The
weather
was “all
predictable,”
he
continued,
adding
that
the
storm “was
fully
legible
in
all
the
weather
charts.
It
couldn’t
have
been
ignored.”
The
yacht’s
captain,
identified
as
James
Cutfield
of
New
Zealand,
was
taken
to
Termini
Imerese
hospital
for
treatment.
From
there,
he
told La
Repubblica, per
Sky
News,
that
he
didn’t
see
the
storm
coming.
Borner,
the
captain
of
the
ship
that
rescued
the
15
Bayesian
survivors,
told
NBC
News
that
he
noticed
the
storm
come
in
at
4
a.m.
local
time,
and
saw
what
looked
to
him
like
a
waterspout,
a
type
of
tornado
that
forms
above
water.
The
International
Centre
for
Waterspout
Research
posted
on
X
Aug.
19
that
it
had “confirmed
18
waterspouts
today
off
the
coasts
of
Italy.
Some
were
powerful
waterspouts,
one
of
which
may
have
been
responsible
for
the
sinking
of
a
large
yacht
off
of
Sicily.”
Borner
said
he
didn’t
know
why
the
Bayesian
sank
so
quickly,
guessing “it
may
have
something
to
do
with
the
mast,
which
was
incredibly
long.”
(A
tall
mast,
even
with
its
sails
down,
means
there’s
more
surface
area
exposed
to
wind,
which
can
result
in
tipping.)
Confirming
that
one
person
was
dead
and
six
unaccounted
for
immediately
following
the
wreck
on
Aug.
19,
Salvo
Cocina
of
Sicily’s
civil
protection
agency
told
reporters
that
a
waterspout
had
struck
the
area
overnight.
“They
were
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time,”
he
said.
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