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    Bayesian yacht sinking latest: Captain ‘insists he did everything he could’ to save passengers

    By Jabed Ahmed and Tara Cobham,

    2024-08-27

    The captain of the Bayesian has insisted that he did everything possible to save those on board the superyacht , according to local reports.

    Sources close to James Cutfield, 51, told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that the 51-year-old New Zealander is currently living through the darkest days of his life as he is under investigation for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck charges.

    They reportedly said Mr Cutfield repeatedly insists that he did not abandon any of the 22 passengers and crew and that he did everything could could to save them.

    However, there reached a point when he could do little as the vessel had taken on too much water, they added.

    Since Wednesday, Tim Parker Eaton, the engineer who was in charge of securing the yacht’s engine room, and sailor Matthew Griffith, who was on watch duty on the night of the disaster, are also under investigation for the same possible charges , their lawyer said on Friday.

    British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among the seven people who were killed after his superyacht capsized and went down on 19 August within minutes of being hit by a pre-dawn storm off the coast of Sicily .

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