One of the largest floating platforms in the world, over 80 meters long, will be used for the recovery operations, which will arrive from the Netherlands. It is called "Hebo Lift 10" and has already left the port of Rotterdam with destination the waters in front of Palermo where it will arrive at the beginning of May. Thus will begin the crucial phase for the recovery of the Bayesian, the sailing ship of the British tycoon Mike Lynck sunk on August 19 last year off the coast of Porticello.
In reality, the preparatory phases for recovery will begin exactly in a week, next Monday, April 26. Before the "Hebo Lift 10" platform comes into action, the wreck, which lies at a depth of 49 meters, will be harnessed and then its huge mast will be cut. This is necessary to prevent the spillage of fuel that is still in the boat's tanks.
Then, when the platform from Holland arrives at the beginning of May, what remains of the Bayesian will be pulled up by a crane and then transported to the port of Termini Imerese at the disposal of experts and magistrates who are investigating the causes of the disaster in which seven people lost their lives. In addition to Lynck, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, the president of Morgan Stanley International Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy, the lawyer Chris Morvillo with his wife Neda and the ship's cook Recaldo Thomas also died.
On the causes of the accident at the moment there are only hypotheses. The recovery of the wreck could be decisive in ascertaining which of the many circulated in recent months is the most credible. There was talk of an accident due to bad weather conditions with winds up to 100 kilometers per hour, but also of a possible human error of those who would have left the doors of the boat open which would have begun to take on water until it sank. To get to the most evocative ones of an act of a malicious nature that sank a sailing ship defined as unsinkable.
Recently, a study, in which the University of Bologna, CNR and Agenzia Italia Meteo collaborated, hypothesized that the Bayesan would have sunk due to a downburst, an insidious condition of descending winds that can be generated by thunderstorms. The start of the recovery operations of the sailing ship will be followed by hundreds of journalists, but also tourists and onlookers, arriving from all over the world.