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From hardcore racers like pop legend Simon Le Bon to George Clooney's love of motor yachts, here is our pick of the celebrities who adore sailing and boating.

Simon Le Bon

The frontman of Duran Duran’s sailing career hit the headlines in 1985 when his 77-foot maxi yacht, Drum, lost its keel and capsized during the Fastnet Race.

Simon Le Bon and other crew members were trapped inside the boat until they were rescued off the Cornish coast .

Determined to sail again, Le Bon refitted Drum and continued with his plans to compete in the 1985-1986 Whitbread Round the World Race.

Skippered by Skip Novak, Drum came in third overall in elapsed time.

Twenty years later, Le Bon once again competed in the Fastnet on board Drum, determined to conquer the race that has so nearly cost him his life.

However, delayed by light winds, he was forced to abandoned the race to perform with Duran Duran in Japan.

Le Bon owned Drum during the height of his pop career in the 1980s, before selling it to Scottish motoring tycoon, Sir Arnold Clark.

In 1987, the singer, along with his wife, Yasmin, and the rest of Drum’s crew answered a MAYDAY call from a yacht off the coast of Venezuela.

Karen McCracken and her family were sailing to Belize when they got caught in a storm and were blown onto a reef.

More recently, Le Bon joined America’s Cup hopefuls, Land Rover BAR, on board AC45F during the 2015 America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth event.

Timothy Spall

Actor Timothy Spall and his wife, Shane, spent eight years cruising the waterways of Britain after buying their first narrowboat in 1997.

They then decided they wanted to go further afield and found a specialist boat builder to build them a sea-going barge, the Princess Matilda.

Their adventures on board their 16-metre Dutch canal barge have since been watched by thousands during the BBC Four series – Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea, Timothy Spall: Back at Sea and Timothy Spall: All at Sea.

The three series follows the Spalls as they journey around the coast of Britain in their £200,000 barge.

The voyage has also been chronicled in two books by Shane – The Voyages of the Princess Matilda and The Princess Matilda Comes Home – The Adventure Of A Lifetime Around Britain On A Barge.

Morgan Freeman

“My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them,” said Morgan Freeman.

The Hollywood actor fell in love with sailing when he saw a sailboat gliding on San Francisco Bay in 1961.

Six year later, he sailed for the first time in a 18-foot Lightning-class centreboat boat on a reservoir in Stowe, Vermont.

Since then, sailing has became his “refuge and passion”.

His first boat was a Holland-built Holiday 28, and for 16 years, Freeman sailed out of Eastchester Bay.

He explored the waters and anchorages of Long Island Sound, Block Island, the Elizabeth Islands, Cape Cod, the coast of Maine, and up to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

He first sailed to the Caribbean in 1979 on a 30-foot (9.14-meter) Alberg-designed sloop with a crew that included his wife, daughter and family cat, Zipper.

It took nine days to reach Bermuda and they stayed for six weeks, hitting a storm with 50-knot winds on their return journey.

In 1989, on board his Shannon 38, Sojourner, Freeman went as far as Sombrero Rock, north of St. Martin, and then two years later began cruising the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Since then, the Hollywood actor has sailed as far as Trinidad, exploring the Caribbean on his new Shannon 43.

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For more than 35 years, Canadian rock legend, Neil Young, owned the two-masted, gaff-rigged schooner, W.N. Ragland.

Originally built of oak in 1913, the 100-foot Baltic trader is a far cry from the yachts usually associated with rock stars.

The ship needed serious renovating when Young purchased it, buying enough mahogany to fill a railroad truck to replank the schooner.

As well as cruising the world with friends and family, Young also reportedly leant out W.N. Ragland for scientific expeditions to Hawaii and Alaska.

He sold the vessel to Walter Wallace of Wallace Yacht Co. in Port Townsend, Washington.

Interestingly, Young’s fellow band member in Crosby, Stills and Nash, David Crosby was also a passionate sailor, owning a John Alden designed schooner, Mayan.

The song, Wooden Ships, is believed to have been written onboard in 1968 when the ship was moored at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Prunella Scales and Timothy West

Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales, and her husband actor Timothy West have been avid boaters since living on a barge during their early acting days to save money.

Now self-confessed “canal nuts”, the couple like nothing more than exploring Britain’s waterways.

Since 2014, their love of canal boating has been passed on to Channel 4 viewers through the programme, Great Canal Journeys.

The series has seen the couple explore not only the canals and rivers of the UK, but also further afield in France, Venice, Sweden and Amsterdam.

West, who has owned a narrowboat since 1979, is also vice-president of The Waterways Trust, the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and a patron of the Huddersfield Canal Society.

He was also involved in the restoration of The Waverley, the world’s last ocean-going paddle steamer.

Errol Flynn

Dead by the age of 50, the hard drinking actor’s love affair with the sea and sailing began after he spent his early years around the Australian ports of Sydney and Hobart.

His first yacht was the Sirocco, which he sailed up the coast to New Guinea where the boat was wrecked.

After finding fame in Hollywood, Flynn purchased a second yacht, also named Sirocco, in 1938, often disappearing for days sailing.

In 1946, he brought the 118-foot schooner, Zaca, which he owned until he died.

He used the schooner to make a short documentary film, Cruise of the Zaca, which follows Flynn and his father, Professor Theodore Flynn, collecting specimens.

The voyage was done in association with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography of the University of California and took place off the east coast of Mexico and in the West Indies.

When Flynn died, his only real possession was the Zaca.

Griff Rhys-Jones

Griff Rhys-Jones at the helm of his classic yacht, Undina, with sailing celebrities Laura Baldwin, Phil Sharp and actor Geoffrey Hughes, raising awareness for Sail 4 Cancer

Comedian and television personality, Griff Rhys-Jones started sailing as a child.

His father had a boat in West Mersea on Mersea Island, which they would sail around the coast of Suffolk and into The Broads.

An enthusiastic sailor, Rhys-Jones brought his 45-foot classic yacht, Undina, reportedly spending £500,000 on its restoration.

The Philip Rhodes yacht went on to star in the BBC series Three Men in Another Boat before being listed for sail in 2013.

Since then, Rhys-Jones has brought a 1948 57-foot Sparkman and Stephens designed yawl, Argyll.

Built by Simms of Massachusetts in 1948, the yacht is used primarily for racing, and was the winner of the Bonifacio Trophy and the Coupe Des Dames in St Tropez in 2014, and come second in the Panerai Transat in March 2015.

Rhys-Jones skippered Argyll in the 2015 Fastnet Race.

He has also written about his sailing exploits.

In the Baltic with Bob records his 2002 journey to Russia on “an elderly yacht” with his friend, Bob and Baines who “knew how to mend the engine”.

He has also published Rivers: One man and his dog paddle into the heart of Britain, which follows Rhys-Jones as he explores some of Britain’s most well known rivers with his dog, Cadbury.

Jeremy Irons

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Actor Jeremy Irons was “brought up sailing” after growing up in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight where his father was a founding members of the local sailing club.

After learning to sail on dinghies, Irons has now gone on to bigger and faster vessels, famously competing in the fourth leg of the BT Global Challenge round the world yacht race.

Joining the crew of LG Flatron, he spent seven days sailing across the Tasman Sea from Wellington to Sydney, coming second in their section “by about five seconds”.

The ‘Stealing Beauty’ actor has his own ketch, Willing Lass, and often raves about sailing along the West Cork coast where he lives.

He took part in the 2015 Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, and the Round Island Race, crewing for Conrad Humphreys on his 40-foot catamaran.

Teen idol, Zac Efron was bitten by the sailing bug after learning to sail for his role in the movie, ‘Charlie St. Cloud’.

In an interview with the Arizona Republic, he stated that he decided to take the title role after reading the script while spending time on a sailboat with his father.

Prior to filming, Efron took an intense course of sailing lessons out of Vancouver, learning how to capsize and sail a dinghy.

He said he would now like to move onto something bigger and try long-distance sailing with his father. His dream destination would be Hawaii.

JFK sailing the presidential yacht, Manitou. Credit: Robert L. Knudsen

Sailing was one of JFK’s greatest loves.

The US President learnt to sail as a child  and owned a series of Star class boats as a teenager – Flash and Flash II – with his brother, Joseph.

Flash II was his favourite, sailing it in the waters of Nantucket Sound.

An avid sailor, JFK won the Nantucket Sound Star Class Championship in Flash II, and raced the boat while at Harvard, winning the 1938 McMillan Cup.

He sold the boat in 1941, but still got out on the water with his 26-foot Wianno Senior sloop, Victura, which was a 15th birthday present from his parents.

Victura was arguably the most cherished boat in JFK’s life – it was the boat he taught his wife, Jackie, to sail in, the boat he and Jackie were photographed on for the famous Life magazine shoot which helped create the Kennedy brand.

It is also the boat he took his children sailing in during family holidays at Cape Cod.

He even sketched the Victura during many of his meetings during his presidency.

As president, JFK also enjoyed the 92-foot wooden presidential yacht, which he renamed the Honey Fitz, although he continued to look for a presidential sailing yacht.

He found a 62-foot Sparkman and Stephens yacht, Manitou and had the vesse; refitted with the latest communications equipment so he could stay in touch with his office – it became knowns as the “Floating White House”.

David Suchet

Credit: Canal & River Trust

Although his most famous role, Hercule Poirot, suffers from the “mal de mer”,  actor David Suchet certainly doesn’t!

His fascination with narrowboats and canals has now become his passion.

The actor and his wife, Sheila spent six years living on a 53-foot narrowboat, Prima Donna, after spotting it from the window of Suchet’s dressing room at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

They moved back onto dry land following the arrival of children, although Britain’s waterways were the focus of many family holidays and it wasn’t long before a second narrowboat was bought.

They now own their third narrowboat – a 70-foot vessel – and Suchet has become something of an advocate for the preservation and restoration of the country’s canals and rivers.

He is is currently vice-president of the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Trust, a past chairman of the River Thame Alliance and patron of the River Thames Boat Project.

He is also a friend of the Canal and River Trust.

George Clooney

As a resident on Lake Como in Italy, as well as other addresses, ‘Gravity’ actor, George Clooney is no stranger to boating.

He is often photographed on the water with various friends at the wheel of classically designed motor yachts.

According to media reports, he has brought a £10,000 row boat for his estate at Sonning Eye on the River Thames in Oxfordshire.

The Georgian house is situated on its own five-and-a-half acre island.

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• Aug 8, 2010

Hello, I am looking at a 1996 celebrity 190 with a 5.7. The boat has been stored indoors since 1999. THe 5.7 was recently rebuilt due dropping a valve. I don;t see much out there in regards celebrity boats, are they good, or should I stay clear?  

Re: celebrity boats.. Good?? bad?? A good boat is a good boat. To me the brand is not as important as the condition. If its in good condition for the price and its something you want then buy it. Do take it for a test ride of at least 30 mins. Drive it like you will when you own it. Go out in the lake and shut it off for a few mins, then restart it. Check for leaks, water and oil. If you have a friend that is boat savy, take them along. Good luck..  

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• Aug 9, 2010

aldfaa said: Hello, I am looking at a 1996 celebrity 190 with a 5.7. The boat has been stored indoors since 1999. THe 5.7 was recently rebuilt due dropping a valve. I don;t see much out there in regards celebrity boats, are they good, or should I stay clear? Click to expand...

Re: celebrity boats.. Good?? bad?? i have a 1988 celebrity 4.3 mercruiser i really like it i would say buy it if you like it  

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• Aug 10, 2010

Re: celebrity boats.. Good?? bad?? I had a 1988 21' Celebrity Crownline, 5.7L, it was a great boat.  

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• Aug 13, 2010

Re: celebrity boats.. Good?? bad?? We've owned a 1985 Celebrity Runabout deep v hull for 5 years and its true love. Weve replaced the floor and polished the chrome railings and cool chrome horn very loud. But I was driving her hard and blew the water line not wathcing temp gauge and she overheated and smoking. My hub and I didnt know to replace the impleller in the water line often but Ive learned that from reading these posts. We love our old girl shes great fun to drive and skiing and tubing awesome wake. A truly great boat.  

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mtrainTurbo said: Re: celebrity boats.. Good?? bad?? Celebrity morphed into Crownline. Thats really all that needs to be said. Click to expand...

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Captain Who Saw Sicily Yacht Sink Says Mike Lynch’s Wife Didn’t Want to Leave Scene Without Husband and Daughter

Borner says rescued passengers, which included Angela Bacares — whose husband Mike Lynch and daughter Hannah didn't survive — said there were still people inside

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• Karsten Borner, the captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powel l, recalls the weather deteriorating rapidly in the early morning of Aug. 19 when the Bayesian sank
• He tells PEOPLE that he and his first mate located the survivors of the sinking aboard a raft
• Borner says survivor Angela Bacares didn’t initially want medical attention following her rescue because her husband Mike Lynch and their daughter "were still not found"

The captain of a nearby boat who witnessed the Aug. 19 sinking of the luxury yacht amid a storm off the coast of Sicily says the wife of British tech billionaire Mike Lynch did not want to leave the scene until her husband and daughter were found.

“When things calmed down and the storm abated somewhat and the wind dropped a bit, we were looking around and couldn't see the Bayesian anymore,” Karsten Borner , the captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell , tells PEOPLE. “We checked the AIS [automatic identification system], and we also couldn't see the Bayesian anymore. Two passengers and two crew members saw what looked like a whale in the water and realized afterwards it was the capsized boat."

“A moment later,” Borner continues, “I saw a triangle in the sea in a split second that the sky was lit up by lightning, and that must have been the bow of the ship while sinking over the stern.”

The Bayesian , a 183-foot craft carrying 22 people, was anchored off the coast of Porticello in Sicily when it was hit by a “violent storm” and sank, according to the Italian coast guard. The bodies of seven people, among them Lynch and his daughter Hannah, were later recovered from the sunken vessel.

Borner, whose boat was nearby, tells PEOPLE that he noticed the weather deteriorated very rapidly around 3 a.m. local time on Aug. 19. 

“The weather turned very quickly and reached us even more quickly,” he says. “And the Bayesian was there at the time. It was anchored like us. We kept an eye on it. We had turned the engine on to maintain our position in case the anchor didn’t hold and were carefully watching it to keep at a distance from it as well. We were the only two ships out in the bay.”

According to Borner, the weather turned into heavy rain, wind and lightning for a brief period. Then, the captain and his crew saw the  Bayesian  sink.

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Borner and a passenger saw a red flare and then a white one. It prompted Borner and his first mate to board a tender, and they headed in the direction where the Bayesian had been. “We first found things floating in the water like cushions and chairs and stuff,” Borner continues. “And then we saw a flickering light. This was a life raft with a light on the top. And they also waved at us with a torch.”

“So we went there, and then we found the crew and part of the passengers — 15 people in a 12-person raft, including a little baby ,” he adds. 

Borner also noticed four injured people, including Lynch's wife and Hannah's mother, Angela Bacares. “This was after the storm had passed,” he says, “because the wind appeared very suddenly out of the blue and it also stopped very, very quickly. When it passed, it was quiet again. And that’s when we were able to go out to search.”

He learned that the crew of the Bayesian gave first aid to those in the raft. The yacht survivors later boarded his ship, and his crew took care of them. “We helped them with bandages and stuff, and dry towels and a blanket for the baby,” Borner says. “We also handed out blankets to everyone and dry clothes and so on.”

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The captain tells PEOPLE that he was busy contacting the coast guard and urging for medical help. “The coast guard hadn't arrived yet at that point,” Borner says, “but when we came back with the survivors, they had already been on the VHF radio and were asking for news of the Bayesian as they too noticed it had disappeared. It took some time for them to arrive, as they have one small in Porticello and the rest came from Palermo and elsewhere.”

The survivors told Borner there were still people inside the capsized yacht, which led the tender to be sent out again. “They looked around at sea and obviously didn't find anything,” Borner says. 

Borner says that the injured survivors were taken by the Italian coast guard and brought to waiting ambulances.

“[Bacares] didn't want to leave because her husband and her daughter were still down," he adds. "She was picked up a little bit later because I asked the coast guard to take her as I thought she needed medical help. Then, over the course of the next two, three hours — [I] don't know exactly how much later — the coast guards came and the rest of the Bayesian people went away with them.”

The exact cause of the yacht’s sinking remains unknown and there are several theories about what contributed to the disaster.

Ambrogio Cartosio, the Chief Prosecutor of Termini Imerese, announced on Aug. 24 that authorities were launching  manslaughter and negligent shipwreck investigations in connection with the sinking.

Meanwhile, the yacht’s captain, James Cutfield, 50, of New Zealand, had been interrogated for the third time by prosecutors, PEOPLE previously reported.

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Miles teller’s wife, keleigh, surprises actor with a proposal and luxurious gift for 5th wedding anniversary.

A dream boat for her dreamboat.

Miles Teller’s wife, Keleigh Teller, surprised her husband with a shiny new motorboat to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.

Keleigh, 31, was seen getting down on one knee in front of a beautiful body of water and presenting Miles, 37, with a jewelry box with a key inside in a video shared to her Instagram on Monday.

“Will you accept the key to my heart?” she asked the very confused-looking “Top Gun: Maverick” star, who replied, “What is going on?”

Just then, a motorboat pulled up to the dock and his wife announced, “I bought you a boat!”

The stunned actor expressed his gratitude by planting a sweet kiss on his wife’s lips as the “Top Gun” theme song, “Danger Zone,” played in the background.

“An early 5 year wedding anniversary surprise, miles always said it’s not fair men don’t get proposed to so cheesed out and did it for him with his dream boat,” Keleigh explained in the caption of her post.

The sleek floater was fitted with beige interiors and painted dark green on the outside.

Keleigh shared several photos of herself and her husband kissing and hugging next to the new vessel, which she adorned with a big bow and sparkly gold stringed letters that spelled out, “Happy 5th Anniversary.”

The model had scattered rose petals along the dock leading up to where the boat was parked.

She also equipped the boat with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne as well as some Philadelphia Eagles decor as an extra special nod to the Downingtown, Pa., native.

Miles posed for photos inside the boat wearing a colorful captain’s hat and then the couple and their friends went for a ride in the waves at sunset.

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Famous friends flooded the comments section of Keleigh’s post to congratulate the pair on their milestone and weigh in on the surprise gift.

“Love this for you!!” Michael B. Jordan commented on the post.

“the giggles behind the camera right after you drop to one knee 😂♥️ I love you guys,” Camille Kostek wrote.

“Yes, just… YES 😍,” Nina Dobrev said, adding, “Absolutely incredible.”

“I love this ❤️,” Eiza González cheered.

Miles and Keleigh tied the knot in Hawaii in 2019 and got engaged during an African safari in 2017 after dating for four years.

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Miles Teller’s Wife Keleigh Surprises Him With Proposal and “Dream Boat” for 5th Wedding Anniversary

Keleigh teller shocked her husband miles teller when she got down on one knee to propose to the  top gun: maverick actor and threw in a brand new boat for good measure..

Miles Teller is prepping for Top Gun: Boat Captain , thanks to his wife, Keleigh Teller .

The couple celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary early—the actual date is Sept. 1—with a proposal from Keleigh followed by a very special gift.

“An early 5 year wedding anniversary surprise,” Keleigh captioned the Aug. 26 Instagram post . “Miles always said it’s not fair men don’t get proposed to so cheesed out and did it for him with his dream boat.”

In one of the videos, Keleigh dropped down to one knee, popping the question to the very confused Whiplash actor.

“What are you talking about? What is going on?” the 37-year-old asked as his bride remained on one knee wearing a white dress next to a body of water. “What the hell is going on? What is this?”

As a boat pulled up and Miles continued to look confused, Keleigh spelled it out, shouting, “I bought you a boat!”

The duo and their friends and family made their way down a rose-petal covered dock to the teal-colored boat that had a sign reading, “Happy 5 th anniversary.”

The overwhelmed actor looked stunned, but quickly adapted to captain life, donning a Hawaiian-printed captain’s hat and sitting at the steering wheel with first mate Keleigh at his side.

He also christened his new ride, popping a bottle of champagne and spraying it off the side of the vessel.

Keleigh’s been in the surprise mood lately. Earlier this month, she shared a TikTok surprising her longtime best friend Katherine with a birthday visit and a brand new BMW SUV.

As for Miles and Keleigh, the smitten pair have long gushed over their love for one another. For a birthday Instagram tribute post in February, Keleigh praised her husband, writing, “Keep on flying, I’ll stand by and watch you shine forever.”

For Valentine’s Day, he returned the love on X (formerly Twitter) , writing, “Happy Valentine’s Day to my One & Only @keleighteller. The world is a better place with you in it and I’m the luckiest guy I the world to have you as my wife. Happy 11 th Vday spent loving you.”

Captain of Sicily Yacht Under Investigation for 'Negligent Shipwreck and Homicide': Reports

New Zealander James Cutfield, 50, is reportedly under investigation after seven people died in the sinking on Aug. 19

The captain of the sunken Sicily yacht is under investigation after seven people died in the tragedy , per local reports.

The Bayesian — a 183-foot-long superyacht — is said to have sunk quickly on Monday, Aug. 19 around 5 a.m. local time off the coast of Porticello after what the Italian coast guard called a “violent storm.”  

Authorities have said that 22 people were aboard, including 12 passengers and 10 crew. Fifteen people were rescued and authorities have since identified the seven people who died.

Per Italian news agency Ansa , the boat's commander, James Cutfield, 50, of New Zealand, is now officially under investigation for "negligent shipwreck and multiple counts of negligent homicide."

Related: Acquitted of Fraud, Mike Lynch Was Elated but 'Struggling to Accept' New Reality Before Yacht Sinking, Reporter Says

The agency stated the captain had been questioned by prosecutors from the Termini Imerese Prosecutor's Office on Sunday, Aug. 25 for the second time in a week, with topics focusing on the position of the keel, whether the hatch was open, and when an alarm was raised amid the worsening weather conditions. 

Ansa added that during the two-hour session on Sunday when the captain was reheard, authorities reconstructed the approximately 32 minutes that passed from when the sailboat began taking on water to the firing of the first distress flare at 4:38 a.m.

The prosecutor had already outlined this timeline of events during the press conference Saturday, Ansa continued.

An Italian criminal lawyer told PEOPLE that being placed under investigation "does not imply guilt (innocent until proven guilty) and does not automatically mean charges will be brought against the person." 

"It does mean that the people under investigation are able to appoint their own medical expert to the autopsies that are taking place their week, a very useful defense measure if they are later formally charged at a later date," they added.

Related: Could Open Hatches or a Large Mast Have Contributed to Sicily Yacht Sinking? What We Know So Far

Local newspaper Giornale di Sicilia reported that the commander had been invited to appoint a defense lawyer ahead of the autopsies, which are expected to begin on Monday, Aug. 26 and continue through Thursday, Aug. 29, per the outlet.

The update comes after Sicilian authorities held a press conference on Saturday, Aug. 24 to identify the victims.

Cartosio confirmed that British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch 's body had been found on Aug. 22, before the body of his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch was recovered the following day on Aug. 23.

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He also said that on Aug. 22, authorities recovered the bodies of prominent New York City attorney Christopher Morvillo and his wife, Neda , and Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy . 

Lynch, 59, was acquitted of fraud and conspiracy charges just two months before the sinking, and a source close to the survivors told PEOPLE passengers on the yacht were celebrating Lynch’s recent acquittal when the storm hit.

Morvillo, also 59, worked on the case, and Bloomer, 70, was a close friend to Lynch. Chef Recaldo Thomas' body was also recovered in the days after the sinking.

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1968 Celebrity 19

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Rig and sails, auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Based on the Dutch 16m2. The first CELEBRITY’s were imported from Holland by Evanson Boat Co. of Philadelphia PA (USA). Construction was strip-planked mahogany with spruce spars. (Molded plywood after 1960) Both centerboard and keel models were offered with a transom mounted rudder. Draft for fixed keel version: 2.92’. Disp.: 1100 lbs. At some time in the 1950’s, the design was changed to include an inboard, skeg mounted rudder. By 1972, Evanson was building it’s own all fiberglass version. In 1986, Class builder became Hampton Shipyard in East Quogue, NY Last known builder: Southport Island Marine Southport ME, (USA)

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