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Heesen deliver 80m superyacht GENESIS to her new owner

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By Katie Scott   4 September 2023

Dutch shipyard Heesen has successfully delivered the stunning 80m (262ft) superyacht GENESIS to her new owner, setting a new benchmark for the yard as the biggest yacht they have built to date.

Surpassing the previous record holders of Galactica Super Nova at 70m (229.6ft) and charter yacht ILLUSION at 65m (213ft), the new flagship is a custom-built motor yacht with design collaborations from Van Oossanen Naval Architects, Winch Design, and Sinot Yacht Architecture and Design. Embodying the classic, sporty DNA of the Heesen fleet, GENESIS is undeniably a true Heesen superyacht but with a contemporary and almost futuristic twist on previous builds.

Sporting a six-cabin layout, superyacht GENESIS hosts an army of indulgent features and amenities including a fully certified touch-and-go helipad that can also transform into an outdoor cinema, a glass-bottomed swimming pool, abundant exterior deck space for socializing and relaxing in the Mediterranean sun, plus an on-deck Jacuzzi and WiFi connectivity.

Enabling the owner and their guests seamless access to the sea, motor yacht GENESIS has a generous beach club environment with a wet bar, in addition to plenty of storage for adrenaline-fuelled water toys.

Currently, it is not expected that M/Y GENESIS will be made available for charter. However, if you’re interested in chartering a yacht of a similar caliber, you can view and compare all  Heesen superyachts for charter .

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The owners of superyachts built in the Netherlands revealed

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 24, 2020 | News | 0 comments

Supery achts get ever bigger and more luxurious and thus, ever more expensive. But who buys them? Pointer, the research platform of Dutch broadcasting network KRO-NCRV, reveals some of the owners of Dutch built yachts. Buyers losing their anonymity include billionaires Dmitry Rybolovlev, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and Bernard Arnault.

In the Netherlands, the four major super yacht builders are: Feadship, Heesen, Damen Yachting (formerly Amels) and Oceanco. Orders in this sector remained almost constant over the years, but its turnover increased from a little over 500 million euros in 2006 to 1.5 billion euros in 2018. This points to the trend of ever larger and more luxurious superyachts.

Although a super yacht stands out in the average port, it seems almost impossible to find out who owns it. This is due to the fact that super yachts are generally purchased by companies and not under a billionaire’s own name. Pointer decided to lift a piece of the veil and compiled a list of owners. Some of the highlights of this list are presented below.

110-metre Anna

The 4693-GT Anna was built by Feadship and sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands. It is currently the largest yacht built by Feadship and was delivered in 2018. Its buyer is Dmitry Rybolovlev from Russia, who made his money in fertilisers.

110-metre Jubilee

Picture by Kees Torn .

Built in 2017 by Oceanco, it is both the largest yacht built at this shipyard and the largest yacht built in the Netherlands. The 4500-GT yacht takes the title as it is just a little bit longer than the Anna (361 ft versus 360 ft). It sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands and was built for Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, a former ruler of Qatar.

106.7-metre Black Pearl

The 2864-GT Black Pearl is the world’s largest Dynarig sailing yacht and was delivered by Oceanco in 2018. It can hit a speed of up to 30 knots under sail. Pointer cannot state with absolute certainty that Oleg Burlakov from Russia (active in cement, oil and banking) is the owner, but deems it very likely. It sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands.

101.5-metre Symphony

In 2015, the 3000-GT Symphony was the first Feadship to cross the 100-metre mark and was the largest yacht built in The Netherlands at that time. It sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands and its likely owner is Bernard Arnault from France. He owns brands such as Louis Vuitton, Moët, Hennessey, and Dior.

The 102-metre Symphony is the largest yacht built at Kaag Island (picture by  Frans Berkelaar ).

83-metre Here Comes The Sun

The Damen built yacht Here Comes The Sun was delivered in 2017. The 2827-GT yacht was ordered by Alexander Dzhaparidze, active in Russia’s oil industry, and sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands.

77-metre La Datcha

The La Datcha is a 2560-GT luxury expedition yacht and the second yacht from the Damen Yachting SeaXplorer range. It was delivered in 2020. Its owner is Oleg Tinkov, a Russian oligarch, who earned his money in the entertainment and food industry.

Picture by Damen.

70-metre Galactica Super Nova

The Heesen built 1200-GT Galactica Super Nova was delivered in 2016. It sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands. Its likely buyer is Vagit Alekperov an Azerbaijani and Russian businessman and the president of the leading Russian oil company Lukoil. Alekperov is also the owner of Heesen.

109-metre Bravo Eugenia

Although not revealed by Pointer, the 3418-GT Bravo Eugena was bought by Jerry Jones, owner of the American football team Dallas Cowboys. The yacht, named after his wife Genie, cost him 250 million US dollars (almost 225 million euros). This was reported by Mansion Global, which writes about the global real estate market, was able to pinpoint the yacht’s owner by tracking a license for the ship’s radio equipment from the Federal Communications Commission.

Picture by Oceanco.

Also read: Superyacht Bravo Eugenia cost almost 225 million euros

More superyacht owners have been revealed by Pointer here .

Picture (top): The Black Pearl (by Tom van Oossanen, published in SWZ|Maritime’s September 2019 issue).

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The 5 tragic minutes that sank a superyacht

PORTICELLO, Italy — Survivors of a storm that sank a superyacht off Sicily recounted their ordeal to one of the doctors who rushed to their aid, with some saying it took mere minutes for the 180-foot ship to go down. 

Dr. Fabio Genco, head of the Palermo Emergency Medical Services, told NBC News on the phone Thursday that he arrived in the seaside village of Porticello before dawn Monday, about an hour after the $40 million Bayesian sank in the violent and sudden storm.   

Of the 22 people onboard, 15 survived despite storm conditions and darkness, climbing onto a lifeboat before being rescued by a nearby sailboat. The crew members have made no public statements so far, though some have been interviewed by investigators.

“They told me that it was all dark, that the yacht hoisted itself up and then went down,” Genco said, recounting what the survivors told him. “All the objects were falling on them. That’s why I immediately made sure, by asking them questions, if they had any internal injuries,” he said. 

It appears they had just minutes to abandon the sinking ship, Genco said. 

“They told me that suddenly they found themselves catapulted into the water without even understanding how they had got there,” he said, “And that the whole thing seems to have lasted from 3 to 5 minutes.”

Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, which owns Perini Navi that built the Bayesian, told Sky News that there were no flaws with the design or construction of the yacht. He said their structure and keel made boats like that “unsinkable bodies.”

In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, he disavowed responsibility, blaming instead the actions of the crew. “Mistakes were made,” he said. 

Genco said one of his colleagues who arrived at the scene before him initially thought that only three people survived, but the coast guard reported there were other survivors and more emergency services were called in. 

When Genco arrived, he found scenes of panic and despair. 

“Unfortunately, we are used to such panic scenes because we are used to the shipwrecks that happen on Lampedusa ,” Genco said, referring to the island southwest of Sicily, where the wreckage of boats carrying migrants on the sea journey from North Africa to Italy are often found . 

Six of the passengers were declared missing Monday, and by Thursday, the bodies of five had been recovered from the wreck , some 160 feet underwater.

Among those who survived is Angela Bacares, wife of the British tech mogul Mike Lynch , whose body was recovered Thursday. 

Another survivor has been identified as Charlotte Emsley, 35. She told the Italian news agency ANSA that she had momentarily lost hold of her year-old daughter, Sofia, in the water but managed to retrieve her and hold her over the waves until a lifeboat inflated and they were pulled into safety.

Dr. Domenico Cipolla at the Di Cristina Children’s Hospital in Palermo is also part of a team of medical professionals treating the shipwreck survivors. He told the BBC on Wednesday that Emsley and her daughter, as well as the father of the child, who Cipolla said also survived, are continuing to receive psychological help. 

“Psychological support was constant and is constant even today, because basically it is the wounds of the soul that are the most in need of healing in these cases,” Cipolla said.

Genco also told NBC News that he was especially concerned about the child. “She did not understand anything. She was soaking wet and cold,” he said. 

Karsten Borner, the Dutch captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a yacht that was anchored near the Bayesian, said by phone Wednesday that he saw a thunderstorm come in at around 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET) Monday, followed by what looked like a waterspout, a type of tornado that forms over water. 

The International Centre for Waterspout Research noted on X that there was a “waterspout outbreak” off Italy on Monday, the day the Bayesian sank. 

“I turned on the engine and made maneuvers so that we wouldn’t collide with the Bayesian, which was anchored about 100 meters from us,” Borner said. “Then all of a sudden it disappeared. Then the wind calmed down, we looked around and saw a red flare.”

Borner said he got into his boat’s tender and saw a life raft with 15 people on it. Members of the crew were administering first aid. 

“I don’t know why it sank so quickly, but it may have something to do with the mast which was incredibly long,” he said. Questions have been raised about whether the mast was to blame for the accident as tall masts, even with the sails down, have more surface area exposed to the wind, which can contribute to tipping a vessel in a storm.

The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht’s 250-foot mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one side before disappearing.

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British tech magnate Mike Lynch, 5 others missing after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily

ROME -- British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five other people were missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily early Monday, Italy's civil protection and authorities said. Lynch's wife and 14 other people survived.

Lynch, who was acquitted in June in a big U.S. fraud trial, was among six people who remain unaccounted for after their chartered sailboat sank off Porticello, near Palermo, sometime after 4 a.m. A tornado over the water known as a waterspout had struck the area overnight, said Salvo Cocina of Sicily's civil protection agency.

One body was recovered, and police divers spent the day trying to reach the hull of the ship, which was resting at a depth of 50 meters (163 feet) off Porticello where it had been anchored, rescue authorities said. They returned to the site after 10 p.m. to see if it would be possible to search through the night, when weather conditions were expected to worsen, said Luca Cari, spokesman of the fire rescue service.

The ship had a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers, the Italian coast guard said. A sudden fierce storm had battered the area overnight, and a waterspout struck precisely where the 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged Bayesian had been moored.

"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Cocina, noting that another big ship nearby, the Sir Robert Baden Powell, wasn't as badly damaged and helped rescue the 15 survivors - including Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares.

The Bayesian was notable for its single 75-meter (246-feet) mast - one of the world's tallest made of aluminum and which was lit up at night, just hours before it sank. Online charter sites listed it for rent for up to 195,000 euros (about $215,000) a week.

One of the survivors, identified as Charlotte Golunski, said she momentarily lost hold of her 1-year-old daughter Sofia in the water, but then managed to hold her up over the waves until a lifeboat inflated and they were both pulled to safety, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The father, identified by ANSA as James Emslie, also survived, said Cocina.

Karsten Borner, the captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, said he had noticed the Bayesian nearby during the storm but after it calmed he saw a red flare and realized the ship had simply disappeared, ANSA and the Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported. Borner said he and a crew member boarded their tender and found a lifeboat with 15 people, some of them injured, who they then took aboard and alerted the coast guard.

Eight of those rescued were hospitalized while the others were taken to a hotel. One body believed to be the cook was found near the wreck, but six others were unaccounted for and believed inside the hull, said Cari, the fire rescue spokesperson.

The rescue operations, which were visible from shore, involved helicopters and rescue boats from the coast guard, fire rescue and civil protection service.

Fisherman Fabio Cefal ù said he had seen a flare from shore at around 4:30 a.m. and immediately set out to the site but by the time he got there, the Bayesian had already sunk, with only cushions, wood and other items from the superyacht floating in the water.

"But for the rest, we didn't find anyone," he said from the port hours later. He said that he immediately alerted the coast guard and stayed on-site for three hours, but didn't find any survivors. "I think they are inside, all the missing people."

He said he had been up early to check the weather to see if he could go fishing, and surmised that a sudden waterspout had struck the yacht.

"It could be that the mast broke, or the anchor at the prow pulled it, I don't know," he said.

Cocina said the crew and passengers hailed from a variety of countries: In addition to Britain and the United States, passengers and crew were from Antigua, France, Germany, Ireland, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain, he said.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch is deploying a team of four inspectors to Italy to conduct a preliminary assessment. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development office said it was "providing consular support to a number of British nationals and their families."

Dutch foreign ministry spokesperson Casper Soetekouw said the lone Dutch citizen on board, a man, had been rescued and was not in life-threatening condition.

Lynch, once hailed as Britain's king of technology, was cleared in June of fraud and conspiracy charges related to Hewlett Packard's $11 billion takeover of his company, Autonomy Corp.

The not guilty verdicts followed an 11-week criminal trial in San Francisco that delved into the history of HP's 2011 acquisition of Autonomy, a business software firm founded by Lynch.

The fraud accusations represented a dramatic turn in the fortunes of an entrepreneur once described as the Bill Gates of Britain - a title he seemed to live up to when he netted an $800 million from the Autonomy sale.

The acquittal vindicated Lynch, who had vehemently denied wrong doing and portrayed HP as a technological train wreck.

"I'm looking forward to returning the UK and getting back to what I love most: my family and innovating in my field," Lynch said in a statement released after the verdict.

The yacht, built in 2008 by the Italian firm Perini Navi, can accommodate 12 passengers in four double cabins, a triple and the master suite, plus crew accommodations, according to Charter World and Yacht Charters.

The vessel, which previously was named Salute when it flew under a Dutch flag, featured a sleek, minimalist interior of light wood with Japanese accents designed by the French designer Remi Tessier, according to descriptions and photos on the charter sites.

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Breaking news, new zealand lawyer ayla ronald’s chilling text to father revealed after surviving bayesian superyacht sinking.

One survivor of the doomed Bayesian , who is “very shaken” after escaping the superyacht’s sinking off the coast of Sicily, shared a disturbing revelation with her father.

Ayla Ronald, a senior associate at law firm Clifford Chance, was one of 22 aboard the British-flagged ship when a tornado struck the area where it was anchored around 5 a.m. Monday.

Ronald, 36, and her partner, Matthew Fletcher, were invited aboard the Bayesian to celebrate tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s acquittal in “one of Silicon Valley’s biggest-ever fraud cases” alongside his friends and family.

“Ayla is a lawyer who is part of the legal team that was invited to go sailing as a result of the success in the recent United States court case,” Ronald’s father, Lin Ronald, told the Telegraph.

“I have texted my daughter and she hasn’t given me any updates about missing personnel or saved personnel,” he said.

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“She has only said to me that there are deaths, and she and her partner are alive.”

Ayla Ronald’s phone was the only one with a battery and she was helping coordinate with the first responders, according to the New Zealand Herald.

Lin told the outlet that his daughter is “very shaken” following the incident.

The Christchurch, NZ, native studied at the University of Otago in New Zealand before moving to London, where she worked for several years.

”We are in shock and deeply saddened by this tragic incident,” Clifford Chance said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with our Partner, Christopher Morvillo, and his wife Neda who are among the missing, and with their families.”

“Our utmost priority is providing support to the family as well as our colleague Ayla Ronald, who together with her partner, thankfully survived the incident,” the statement continued. “Our thoughts extend to the other passengers and crew and all those affected.”

What to know after a tornado sank the yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily:

• A superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily after a tornado hit the area early Monday, killing six passengers and leaving one missing.
• British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was identified as one of the bodies pulled from the wreckage. His teenage daughter, Hannah, is still missing.
• Lynch — known as “Britain’s Bill Gates” — had invited guests from Clifford Chance, a legal firm that represented him, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage,  according to the Telegraph . 
• Security camera footage shot from 650 feet from where the  Bayesian sank Monday  shows it disappearing.
• A rare and unexpected “black swan” weather event may have led to the  Bayesian’s speedy demise , maritime experts say.

Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley International, and his wife, Judy, are among the six still missing.

Angela Bacares, the owner of the yacht and Lynch’s wife, was among 15 people rescued.

One body, believed to be the ship’s chef, Canadian-born Thomas Recaldo, was recovered from the wreck.

Lynch’s three-month trial played out in San Francisco federal court and centered on allegations that Lynch schemed to inflate his software company Autonomy’s revenue when he sold it to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011.

Within a year, the US tech company was forced to down-value Autonomy’s worth by $8.8 billion.

A jury found Lynch, 59, not guilty on all 15 conspiracy and wire fraud charges on June 6.

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The five tragic minutes that sank $40m superyacht bayesian off sicily.

Survivors of a storm that sank a superyacht off the coast of Sicily recounted their ordeal to one of the doctors who rushed to their aid, with some saying it took mere minutes for the 180ft vessel to go down.

Dr Fabio Genco, head of the Palermo Emergency Medical Services, told NBC News on Thursday he arrived in the seaside village of Porticello before dawn Monday, about an hour after the $40 million Bayesian sank in the violent and sudden storm.

Of the 22 people on board, 15 survived despite storm conditions and darkness, climbing onto a lifeboat before being rescued by a nearby sailboat.

The crew members have made no public statements so far, though some have been interviewed by investigators.

“They told me that it was all dark, that the yacht hoisted itself up and then went down,” Genco said, recounting what the survivors told him.

“All the objects were falling on them.

“That’s why I immediately made sure, by asking them questions, if they had any internal injuries.”

It appears they had just minutes to abandon the sinking ship, Genco said.

“They told me that suddenly they found themselves catapulted into the water without even understanding how they had got there,” he said.

“And that the whole thing seems to have lasted from three to five minutes.”

Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, which owns Perini Navi that built the Bayesian, told Sky News that there were no flaws with the design or construction of the yacht.

He said their structure and keel made boats like that “unsinkable bodies”.

In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, he disavowed responsibility, blaming instead the actions of the crew.

“Mistakes were made,” he said.

Genco said one of his colleagues who arrived at the scene before him initially thought that only three people survived, but the coast guard reported there were other survivors and more emergency services were called in.

When Genco arrived, he found scenes of panic and despair.

“Unfortunately, we are used to such panic scenes because we are used to the shipwrecks that happen on Lampedusa ,” Genco said, referring to the island southwest of Sicily, where the wreckage of boats carrying migrants on the sea journey from North Africa to Italy are often found .

Six of the passengers were declared missing Monday and, by Thursday, the bodies of five had been recovered from the wreck .

Among those who survived is Angela Bacares, the wife of British tech mogul Mike Lynch whose body was recovered Thursday.

Another survivor has been identified as Charlotte Emsley, 35.

She told the Italian news agency ANSA she had momentarily lost hold of her one-year-old daughter, Sofia, in the water but managed to retrieve her and hold her above the waves until a lifeboat inflated and they were pulled to safety.

Dr Domenico Cipolla at the Di Cristina Children’s Hospital in Palermo is also part of a team of medical professionals treating the shipwreck survivors.

He told the BBC on Wednesday that Emsley and her daughter, as well as the father of the child, who Cipolla said also survived, are continuing to receive psychological help.

“Psychological support was constant and is constant even today, because basically it is the wounds of the soul that are the most in need of healing in these cases,” Cipolla said.

Genco also told NBC News he was especially concerned about the child.

“She did not understand anything,” he said.

“She was soaking wet and cold.”

Karsten Borner, the Dutch captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a yacht that was anchored near the Bayesian, said he saw a thunderstorm come in about 4am local time Monday, followed by what looked like a waterspout, a type of tornado that forms over water.

The International Centre for Waterspout Research noted on X there was a “waterspout outbreak” off the coasts of Italy on Monday, the day the Bayesian sank.

“I turned on the engine and made manoeuvres so that we wouldn’t collide with the Bayesian, which was anchored about 100m from us,” Borner said.

“Then all of a sudden it disappeared.

“Then the wind calmed down, we looked around and saw a red flare.”

Borner said he got into his boat’s tender and saw a life raft with 15 people on it.

Members of the crew were administering first aid.

“I don’t know why it sank so quickly, but it may have something to do with the mast which was incredibly long,” he said.

Questions have been raised about whether the mast was to blame for the accident as tall masts, even with the sails down, have more surface area exposed to the wind, which can contribute to tipping a vessel in a storm.

The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht’s 250ft mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one side before disappearing.

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Who was on board the Bayesian superyacht when it sank and who is still missing?

• Wednesday 21 August 2024 at 7:13pm

Five bodies have been recovered and one person remains unaccounted for after British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday.

The Bayesian vessel was carrying 22 passengers - 10 crew members and 12 passengers - when it was hit by a waterspout and capsized at approximately 5am local time.

One man, believed to be the yacht's chef, Recaldo Thomas, was confirmed dead after his body was recovered by rescue crews on Monday.

Who is still missing?

Six people were initially reported missing after the yacht sank.

Divers have since confirmed five bodies - who are yet to be publicly identified - have been recovered from the wreckage, with one person still unaccounted for.

The missing Britons include Mr Lynch, who founded software giant Autonomy in 1996 and was made an OBE for services to enterprise in 2006.

His 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, is also unaccounted for.

Morgan Stanley International Bank Chairman Jonathan Bloomer has been named among the missing, alongside his wife, Judy.

Additionally, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo, who worked for Mr Lynch, and his wife, Neda, have both been confirmed as unaccounted for.

Who survived the incident?

Fifteen people, including Mr Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, were rescued, according to local media.

The other named survivors are:

Charlotte Golunski, her husband James Emsley and their one-year-old daughter.

Mr Lynch's lawyer, Ayla Ronald, and her partner, Matthew Fletcher.

The Italian Coastguard has confirmed three of the surviving crew members as Vincenzo Zagarola, Leah Randall and Leo Eppel.

James Calfield, 51, who according to some reports is the ship’s captain, was rescued after the yacht sank, according to local media.

Matthew Griffith - Local media reported that Mr Griffith, who was a French citizen, had been rescued

Myin Htun Kyaw - The 39-year-old, who had a Burmese passport, was among those rescued, according to local media.

Sasha Murray - Local media reported the 29-year-old Irish national had been rescued.

The Dutch foreign ministry said a Dutch man survived. The ministry, citing privacy, did not release his identity.

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