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On boatsforsale.co.uk you will find a huge range of Sail and Sailing Boats for sale from all the leading manufactures such as Sarum, Hunter, Jeanneau, Colvic and Beneteau plus many other leading brands. Why not have a browse and find your dream sail boat today.

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• Dufour 36 Classic for sale

• 2001 Dufour 36 Classic fitted with a Volvo Penta MD 2030 30hp (re-engined 2005) with 851 hours on saildrive. \"Jango\" is presented in amazing condition and has clearly been very well maintained. Her specification is extensive including a full suite of Garmin Navigation equipment with 15\" GPS/Plotter at the chart table, Garmin Radar, AIS Transceiver, Heating, Electric Windlass, New sails in 2020, Standing and running rigging replaced in 2020, Saildrive seal replaced in 2019 etc. She was last ashore in Spring 2024 for antifoul (all removed and faired before new antifoul), anodes and polish.She really needs to be seen to be appreciated and is sure to sell quickly.Please contact Ben Nichols on 07825 747 652 or email [email protected] for more information or to arrange a viewing.
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2001 Length: 11.08 m City: Gosport
• £ 59,950.00
• Bavaria C57 for sale

• Immaculate Bavaria C57 2019 with the upgraded Yanmar 4JH110 engine, comes with a proper sail wardrobe including Elvstrom Sport triradial laminate sails, gennaker and new Code 0, inmast furling and upgraded Lewmar 65EST EVO winches. She has tender launch system, aircon and generator and comes with an elegant oak interior. Nothing is missing!Boat is afloat and lying in Alicante ready to be viewed.For further information please contact Kenneth on +34 971 536 555 or email to [email protected].
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2019 Length: 16.67 m City: Alicante
• € 649,995.00
• Bavaria 36 for sale

• 2005 Bavaria 36: 3 cabin version of the Bavaria 36, Kathleen Mary is well equipped and has had just two owners from new. She benefits from a full Raymarine navigation package including colour plotter, radar, autopilot,  speed/depth/wind and VHF, warm air heating, new standing rigging in 2016, new Genoa in 2021, new sprayhood and wheel & pedestal cover in 2021.
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2005 Length: 11.4 m Country: England City: Southampton
• £ 49,950.00
• Catalina Yachts 42 MK II for sale

• Catalina 42 MK II 2000 in excellent conditions available. Cruising performance is excellent and well balanced, comfortable and spacious hull with 2 cabin 2 head Centerline layout. Wing keel to provide shallow draft at 1.5m. Large cockpit w/ walk thru transom to a modified reverse transom with an large boarding platform.Polish flag ready to leave immidately. Afloat in Lanzarote. For further details please contact Kenneth at +34 601 984 712 or mail to kenneth(at)clippermarinespain.com Catalina 42 MK II 2000 en excelentes condiciones disponibles. Crucero rendimiento es excelente y bien equilibrado, cómodo y espacioso casco con 2 cabinas 2 cabeza Centerline diseño. Quilla de ala para proporcionar poco calado a 1,5 m. Gran bañera w / paseo a través del espejo de popa a un espejo de popa inversa modificada con una gran plataforma de embarque.Bandera polaca listo para salir de inmediato. A flote en Lanzarote. Para más detalles póngase en contacto con Kenneth en +34 601 984 712 o correo a kenneth(at)clippermarinespain.com Catalina 42 MK II 2000 in ausgezeichneten Bedingungen zur Verfügung. Cruising Performance ist ausgezeichnet und gut ausgewogen, komfortabel und geräumig Rumpf mit 2 Kabinen 2 Kopf Centerline Layout. Flügelkiel zu bieten flachen Tiefgang bei 1,5 m. Großes Cockpit w / walk thru Transom zu einem modifizierten Reverse Transom mit einem großen Einstiegsplattform.Polnische Flagge bereit, sofort zu verlassen. Schwimmend in Lanzarote. Für weitere Informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte Kenneth unter +34 601 984 712 oder mailen Sie an kenneth(at)clippermarinespain.com
• Category: Sailing Boats, Cruiser Built: 2000 Length: 12.80 m City: Las Palmas
• £ 109,995.00
• 34 for sale

• 1978 Galaxy 34Galaxy 34, 10,40 m x 3,36, barco del propietario en buen estado, muy estable, con mucho equipamiento, génoa, foque, foque de tormenta, dos velas mayores (una nueva en 2020), motor diesel de 54 hp, dos anclas, balsa salvavidas, , banana boat, actualmente está almacenado fuera del agua en Rota/Cádiz (sur de España).Para más informaciónes póngase en contacto con Steffen en+34 971536 555 o escriban un email a [email protected] 34, 10,40 m x 3,36, Eignerboot in gutem Pflegezustand, sehr stabil, mit viel Ausstattung, Genua, Fock, Sturmfock, zwei Großsegeln (eins neu in 2020), Dieselmotor mit 54 PS, zwei Anker, Rettungsinsel, Banana-Boot, liegt aktuell an Land in Rota/Cadiz (Südspanien).Für weitere Informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte Steffen unter +34 971536 555 oder schreiben Sie an [email protected] 34, 10.40 m x 3.36, owner\'s boat in good condition, very stable, with lots of equipment, genoa, jib, storm jib, two main sails (one new in 2020), diesel engine with 54hp, two anchors, life raft, banana boat, is currently is dry stored out the water in Rota/Cadiz (southern Spain).For further information please contact Steffen on +34 971536 555 or mail to [email protected]
• Category: Sailing Boats, Sloop Built: 1977 Length: 10.50 ft Country: Spain City: Rota/ Cadiz
• € 24,000.00
• Bavaria C46 for sale

• 2024 Bavaria C46 - the newest model from Bavaria equipped with the upgraded engine (Yanmar 80hp) with electronic throttle, furling mast, bowsprit, electric haylard winches and the advanced navigation pack. Esthec in cockpit floor and bathing platform. The Stylish interior comes with Nordic Oak, three large cabins and utility room and lots of equipment to ensure a pleasant cruiser.Ready to sail, it includes a sprayhood, cockpit cushions, and an additional fridge with a barbecue in the cockpit. Price includes delivery to Palma de Mallorca - Spain, for other destinations please inquire.For further information please contact the Sales team at Clipper Marine at +34 971 536 555, mobile +34 601 984 712 or email to [email protected] RATES OF FINANCE AVAILABLEPART EXCHANGE WELCOMEEX VAT FOR EXPORT OR QUALIFYING PURCHASER    
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2024 Length: 14.5 ft Country: Spain City: Palma de Mallorca
• € 478,328.00
• Bavaria C45 for sale

• Bavaria C45 2019  available now. She comes with Sport mast, mainsail with semi batten, furling jib, Code 0 and bowsprit. Below deck you have 4 cabin layout, light oak carpentry and wenge floors to deliver a light and elegant interior. She is well equipped and comes with advanced navigation package, radar, bow thruster, AIS, heating and solar panels. Complete safety pack included with life raft, -jacket, EPIRB and quicksilver tender.She is lying in the Azores where she can be viewed. Seller is offering to transport her to the Mediterranean included in the sale.For further information or to organise a viewing please contact Kenneth on +34 601 984 712 or at [email protected] Bavaria C45 2019 sofort jetzt verfügbar. Sie kommt mit Sportmast, Großsegel mit Semi-Latte, Rollfock, Code 0 und Bugspriet. Unter Deck haben Sie 4 Kabinen Layout, helle Eiche Tischlerei und Wenge Böden ein helles und elegantes Interieur zu liefern. Sie ist gut ausgestattet und verfügt über ein fortschrittliches Navigationspaket, Radar, Bugstrahlruder, AIS, Heizung und Sonnenkollektoren. Ein komplettes Sicherheitspaket mit Rettungsinsel, -weste, EPIRB und Schnelltender ist enthalten. Sie liegt auf den Azoren, wo sie besichtigt werden kann. Der Verkäufer bietet an, das Schiff ins Mittelmeer zu transportieren, was im Verkauf inbegriffen ist.Für weitere Informationen oder um eine Besichtigung zu organisieren, kontaktieren Sie bitte Kenneth unter +34 601 984 712 oder unter [email protected] Bavaria C45 2019  disponible ahora. Viene con mástil Sport, mayor con semi sables, foque enrollable, Código 0 y bauprés. Debajo de la cubierta tiene 4 camarotes, carpintería de roble claro y suelos de wengué para ofrecer un interior luminoso y elegante. Está bien equipado y viene con paquete de navegación avanzada, radar, hélice de proa, AIS, calefacción y paneles solares. Incluye un completo paquete de seguridad con balsa salvavidas, chaleco salvavidas, EPIRB y quicksilver. Se encuentra en las Azores, donde se puede ver. El vendedor se ofrece a transportarlo al Mediterráneo incluido en la venta.Para más información o para organizar una visita, póngase en contacto con Kenneth en el +34 601 984 712 o en [email protected]  
• Category: Sailing Boats, Cruiser Built: 2019 Length: 13.60 m Country: Portugal City: Azores
• £ 299,000.00
• Bavaria Cruiser 30 for sale

• 2006 Bavaria Cruiser 30 with fin keel (1.7m) and a Volvo D1-20 19hp diesel engine.\'Anni Frind\' is a lovely example of this popular family cruiser sleeping 6 in 2 cabins and including the saloon. With its deep cockpit and single wheel steering with electronics at the helm this boat is safe and well equipped for fabulous days out on the water.Due to marina access please allow at least 24 hours notice to request a viewing.For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact Mark Oldrey on 07707 149474 or email [email protected] Finance Rates Available - please ask for a quotation
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2006 Length: 9.45 ft City: Gosport
• £ 39,950.00
• Beneteau Oceanis for sale

• 2011 Beneteau Oceanis 34 mit Yanmar Motor (29 PS/ ca. 1600h/neu gewartet) mit Wellenanlage und Liegeplatz (Monatliche Miete in Cala Dor) zu verkaufen. Das Boot ist sehr gut gepflegt und ausgestattet. Es fährt unter deutscher Flagge und wurde im März 2023 das letzte mal geliftet und das Antifouling erneuert. Im Innenraum überzeugt es mit 2 Kabinen, einem Salon, geräumiger Galley sowie Nasszelle. Die Holzfarbe ist in edlem dunklem Holz und die Kissen in hellem Kunstleder.Vereinbaren Sie Ihren persönlichen Besichtigungstermin oder wenden Sie sich bei Fragen an das Clipper Marine Team +34 684 413 354 oder [email protected]
• Category: Sailing Boats Built: 2011 Length: 10,34 ft City: Palma
• € 105,000.00
• Beneteau First 32 for sale

• 1982 Beneteau First 32 with fin keel and a Volvo MD2020 19 hp diesel engine on shaft drive.\'Firefly\' is a lovely example of this performance cruiser and has had much money spent by its current owner on maintenance and upgrades. Sleeping up to 6 in 3 cabins (including the saloon) this really is a great \'sail away\' boat for a cruising couple or a family.For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact Mark Oldrey on 07707 149474 or email [email protected]
• Category: Sailing Boats, Cruiser Built: 1982 Length: 9.96 ft City: Port Solent
• £ 14,950.00
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Video shows moments before superyacht went down in storm off Sicily

Newly released video captures a luxury superyacht being battered by a violent storm before it suddenly sank off Sicily with 22 people aboard Monday.

The grainy images obtained by NBC News and other outlets were recorded on closed-circuit television not far from where the Bayesian was anchored, about a half-mile from the port of Porticello, on Sicily’s northern coast .

The yacht's 250-foot mast, illuminated with lights and lashed by the storm, appears to bend to one side before it finally disappears and is replaced by darkness.

The speed with which a yacht built to handle the roughest seas capsized stunned maritime experts.  

“I can’t remember the last time I read about a vessel going down quickly like that, you know, completely capsizing and going down that quickly, a vessel of that nature, a yacht of that size,” said Stephen Richter of SAR Marine Consulting.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five of the 22 other people who were aboard the 184-foot vessel remain unaccounted for and are believed to be trapped in the Bayesian’s hull, nearly 170 feet underwater.

Officials confirmed Monday that at least one person, the ship’s cook, had died.  

Superyachts like the Bayesian, which had been available for charters at a rate of $215,000 a week, are designed to stay afloat even as they are taking on water to give the people aboard a chance to escape, Richter said. 

“Boats of this size, they’re taking passengers on an excursion or a holiday,” Richter said. “They are not going to put them in situations where it may be dangerous or it may be uncomfortable, so this storm that popped up was obviously an anomaly. These vessels that carry passengers, they’re typically very well-maintained, very well-appointed.”

Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.-registered Bayesian could carry 12 guests and a crew of up to 10, according to online specialist yacht sites. Its nearly 250-foot mast is the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world, according to CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters. 

On Tuesday, Italian rescue workers resumed the search for Lynch and the five other passengers still missing: Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah; Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife; and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife.

“The fear is that the bodies got trapped inside the vessel,” Salvatore Cocina, the head of civil protection in Sicily, told Reuters .

The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was one of the 15 people rescued Monday after it capsized.

“It’s extremely rare for a boat of this size to sink,” Richter said.

What’s not rare is the kind of storm that sank it , said Simon Boxall, senior lecturer in oceanography at Britain’s University of Southampton.

“People assume the Mediterranean is this rather calm and passive place that never gets storms and always blue skies,” Boxall said. “In fact, you get some quite horrendous storms that are not uncommon at this time of year.”

The president of Italy’s meteorological society has said Monday’s violent storm may have involved a waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, or a downburst, which occurs more frequently but doesn’t involve the rotation of the air.

Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorology Society, also said recent temperatures may have been a factor. 

“The sea surface temperature around Sicily was around 30 degrees Celsius [86 Fahrenheit], which is almost 3 degrees more than normal,” Mercalli told Reuters. “This creates an enormous source of energy that contributes to these storms.”

The Mediterranean sailing vacation was designed to be a celebration for Lynch, who two months ago was acquitted by a San Francisco jury of fraud charges stemming from the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion.

Prosecutors alleged that Lynch, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates,” and Autonomy’s vice president for finance, Stephen Chamberlain, had padded the firm’s finances ahead of the sale. Lynch’s lawyers argued that HP was so eager to acquire Autonomy that it failed to adequately check the books .

Lynch had taken Morvill, who was one of his defense attorneys, on the luxury trip. 

Chamberlain was not on the Bayesian.

In what appears to be a tragic coincidence, a car struck and killed Chamberlain on Saturday as he was jogging in a village about 68 miles north of London, local police said.

“Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family,” Chamberlain’s lawyer, Gary Lincenberg, said in a statement .

Henry Austin reported from London and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.

Henry Austin is a senior editor for NBC News Digital based in London.

Corky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital.

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How sinking of luxury yacht off Sicily unfolded

One man has died and six people are missing after a luxury yacht sank in freak weather conditions off the coast of Sicily.

The 56m British-flagged Bayesian was carrying 22 people - 12 passengers and 10 crew - when a heavy storm that created waterspouts struck early on Monday.

Fifteen people were rescued and a search operation for those unaccounted for - who include the British tech tycoon Mike Lynch - is continuing.

Here is what we know about the tragedy so far and how it unfolded.

What happened to the yacht?

The Bayesian was struck by a sudden and powerful storm in the early hours of Monday morning, witnesses say.

It was reportedly anchored to the sea bed outside the harbour at Porticello, a small fishing village to the east of Palermo, when what the Italian coastguard described as a "violent storm" hit.

The storm was so fierce that it caused waterspouts, or rotating columns of air and mist, to appear over the sea.

The vessel disappeared beneath the water at about 05:00 local time (04:00 BST).

A doctor treating survivors said the ship "capsized within a few minutes".

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Witnesses told Italian news agency Ansa that the Bayesian’s anchor was down when the storm struck, causing the 72m (236ft) aluminium mast to break in half and the ship to lose its balance and sink.

However, divers on the search and rescue team have said the ship was "practically intact" on the seabed, raising questions as to whether the mast was broken.

The ship's unusually tall mast may have contributed to its sinking, according to Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the mast acted almost like a sail in the strong wind "especially with it being so high".

The extreme winds could have caught the mast and pushed the yacht over, he said.

Karsten Borner, captain of a nearby boat, said after the storm had passed, the crew noticed the yacht that had been behind them had disappeared.

"We saw a red flare, so my first mate and I went to the position, and we found this life raft drifting," he told Reuters.

His crew took on board some survivors, including three who were seriously injured.

Another witness, Fabio Cefalù, captain of a trawler, said he was about to go out on a fishing trip when he saw flashes of lightning so he stayed in the harbour.

"At about 04:15 we saw a flare in the sea," he said, according to the EVN news agency reports.

"We waited for this waterspout to pass. After 10 minutes we went out to the sea and we saw cushions and all the rest of the boat [that had sunk], and everything which was on the deck, at sea. However, we did not see any people in the sea.”

Another fisherman described seeing the yacht sinking "with my own eyes".

Speaking to the newspaper Giornale di Sicilia, the witness said he was at home when the tornado hit.

"Then I saw the boat, it had only one mast, it was very big," he said.

Shortly afterwards he went down to the Santa Nicolicchia bay in Porticello to get a better look at what was happening.

He added: "The boat was still floating, then all of a sudden it disappeared. I saw it sinking with my own eyes."

One of the survivors, British tourist Charlotte Golunski, told Italian newspaper La Repubblica how she held up her one-year-old daughter Sofia to stop her from drowning.

She said the two of them and her partner James survived only because they were up on deck when the yacht sank.

They were woken by “thunder, lightning and waves that made our boat dance”, and it felt like "the end of the world" before they were thrown into the water.

Charlotte said: "For two seconds I lost my daughter in the sea, then quickly hugged her amid the fury of the waves."

She added: "I held her afloat with all my strength, my arms stretched upwards to keep her from drowning.

"It was all dark. In the water I couldn't keep my eyes open. I screamed for help, but all I could hear around me was the screams of others."

What is the latest with the search?

Six passengers remain missing and the Palermo coastguard says the search and rescue operation is continuing "incessantly".

The search began on Monday and specialist divers have been working at the site since early on Tuesday morning.

One diver told Italian media the yacht was "practically intact" on its side at the ocean's basin, about 50m below the surface.

The ship's hull is obstructed with furniture and various objects, the Italian fire and rescue service has said.

Divers are looking for ways to access the yacht's cabins, but they have just 10 minutes to search on each dive before they need to return to the surface, the Italian news agency Ansa has reported.

A 1cm thick glass window is also being considered as an entry point.

Francesco Venuto, a spokesperson for Sicily's civil protection agency, told the BBC on Monday rescue teams fear the bodies of those missing "must be" in the boat.

"We've been searching all day with helicopters and boats, we've found nothing. That wouldn't make sense. In these conditions, we should have found something by now," he added.

A specialist caving search and rescue diving team arrived from Rome on Monday, hoping to "achieve results" either during the night or by Tuesday morning at the latest, the director general of Sicily's civil protection agency, Salvatore Cocina, said.

On Monday, the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch sent a team of four investigators to carry out a preliminary assessment of the Bayesian's sinking, the BBC understands.

Who was on board?

There were 22 people on board when the storm hit, including 12 passengers and 10 crew.

The body of one man has been recovered. He has not been formally identified, but the Palermo coastguard said he was the ship's cook. His nationality has not been confirmed.

Among the six people still missing is 59-year-old tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, known by some as the "British Bill Gates".

Mr Lynch founded software giant Autonomy in 1996 and was awarded an OBE for services to enterprise in 2006.

In June, he was cleared of conducting a massive fraud relating to an $11bn (£8.64bn) sale to US company Hewlett Packard.

Afterwards, he told the BBC in an interview he had been able to prove his innocence only because he had the wealth to pay the enormous legal fees required.

The other missing people include Mr Lynch's 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo.

Mr Lynch's wife Angela Bacares is among the 15 people to have been rescued, with eight of those receiving treatment in hospital, the Italian coastguard said.

Charlotte Golunski, her husband and daughter Sofia were also rescued and were unharmed, but taken to hospital for check-ups.

She said they had been on the yacht with a group of colleagues.

The daily Il Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported the vessel had mostly British passengers on board, but also people from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland and British-French citizens.

A doctor based in Palermo said the "very tired" survivors were "constantly asking about the missing people".

Dr Domenico Cipolla told Reuters that one woman he treated described the trip as a "corporate holiday", with some of those on board "very young".

"There were a lot of work colleagues, friends, a few husbands, wives, or a couple of friends who had joined in," he adds.

What is a waterspout and why do they form?

A waterspout is similar to a tornado and can form over oceans, seas or large lakes.

The western half of the Mediterranean has experienced severe storms since the middle of last week.

Through Sunday night and into Monday morning, a zone of bad weather passed by the north coast of Sicily.

BBC Weather forecaster Matt Taylor said: "A waterspout is a tornado that has occurred over water rather than land.

"They can form during intense storms, on the base of cumulonimbus/thunder clouds.

"Turbulence, and the wind blowing in slightly different directions around the cloud, can cause rotation under the base of the cloud and the spout to form.

"Like tornadoes, they bring powerful winds, but instead of picking up dust and debris they cause a water mist around the column of rotating air."

What is the Bayesian, and who owns it?

The superyacht can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites, and is listed for rent for up to €195,000 (£166,000) a week.

It was built in 2008 by Italian company Perini Navi.

The Bayesian's registered owner is listed as Revtom Ltd, which is based on the Isle of Man.

The yacht's name is understood to derive from the Bayesian theory, which Mr Lynch's PhD thesis and the software that made his fortune was based on.

Mr Lynch's wife Ms Bacares is named as the sole legal owner of Revtom, which is registered in the Isle of Man.

The Bayesian completed a number of sailings in recent days, calling at various ports in Sicily, according to ship-tracking website VesselFinder.

A spokesperson for Camper and Nicholsons International, the firm that manages the 2008-built boat, told BBC Verify: "Our priority is assisting with the ongoing search and providing all necessary support to the rescued passengers and crew."

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Who is Mike Lynch? The British ‘Bill Gates’ missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily

Once dubbed the British “Bill Gates”, tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is among those missing since Monday after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily in a sudden storm.

The sinking came the same day as Lynch’s former close colleague and vice-president of finance at Autonomy, Stephen Chamberlain, also died in a freak coincidence having been hit by a car while out running.

59-year-old Lynch — who was only acquitted weeks ago in the US after facing massive fraud charges — was reportedly with colleagues on board the Bayesian superyacht moored off the coast of Porticello, east of Palermo.

His wife, Angela Bacares, was among the 15 people rescued, but his daughter Hannah is among the six missing, Salvo Cocina, head of the Civil Protection Agency in Sicily, told AFP.

Who is Mike Lynch?

Originally from Suffolk in east England, Lynch was a former advisor to two British prime ministers and was once a star entrepreneur who seemed to represent a rare tech British success story.

The businessman has a fortune of £500 million ($648 million) according to the latest Sunday Times “Rich List”, and owes his fame to his software firm Autonomy which he sold to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011.

Lynch was a well-loved and admired tech pioneer, who inspired future generations to start their own companies in the U.K. and beyond.

“Mike was a UK tech leader who had a rare deep understanding of technology and an ability to commercialise it at scale. He found talent, supported that talent and helped them scale,” Brent Hoberman, entrepreneur and founder of Founders Forum and Lastminute.com, told Fortune .

Baroness Joanna Shields, a former managing director at Google and Facebook, told Fortune : “Mike saw possibilities before others could even conceive them — so often proven right as the world caught up with him and his ideas. He was finally free again to dream and invent, making his tragic passing all the more devastating for his family, our industry, and this country.”

Lynch founded Autonomy in 1996 in Cambridge, where he earned his doctorate, and turned it into a leading British tech firm.

But just one year after the mega-deal, HP reported a write-down of $8.8 billion — including more than $5 billion it attributed to inflated data from Autonomy — plunging Lynch and many of his colleagues into a decade-long fraud scandal.

Prosecutors accused him and others of taking part in a massive scheme as Autonomy’s chief executive to deceive HP by pumping up his company’s value before its sale.

Autonomy’s former CFO Sushovan Hussain was found guilty of fraud in 2018 by a US jury, with Hussain jailed for five years.

In the case against Hussain prosecutors said he and his co-conspirators in defrauding HP had “an attitude that, like a James Bond villain or a Mafioso, they were above the law.”

Last year, Lynch was extradited from Britain to the US to stand trial, facing two decades in jail if convicted of the 17 charges and spending the year in house arrest.

But in June he was acquitted on all charges.

“I am looking forward to returning to the UK and getting back to what I love most: my family and innovating in my field,” Lynch said after the verdict was handed down in a San Francisco court.

A bully or a scapegoat?

Lynch — who made around $815 million from the Autonomy sale — always denied the fraud charges, accusing HP of making him a scapegoat for its own failings.

Prosecutors meanwhile had painted the executive as a bully, forcing underlings to help him cook the books of Autonomy and tricking HP into paying billions of dollars.

After returning to the UK, Lynch told The Times in July that he had “various medical things that would have made it difficult to survive” in an American prison.

Speaking about the verdict, Lynch had told the Times: “It’s bizarre, but now you have a second life. The question is, what do you want to do with it?”

Father of two daughters aged 18 and 21, and a dog lover–owning two dachshunds and four sheepdogs–Lynch has a home in the affluent London district of Chelsea, according to the newspaper, as well as owning a farm in Suffolk.

Despite the acquittal, the fraud case is not closed.

In 2022, London’s High Court ruled in a civil fraud case that HP had been duped and had overpaid for Autonomy.

The court has yet to rule on the billions of dollars in damages claimed by the American group.

Darktrace’s woes

The shadow of Lynch’s legal troubles has also long weighed on the share prices of another British company — the cybersecurity and artificial intelligence group Darktrace.

Darktrace was co-founded by Lynch and several Autonomy executives, including the recently deceased Stephen Chamberlain and Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain.

At one point half of Darktrace’s board and the majority of its top executives were former Autonomy employees, however, that number has fallen in recent years.

Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson has been connected with Lynch since 2009 and previously worked as a corporate controller at HP Autonomy.

In a reversal of fortune, Darktrace accepted a $5.3 billion takeover offer from US private equity firm Thoma Bravo in April, sending its share price soaring.

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Sicily yacht sinking: What we know about the 22 people aboard

Seven passengers died and 15 survived after the luxury 'Bayesian' yacht capsized in a storm early Monday off the Sicilian coast. Here's what we know about them.

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The British-flagged luxury yacht The Bayesian capsized in a storm early Monday, August 19 off the coast of northern Sicily with 22 people aboard, sparking a days-long rescue and recovery effort. The 12 passengers and 10 crew members were believed to have hailed from Canada, France, Ireland, Myanmar, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the UK and the United States. Here's what we know about them after the Italian coastguard said Friday, August 23 that it had located the final missing person.

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch were missing for several days but their bodies have now been found. Lynch, once dubbed the British "Bill Gates," founded software firm Autonomy in the 1990s. Its $11 billion sale to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 saw him face fraud charges in the United States. A jury in San Francisco acquitted the 59-year-old and a co-defendant of all charges in June.

It is understood he organized the yacht trip as a post-trial celebration for family, as well as some of his lawyers and employees. His daughter was set to study English at Oxford University after finishing school this year, The Times reported. Friends and former colleagues paid tribute to Lynch after the discovery of his body was confirmed Thursday, with one calling him "a visionary unlike any other."

The bodies of Jonathan Bloomer, the 70-year-old British chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his wife Judy, a charity trustee, have also now been retrieved. American lawyer Chris Morvillo – a partner at the high-profile law firm Clifford Chance, who worked on Lynch's recent US fraud trial – and his wife Neda are also among the dead.

Officials found the body of the yacht's chef, whom multiple media outlets named as Canadian-Antiguan Recaldo Thomas, in the sea a few hours after the disaster unfolded off Porticello, east of Palermo.

15 survivors

Lynch's 57-year-old wife, Angela Bacares, who is also Hannah's mother, was among the survivors. She was seen in a wheelchair after reportedly walking over broken glass to escape the sinking vessel.

Bacares told doctors at a regional hospital that the boat began to tilt at around 4:00 am local time, waking her and her husband, according to reports. She had then climbed up to the deck to assess the situation when the vessel suddenly started to capsize, they said. Briton Charlotte Golunski, 35 – a partner at Lynch's investment firm Invoke Capital who previously worked at Autonomy – her partner James Emslie and her one-year-old daughter also survived.

Golunski told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that they made it out alive because they were on deck when the yacht sank, describing in dramatic detail holding her baby above the surface of the sea to save her. She said a lifeboat then inflated and 11 people eventually climbed in, with all three family members unharmed.

Ayla Ronald, 36, a London-based lawyer for Clifford Chance originally from New Zealand who also worked on Lynch's fraud case, "thankfully survived the incident," the law firm confirmed earlier this week. It said her partner, believed to be named Matthew Fletcher, also made it out alive.

Other media reports have said another New Zealander, James Cutfield, 51, who was the yacht's captain, survived. Meanwhile, Irish citizen Sasha Murray, 29, injured her right foot in the tragedy, according to The Irish Times . Frenchman Matthew Griffith, 22, is also said to have survived. The boat's crew are believed to include Sri Lankans, as well as a citizen of Myanmar named as 39-year-old Myin Htun Kyaw, according to reports.

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