I didn't feel worried before the Bayesian superyacht sank, widow of billionaire tech boss Mike Lynch says
Angela Bacares, who survived the tragedy off the coast of Sicily – which killed her husband and their 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, along with five others – has described the events of that night for the first time.
In a statement issued ahead of the first anniversary of the sinking on August 19, she said she woke around 4am after feeling the £30million vessel 'moving up and down and swaying', and went to an upper deck to find the captain, James Cutfield.
Despite Italian coastguards issuing their interim report last week, which blamed 52-year-old New Zealander Mr Cutfield and the crew for the disaster, Ms Bacares, 58, said she had always felt 'reassured' by the crew in bad weather.
She revealed that the boat had been caught in a 'really bad storm' near Naples two weeks before without incident.
Ms Bacares recalled how, in the early hours of August 19, objects on the boat began to slide around. But she did not think they were in a 'serious situation' and had not thought it necessary to alert the others on board – until 'something catastrophic happened' and everything changed in a moment.
She added: 'I think something catastrophic happened to make the boat roll over, but it was all very sudden.'
Ms Bacares, who survived the tragedy off the coast of Sicily – which killed her husband and their 18-year-old daughter, Hannah (pictured), along with five others – has described the events of that night for the first time
In a statement issued ahead of the first anniversary of the sinking on August 19, Ms Bacares said she woke around 4am after feeling the £30million vessel (pictured) 'moving up and down and swaying', and went to an upper deck to find the captain, James Cutfield
The tragedy claimed the lives of Mr Lynch, 59; Hannah; four of their guests and the yacht's chef when the boat was hit by winds in excess of 70mph.
Mr Cutfield is under investigation for manslaughter along with engineer Tim Parker Eaton and nightwatchman Matthew Griffiths. All three deny the allegations.
In June, The Mail on Sunday revealed experts believed Italian prosecutors were trying to pin the blame on the crew to save the country's yacht-building industry.
The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch has suggested the design of the yacht was at fault.
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