FATAL MISTAKE: Bayesian superyacht’s ‘tallest mast in world’ doomed £14m vessel as it was caught by the storm, says expert

 

"The mast offered 'tremendous resistance' to the tornado

THE BAYESIAN superyacht's own gigantic mast doomed the £14m boat when it was caught in a storm, an expert claims. The luxury vessel had the tallest aluminium mast in the world which went a whopping 75m high. The Bayesian has the tallest aluminium mast on the world.

The single massive mast snapped in two, with glass smashing throughout the boat, and passengers fleeing for their lives as it capsized.

Celebrated British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, his daughter, and Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer are among the dead.

Nautical architect expert Gino Ciriaci has now said the tall mast became a danger to the boat in the winds, he told Libero. He said the tallest mast in the world "is also the most dangerous mast in the world because it catches the wind at a great height."

"If it had been a very low boat, perhaps things would have gone differently."

"But the Bayesian, precisely because of its mast... offered tremendous resistance to the wind."

Ciriaci also said that the rigging, the steel cables that move the sails, would also offer "enormous resistance"."