoor audio system, iPod dock, Jacuzzi on deck, Satellite TV, Sauna, Spa, Stabilizers At Anchor, Swim platform, Swimming pool, TV saloon and Wi-Fi.

An extensive list of further amenities and water toys can be seen under the features and amenities section.

Yacht charter destinations

MADSUMMER is Currently cruising in the Caribbean and the West Mediterranean.

Sample itineraries for the cruising destinations can be supplied by your professional charter broker allowing you to plan your luxury yacht charter vacation in detail.

• Windward Islands
• Leeward Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turks Caicos
• Greater Antilles
• Leeward Antilles

West Mediterranean

• Balearic Islands
• Corsica & Sardinia
• Sicily & Aeolian Islands
• Amalfi Coast
• French Riviera
• South of France
• North Africa
• Air Conditioning
• Movie Theatre
• Dance floor
• Exercise equipment
• Light fishing gear
• Indoor audio system
• Jacuzzi on deck
• Satellite TV
• Stabilizers At Anchor
• Swim platform
• Swimming pool
• Jet Skis (standup)
• Paddleboards
• Tube - towable
• Water skis - adult
• Snorkeling Gear
• Underwater lighting
• 1 x 36'1 / 11m Maori Yachts Limo Limo Tender
• 1 x 32'10 / 10m OceanOne Tender
• 1 x Fassmer 625 Tender

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much to charter madsummer.

MADSUMMER has a weekly charter price starting at $1,600,000 and an estimated daily charter price of $267,000.

How many guests on board MADSUMMER?

MADSUMMER can accommodate 12 sleeping guests on board in 10 cabins.

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MADSUMMER yacht charter MADSUMMER is actively available for charter in several cruising destinations. The luxury motor yacht MADSUMMER was built by Lurssen and delivered to her owner in 2019. The exterior of MADSUMMER is designed by Harrison Eidsgaard. The 312ft / 95m MADSUMMER has been constructed with a steel hull and is powered by with a cruising speed of 16 knots and a top speed of 18 knots. | Charter guest accommodation :: MADSUMMER has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 12 charter guests in 10 suites. The guest cabins comprise a primary suite with a king size bed and en-suite bathroom facilities, a cabin with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities and 8 cabins with a single bed and en-suite bathroom facilities. | Your luxury charter crew :: Your luxury charter on board motor yacht MADSUMMER will be managed by the crew of 28 including the captain. The crew will ensure you have a relaxed and enjoyable charter experience with all of your needs catered for while on board. The 28 crew have their own separate crew quarters allowing guests to enjoy increased levels of privacy. | Amenities & Entertainment :: Amenities on board for the charter guests include BBQ, Beach club, Dance floor, Elevator, Exercise equipment, Light fishing gear, Gym, Helipad, Jacuzzi on deck, Sauna, Spa, Swim platform and Swimming pool. An extensive list of further amenities and water toys can be seen under the features and amenities section. | Yacht charter destinations :: MADSUMMER is Currently cruising in the Caribbean and the West Mediterranean. Sample itineraries for the cruising destinations can be supplied by your professional charter broker allowing you to plan your luxury yacht charter vacation in detail.

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• Builder Lurssen
• Length 95 m
• Length 312 ft
• Gross Tonnage -
• Power Engine -
• VAT Status -
• Classification NO
• Destination Bahamas
• Maximum speed 18 Knots
• Cruising speed 16 Knots
• Fuel type -
• Stabilizers At anchor (0 speed)
• Located in -
• Interior Design NO
• Exterior Design NO
• Accomodation
• - Double berths: -
• - Single berths: -
• - Twin berths: -
• - Number of cabins: 10
• - Number of heads: -

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CC-SUMMER was delivered in 2019. The exterior design of this 95 metre luxury yacht with its harmonious proportions by Ben Harrison and Peder Eidsgaard is absolutely timeless and yet ahead of its time. Among the special features are a large beach club and spa area with a sea terrace on the lower deck. The aft sea terrace is visually connected by a frosted walk-on skylight on the main deck. A second skylight features an integrated fireplace and promises many cozy and relaxing moments on the upper deck. All accommodation requirements are customised down to the last detail and incorporated in the interior design by the much-accomplished Studio Laura Sessa. With its sleek and sophisticated lines the style can best be described as contemporary modern featuring an elegant maritime colour scheme reminiscent of the harmony of the sea and beach.

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The body of the vessel’s cook was recovered while divers searched the hull of the Bayesian for passengers, including the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.

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By Elisabetta Povoledo

Deep-sea divers with Italy’s firefighter corps resumed their search on Tuesday for six missing passengers — including a British software mogul and his daughter — of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily the previous day.

Twenty-two people were on board the 180-foot British-flagged sailing yacht, the Bayesian, which was anchored near the port of Porticello, when it was hit by what witnesses described as a waterspout, a small tornado on water, during a sudden and violent storm.

Fifteen people who managed to get to a raft were rescued by the captain of a nearby sailing cruise ship. The body of the yacht’s cook, identified by news outlets as Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian Antiguan, was recovered on Monday. But several people are still unaccounted for, according to Salvatore Cocina, an official with Sicily’s civil protection agency.

Those still missing are Mike Lynch, a British technology entrepreneur; his daughter Hannah; Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Christopher J. Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

Mr. Lynch was acquitted of fraud in a U.S. trial in June, ending a high-profile, decadelong legal battle against accusations that he had defrauded Hewlett-Packard when he sold his company, Autonomy, to Hewlett for $11 billion.

Mr. Lynch and the others went missing days after Mr. Lynch’s co-defendant at the fraud trial, Stephen Chamberlain, a former vice president of finance at Autonomy, was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out for a run, his lawyer, Gary S. Lincenberg, said in a statement.

Prosecutors in the Italian city of Termini Imerese, east of where the yacht sank, are opening a formal investigation into the yacht’s sinking. Reached by telephone, the chief prosecutor declined to comment.

The search for the missing passengers began on Monday but was suspended late that night as crews found themselves limited to the bridge deck and items like furnishings “obstructing passage,” the firefighters’ corps wrote on social media .

When divers resumed the search on Tuesday, ships trawled the waters near the site, the corps said in a statement. The Italian Coast Guard also said in a statement that search operations were “continuing unabated,” with the deployment of helicopters. There was no evidence that gasoline was leaking from the yacht, the Coast Guard said.

The yacht was lying on its right side in about 165 feet of water, meaning that divers, working in pairs, could stay underwater for only about 12 minutes at a time, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the firefighters’ corps.

Divers were seeking a safe point of access to the vessel’s cabins. “Obviously, everything fell and the space is very tight,” Mr. Cari said, adding that the divers were having to remove obstacles, like furnishings and electrical wiring, that were “completely blocking passages.”

The firefighters’ corps said in a statement that it was impossible to verify whether people were inside the hull.

Mr. Cari said that several divers had been part of the search-and-rescue operations when the Costa Concordia, a cruise liner, capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in 2012, killing 32 people. It is considered one of the worst maritime disasters in modern Italian history.

“It’s like the Costa Concordia, but much smaller,” Mr. Cari said in a telephone interview, comparing the search operations. “In the Costa Concordia, we came across many obstacles but we somehow were able to overcome them. Here, the obstacles block the passages and have to be removed.” He added, “This makes it more difficult.”

Crews were also trying to raise the yacht, which experts will examine to try to determine why it sank. Until then, experts can only hypothesize what happened.

Karsten Borner, the captain of a ship, the Sir Robert Baden Powell, which picked up the Bayesian’s 15 survivors, said in an interview that when the wind picked up around 4 a.m. Monday, the Bayesian was about 490 feet behind his vessel. Once the wind wound down, he said, he could not see the yacht anymore.

“My theory was that she was capsized first and then went down over the stern,” Mr. Borner said.

Dario Boote, a ship structures and naval architecture professor at the University of Genoa, said: “Now I imagine that a whole series of lawsuits will be triggered, obviously to ascertain whether there is any responsibility, as always happens very unpleasantly in these situations.” He said, however, that in this case, responsibility might be hard to determine. “Clearly, only once the wreck is raised will we know more,” he added.

Several fishermen told Italian news outlets that they had witnessed a waterspout. Peter Inness, a meteorologist at the University of Reading, said they were relatively common in the Mediterranean, though their occurrence and intensity are unpredictable.

“Until one actually forms, you can’t start telling people where it is,” Mr. Inness said, or “how to get out of the way.”

The inclement weather — with lightning intermittently streaking through the sky — made it hard to know exactly why the yacht sank. Col. Attilio Di Diodato, director of the Italian Air Force’s Center for Aerospace Meteorology and Climatology, said the agency had registered intense lightning activity and strong gusts of wind in the area at the time the boat sank.

The Bayesian had one of the tallest aluminum masts in the world, according to its builder, Perini Navi. “Having a tall aluminum mast would not make it the safest port to be in case of a storm,” said Andrea Ratti, associate professor of nautical design and architecture technology the Politecnico di Milano. The type of intensity unleashed by a violent lightning storm “could have created a significant shock wave,” he added.

He, too, cautioned that “a lot of questions will remain until we have other elements at our disposal.”

Modern yachts are built to withstand meteorological events of reasonable intensity, and all international naval registers suggest that new ships be designed for higher waves and more frequent and extreme weather events.

But “this seems a case of an unreasonable extreme event,” said Emilio Fortunato Campana, an expert in Naval Hydrodynamics at Italy’s National Research Council. “In that case, no ship is 100 percent safe,” he added. “I think the Titanic showed that nothing is unsinkable.”

Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and the culture of the region. She has been a journalist for 35 years. More about Elisabetta Povoledo

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Breaking news, captain of doomed yacht that capsized off italian coast speaks out as desperate search for survivors is carried out.

The captain of the doomed Bayesian superyacht that capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday said the crew and passengers had no idea a tornado was about to rage through the region until their ship sank.

Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged luxury yacht, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.

“We didn’t see it coming,” Catfield told Italian newspaper La Repubblica from the hospital, where he was limping due to an injury.

One person, believed to be the on-ship chef, died in the wreck and six people remain missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo .

Morvillo’s wife, Neda, a jewelry designer, is also one of the six passengers still missing, officials said. 

In addition to the Morvillos and Lynch, the missing include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley Internationa l, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy.

What to know after a tornado sank the yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily, leaving one dead and six missing:

• A superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily after a tornado hit the area early Monday, killing one passenger and leaving five others missing — including Michael Lynch, a tech tycoon known as “Britain’s Bill Gates,” officials said.
• Lynch had invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage,  according to the Telegraph . 
• Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged craft, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.
• Security camera footage shot from 650 feet from where the  Bayesian sank Monday  shows it slowly disappearing.
• Italian authorities have said the chances of the passengers surviving the disaster was very small, but “never say never.”

Morvillo, 59, helped Lynch, the owner of the capsized luxury boat, win his fraud trial earlier this year.

Lynch had invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage, according to the Telegraph . 

The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on Aug. 14 and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, according to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder.

Police divers continued their search for the missing passengers Tuesday, focusing on an area some 164 feet underwater, where officials believe people may be trapped.

The search thus far has been slow because the Bayesian sits 50 meters below the surface, where divers can only stay for 12 minutes at a time, fire rescue officials said Tuesday.

Fire officials have said the six people unaccounted for will be referred to as “missing” until they are located in the wreckage. 

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The Bayesian, the award-winning superyacht, sank during a tornado off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday.

The body of one person, Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat, has been found, but six tourists - including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah - remain missing.

Mr Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, was rescued along with 14 others - including Charlotte Golunski, a mother who told la Repubblica she held her one-year-old baby above the waves to save her from drowning.

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

Among those unaccounted for are Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at major firm Clifford Chance, Mr Cocina said.

But what do we know about the ship?

The British-flagged 56 metre ship - previously called the Salute - was built in 2008 by Italian shipyard Perini Navi, and refitted in 2020.

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Its 72-metre mast is the world's tallest aluminium mast, and the second tallest overall. The yacht can reach a maximum speed of 15 knots and weighs 543 tonnes.

The French design house Remi Tessier fitted out the Japanese-style interior decor, with touches of light and dark beige and dark wood furnishings, as well as a teak deck.

It won the best exterior styling at The World Superyacht Awards in 2009, and best interior at the International Superyacht Society Awards 2008.

It has six guest bedrooms - one master, three doubles, and two twins - holding 12 people, and can carry another 10 crew members.

Pictures show air conditioning units in several of the bedrooms, which could counter expert claims open windows may have caused water to rush in and tip the boat over faster.

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Shipspotting.com says it is owned by a firm called Revtom Limited. Mike Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, is named as the sole shareholder of the firm on company documents.

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The yacht's name would resonate with Mr Lynch because his PhD thesis and the software that made his fortune involved a statistical method known as Bayesian inference, based on an 18th-century theory, that helps forecasters predict outcomes more reliably.

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The price to charter the yacht is not stated, but similar vessels are listed at around £170,500 a week.

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