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Galaxy Super Yacht

Bold. Iconic. Visible from space. This is luxury living on the water - fully staffed and packed with perks. This floating apartment isn't for driving though - enjoy the amenities while your personal captain will move you between your choice of 12 scenic ports around Los Santos and Blaine County for a fee.

Game Edition: GTA Online

  • DLC / Title Update 1.31 Executives and Other Criminals
  • Release Date December 15, 2015
  • Platforms PC , PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X|S , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One

For the ultimate room with a view, players have the option to purchase a Galaxy Super Yacht from the Docktease website for GTA Online.

The Yacht property does not count towards the property limit and they have a daily utility cost for owning one. Yachts cannot be sailed: they function as floating apartments and come fully staffed with your own personal captain to shift the boat between your choice of 12 scenic mooring locations (at a cost of $25,000), and a bartender to serve drinks for you and your guests.

Choose from a range of designs , with higher-end yachts featuring hot tubs, and additional complimentary transport options including helicopters and personal watercraft. Name your vessel and personalize it with a custom flag, hull color, and a variety of lighting options. Each Yacht comes equipped with an anti-air defense system to help protect against unwanted attacks from rival Organizations and other Freemode attackers.

As of the 1.51 Los Santos Summer Special Update released on August 11, 2020, Super Yacht owners can participate in 6 Co-Op missions , which are accessed from the Bridge of the Yacht, or by calling the Yacht Captain and selecting ‘Request a Job’.

Players are only able to own one Yacht and they have a selection of three models:

Yacht Models

The orion

The Orion Yacht

The pisces

The Pisces Yacht

The aquarius

The Aquarius Yacht

Yacht mooring locations.

GTA V Galaxy Super Yacht Mooring Locations

  • Lago Zancudo
  • Pacific Bluffs
  • Vespucci Beach
  • Los Santos International Airport
  • Palomino Highlands
  • Tataviam Mountains
  • San Chianski Mountain Range
  • Mount Gordo
  • Procopio Beach
  • North Chumash

Up to three Yachts can be moored at each location at one time.

Galaxy Super Yacht: Screenshots

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Galaxy Super Yacht: Artworks

LS Summer Special: A Super Yacht Life

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Yacht Customization: Fittings

Exhibit a bespoke level of decadence with your choice of gold or chrome fittings. Applied to your railings, anchor, porthole rims and helipad.

GTAOnline Yacht Fittings 1 Chrome

Yacht Customization: Lighting

Stand out or stay dark: the shapes and shade of your lighting rig speaks volume about your needs to impress.

GTAOnline Yacht Lighting 1 Presidential Green

Yacht Customization: Color Scheme

From imperial white to stealth-ship black, we have color schemes to perfectly match your delusions of grandeur.

GTAOnline Yacht Color 01 Pacific

Yacht Customization: Personalize

The player is able to select from 46 flags to place on the rear.

South Korea

New Zealand

Puerto Rico

Czech Republic

Liechtenstein

South Africa

United Kingdom

GTAOnline Yacht Flag 01 Scotland

The player is also able to give a Custom Name to the Yacht (up to 20 characters). The default name is "Galaxy Super Yacht".

Galaxy Super Yacht: Associated Jobs

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A Superyacht Life

Galaxy super yacht: daily fees.

Below you find the Daily Fees that are charged to the player for owning the Yacht:

Fee Amount
Max QuantityMax Fee
Yacht Fee$500 1 $500

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Discover the luxury super yachts along the shores of GTA 5 Online, complete with a comprehensive breakdown covering every aspect of the Galaxy Super Yacht. Join in as we explore why owning a yacht in GTA 5 is the epitome of luxury, featuring amenities like a personal heli and versatility as an additional spawn point. Whether it’s the Orion Yacht, Pisces Yacht, or the Aquarius Yacht you are interested in, we delve into their unique features to help your purchase decision.

Investigate the ROI of yachts in #GTA5, factoring in yacht missions and earnings. Why lose money on retreating to the high seas? Understand the potential struggle of recuperating investment through in-game missions. From exotic locations, luxury amenities to the anti-griefer measures, every aspect of owning a super yacht in GTA 5 Online is covered extensively.

Hardware isn’t everything, though. We also discuss the aesthetic options available, such as diverse color schemes, flag options, and lighting that define the look of your Galaxy Super Yacht out at sea. The potential for customization is immense and can transform your yacht into a unique floating home.

In further segments, we discuss ‘How to Purchase’ a yacht, the steps to follow, potential costs, and much more. Understand how to call in various add-ons like Heli, Boat, and Job. In addition, we reveal insights on managing yachts, including controlling accessibility, setting yacht defenses, and the implications of these measures.

Explore how in-depth the GTA 5 Yacht defense system can be: its limitations, strengths, and overall usefulness. From pros to cons, we unveil the good, bad, and the ugly of owning a luxury yacht in the world of #GTA5.

Do you want to know how to sell a yacht in GTA 5 online? Stay tuned as we tackle the resale value and possibilities of GTA 5 yacht selling.

Finally, we conclude by addressing one of the coolest features of owning a super yacht in GTAV – hosting an exotic dancer and having awesome parties with friends.

From luxury heli, watercraft, to how to use the yacht missions as an additional income source, this video is a complete guide for potential yacht owners in #GTA5Online #GalaxySuperYacht.

well it’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at the luxury super yotts in GTA 5 online so time for a comprehensive breakdown my name’s Dan and I’m an old grumpy gamer we have a lot to cover here the yacht is a complex piece of Kit with a few bits of functionality and lots of options so we’ll be going through why want to buy a yacht budget and purchase options return on investment had to purchase one calling in your heli boat or a job moving the yacht management defenses and how to host an exotic dancer so first things first why on Earth would you want a yacht well there’s a few core reasons the luxury heli depending on your budget your new yacht might come with a helicopter which can be called in for a small fee they have specific spawn points so they’re not quite as convenient as a sparrow or an oppressor but they’re still nice watercraft so that’s a few jet skis and a lovely power booat all of which are station off the back of the yacht an additional spawn point unsurprisingly the Yachts have a bedroom so you can spawn in this can be handy if your businesses are near the Southwest coast or you want quicker access to Los Santos airport anti-g Griefer measures the OT comes with a neat defense system that gives you safe haven it has a couple of caveats but this is a great way to deal with vehicle based idiots access to Executive missions and that the yacht gives you access to a facility specific set of missions they’re designed for noobs can be done solo and it’s a hell of a flex I mean there is a nice facility to have and one of the most expensive things you can own in the game so it’s a cracking way to show off right budget and purchase options we have three different options to choose from with the Ys oh and don’t worry about the pricing on screen I picked this up during an event week before we get into pricing every yacht is 210 ft and comes with a bar guest room and the ability to host uh professional friends you might meet while spending time at the Vanilla Unicorn the oran at $6 million comes with a single helip pad a small twers canopy Runabout and one jet ski the Pisces at $7 million and this one comes with two helip pads the Swift Deluxe helicopter pagari speeder arguably the best boat in the game a dingy and two jet skis oh and a hot tub and finally the Aquarius at $8 million this is the same size and birth as the other yachts and has two helip pads a hot tub a dingy same as the Pisces but also comes with a super volito carbon and the Toro and four jet skis so I’ve gone for the Aquarius here but only because it was on super special if I was paying full price the Pisces at 7 million is the better buy in my opinion the speedboat and the helicopter that comes with the Pisces is much better and really how often do you use four jet skiis at the same damn time next up is the trim Chrome is included but you can step up with gold fittings for an additional 750 $50,000 lighting and color schemes is next again there’s a free option but if you want to pick from the eight other available options it’ll set you back anywhere up to 600 Grand sticking with the Aesthetics the paint job is next starting with the white paint job and gray trim included and with 12 options ranging in price up to $650,000 and the final option is your flag and yacht name both of which are included in the original price so your minimum out of pocket on this one is $6 million which gets you the base model yacht and nothing else if you have around 88 million to spend though the Pisces with a few aesthetic upgrades would be the go to return on investment now there are six missions in total and depending on your skill with a chopper boat and Firearm they’ll take you between 8 and 20 minutes each and typically pay between 20 and $30,000 which means an absolute minimum of 200 missions or 27 hours to break even if you go for the absolute cheapest option and get the maximum pay out every time Honestly though it would be more like like 300 missions in 75 hours of grinding at maximum difficulty to get your money back so great Flex rubbish investment you do get this sweet Captain’s outfit though which is nice right so once you’ve decided on your model find somewhere safe open your phone and head to the internet then to vehicles and transport Doc te’s and click the Galaxy super yacht Panner pick your yacht and set your options click byy now and you’ll immediately receive a notification and a new contact close out the internet by hitting the X top right and you’ll see a new notification with the YT icon top left as well as a message from the captain of your new vessel after that you can head back out to the free roam Lobby and you’ll notice another notification this time about your chopper if your yacht comes with one and I’ll cover how to call that in in a bit when you’re ready head over to your new yacht and take a look around and after you’ve had a bit of an explore head to the helm and that’s where the captain hangs out and into the yellow marker to start your yacht missions okay so there’s a few additional things that you can do with your yacht which can come in handy soon uh you can call in a heli a boat or the job so firstly if you’ve gone for the Pisces or an aquarius you can call in your helicopter to do this open your phone and go to contacts toggle down to the captain and give him a call once he picks up select request helicopter which will s you back $1,000 now this is a bit old school so the chopper will spawn in one of a few dozen set places around the map which was great back in the day but it is pretty inconvenient if you’re used to the sparrow or a mark 2 oppressor but anyway once it’s spawned in you’ll see a new Chopper icon on the map head over and you’re good to go while we’re on the captain’s phone you may have also noticed a few other options you can use this same menu to call in your premium boat which will again spawn somewhere up the coast oh and you can request a personal vehicle or your next job to should you feel so inclined the next thing you can do is move your yacht around the coastline now again this is a little old school so you can’t actually drive the damn thing sadly it’s not the kazaka but you can have the yacht quick travel to different locations in the lobby albeit at a particularly ouchy cost of 25 Grand a throw to do this head to the helm on your yacht stand next to the captain to trigger the button prompt top left of the screen click the button noted and bring up the location menu then cycle through the locations until you found the one you’re after yacht defenses and management is next to access these you can be on the yacht or anywhere outside on the free Ro map head to the interaction menu That’s am on your keyboard double squares on the Xbox controller or swipe on your PlayStation scroll down to services and Galaxy Super yot from there there’s a few things you can do skipping the defenses for a moment we can set up who has access to the boats jet skis and Chopper if you have one we can also change who can access the yacht itself and what type of clothing people wear in the hot tub if your yacht has one finally let’s scroll back up to defenses when these are on and don’t forget to set exclusions but when these are on any player in the free roam Lobby in a vehicle will be targeted by the defense system oh and it also takes care of guided missiles from the caku but here’s the rub it’s only players in vehicles if someone swims to your yacht they won’t be targeted and will be able to board the vessel so it’s great for Mark 2 and Jet Griefers but not so good for people who are just running around being a Pon in the ass oh and there’s one more thing with the defenses when they’re on no one can draw a weapon no one it’s great because you can’t have a griefer come in and shoot up the place but it also means you can’t draw and shoot anyone your own self finally if you’ve made friends with one of the ladies at the Vanilla Unicorn you can invite them over to party with you and your friends to do this you’ll need to have spent a bit of coin at the Vanilla Unicorn targeting um sorry befriending one specific dancer doesn’t matter which one just pick one you think is pretty and focus on them once you’ve been given their number you can head back to the yacht from the outside deck open your phone and navigate to the contacts scroll down to the name of the dancer and give them a call and invite invite them to your apartment once she hangs up immediately walk into the cabin after a few moments your friend will buzz and you’ll see the controls to let them in top left let them in and you can kick on with them for as long as you like and that’s about it thanks for watching stay safe wash your hands we’ll see you in the next video

2024 Luxury Super Yachts in GTA 5 Online: A Comprehensive Breakdown

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List of Helicopter Locations in GTA V

Helicopters are a kind of air vehicles featured in GTA V, they can be commonly seen flying around Los Santos, and piloting a helicopter can be very helpful if you need to get to a very remote place, they are much faster than land vehicles. Helicopters also can be used to explore the city or suburban areas and enjoy the views from high above. Moreover, in some missions, a helicopter will be required to do the tasks, and some collectibles can only be found with the help of a helicopter. Below is a list of the helicopter locations in GTA V and GTA Online (The type of the helicopter at each location is different between the story mode and online). Unlike in GTA IV, none of these helicopters are permanently parked on the locations. So if you don’t see a helicopter in one of the locations, try another.

1. Central Los Santos Medical Center

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The Central Los Santos Medical Center is a hospital in Davis, South Los Santos, the roof of the lower section of the hospital building has two helipads, and Air Ambulances (a type of helicopter in the game) can spawn on them. The roof can be accessed via the stairs or the ladders on the walls. Sometimes both helipads have a helicopter, sometimes only one, other times no helicopters at all, the chance to see a helicopter spawned there is higher than many other helicopter locations listed on this page. If you don’t see a helicopter there when you get there, try to leave the area and return after a while, then helicopters will likely spawn there, but this method does not always work. If you still don’t see a helicopter after several visits, consider to go to other locations mentioned below.

2. Davis Sheriff’s Station

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The Davis Sheriff’s Station is a two-story police station in Davis, it’s located very close to the Central Los Santos Medical Center, and also features a helipad on the roof. To access the helipad, you can climb to the roof through the ventilation system on the back of the building.

Sometimes a Police Maverick or a Buzzard Attack Chopper can be seen stationed on the helipad, but the chance of this is not very high, usually lower than finding a helicopter on the roof of Central Los Santos Medical Center. However, if you see nothing on the helipad, you can take a look at the roof of the nearby Central Los Santos Medical Center, which is clearly visible from the helipad or the street below, sometimes when you don’t see a helicopter on the police station you will see one stationed on the hospital, and vice versa. But still it’s likely that both buildings have no helicopters on the roof, then you have to go to other locations listed below. As a helicopter on a police station, taking it will attract a one-star wanted level, but can be easily evaded by flying into the sky.

3. The dock of Los Santos Naval Port

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There is a helipad on the dock of Los Santos Naval Port in the seaport of Los Santos, and this helipad usually has a chopper parked on it, the chance to see the chopper is higher than most other helicopter locations.

However, the Los Santos Naval Port is a military facility, operated by Merryweather, so it can be a little difficult to obtain the chopper. When the player is very close to the dock, a four-star wanted level will be triggered, and Merryweather guards will start to attack the player, making it hard to get on the chopper. One of the methods to solve this problem is first take out the guards using a sniper before the player is too close to the dock, then you will have enough time to get on the chopper before LCPD comes. To snipe the Merryweather guards, you will need a boat, because the guards will not spawn if you try to snipe them from a great distance. A good location to do this is at somewhere west of the dock, for the west side of the dock has a ladder, through which the player can climb onto the dock.

4. Vespucci Police Station

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The Vespucci Police Station is a three-story building in Vespucci, Los Santos, near the Vespucci Canals. Sometimes a Police Maverick can be seen parked on the rooftop of the building, but this is not quite often, the chance to see a chopper there is lower than that of the locations mentioned above. In addition, access to the rooftop of the building is not as straightforward as those other locations, there are more ladders to climb, and these ladders are a little difficult to be found. If you really want to get to the roof, first make your way to the courtyard at the back of the building, and find a stairway on the right hand side to start getting up to the roof.

5. NOOSE Headquarters

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The NOOSE Headquarters is a government facility in the Palomino Highlands within the eastern coast of San Andreas. It’s a little far from the city but the chance of finding a helicopter there is quite high, you can almost definitely see a helicopter parked there, except of some special cases which will be explained below. If you don’t want to go that far, consider other locations listed below. The helicopter that can be found there is Buzzard Attack Chopper, it’s stationed on the roof of the building in the facility, you can make your way to it by climbing ladders on the wall of the building. The helicopter may not be seen if you access NOOSE Headquarters via another aircraft. In other cases, you can find a helicopter there without problems. And no wanted level will be given after you take it.

6. The Vespucci Helipad

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The Vespucci Helipad is a large heliport in Puerto Del Sol, next to the Puerto Del Sol Marina. Occasionally a NPC-controlled helicopter can be seen landing to one of the helipads, sometimes it’s simply parked there, and still, the helicopter cannot always be found there. So again, if you don’t see it, try to leave the area and get back there after a while. And Franklin or Michael can purchase a helipad in Vespucci Helipad to store the helicopters landed on it or purchased online.

7. Parachute Jumps Locations

If you have completed Dom Beasley’s mission Risk Assessment, Parachute Jumps will be available in many different locations around the State of San Andreas. Some of these Parachute jumps are Helicopter Jumps like the jump in Risk Assessment, and they can be a source for helicopters, as the player can hijack the helicopters used in these jumps. When the player character comes close to the helicopter, holding the enter button will make the character hijack it. Not every parachuting location has a helicopter, many are Base Jumps in which the character will jump off a building or a cliff. In Los Santos, there are 3 parachuting locations that have helicopters, one is in La Puerta, it can be found in the parking area in Puerto Del Sol Marina, next to Puerto Del Sol Yacht Club.

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8. Los Santos International Airport

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Los Santos International Airport is not only a source for various kinds of airplanes, it also can be a source of helicopters, as sometimes a chopper can be seen parked or landing on a helipad in the airport. The helipad is located near the northeast gate of the airport, to find it you can first enter the airport through that gate (the gate is adjacent to the southeast corner of the overlapped U-shaped roads), then move forward for about 200 feet from the gate, the helipad will be seen on your right hand side. Be aware that entering the airport will trigger a three-star wanted level, this can be avoided if the player purchased a hanger inside the airport, so it’s recommended to buy the hanger first, then it will be much more safe to obtain the chopper.

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The Buckingham SuperVolito Carbon is a helicopter featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Executives and Other Criminals update.

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The SuperVolito Carbon is essentially identical to the SuperVolito , sharing the distinctively small fuselage and short tail. However, the skids and the tail boom are finished in carbon fibre, and the vertical fins on the tail are also larger than the ones from its standard equivalent.

The cockpit of the aircraft features a small instrument panel with the same "Flyer" dials from the regular SuperVolito, the Maverick and the Police Maverick , also sharing the same layout. Similar to the regular version and the Swift Deluxe , the interior is fitted with luxury equipment, such as a TV screen, surround sound, tan leather seating and a coffee machine. Passengers can drink champagne and browse the internet within the helicopter, instead of using the Mobile Phone . Similar to the regular version and the Deluxe vehicles, the player can also hold down "Enter Vehicle" button to enter the rear compartment.

The primary colour of the vehicle is applied on the engine compartment, part of the rear of the fuselage, the main rotor assembly and the inner trims of the doors, while the secondary colour is applied on most of the aircraft's front and sides, and a detail below the tail boom.

Current Design Gallery [ ]

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Front quarter view

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Rear quarter view

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Engine view

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Underside view

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Dashboard view

Performance [ ]

The SuperVolito Carbon is a very fast vehicle for its type, bearing a high top speed, impressive take-off speeds, and very agile handling. It can rotate very quickly, and is able to move out of the way of attackers or objects with ease. The helicopter shares the same handling of the standard SuperVolito.

Like the regular version, the aircraft is powered by twin turboshaft engines, evidenced by the dual intakes and exhausts above. It shares the same sound from the regular version, being similar to the Maverick due to the slow pacing sound from the rotor blades.

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Take-Off Speed
Top Speed
Vertical Climb/ Descent Rate
Engine Type Engine Location Mass
Fuel Tank
Size
N/A 99 / 160 / 86 N/A N/A N/A 6500 / 14330 100
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N/A N/A N/A Twin turboshaft engines, 4-bladed rotor Middle/Rear Cannot be observed Cannot be observed

Modifications [ ]

Upon being converted into a personal aircraft, the SuperVolito Carbon can be repainted with a primary and a secondary colour. The markings cannot be removed, however.

Category Modification
Respray
Remove Remove Aircraft

Gallery [ ]

A SuperVolito Carbon seen in the trailer.

Prominent Appearances in Gameplay [ ]

  • A SuperVolito Carbon is used by rival import/export business NPCs during the Special Vehicle Work mission Coast Guard Duty .

Locations [ ]

  • It is classed as a Small vehicle when stored in a Hangar .
  • Spawns on the helipad of The Aquarius Yacht , the color of the helicopter corresponds to the color of the yacht. It cannot be modified nor converted into a personal vehicle.
  • Can be requested for free from the security guard inside an Agency . This version spawns in a green and black color, and is considered a Pegasus vehicle.

The Agency-provided SuperVolito Carbon. (Rear quarter view)

  • The player is automatically placed out of passive mode upon entering this vehicle, similar to the regular SuperVolito, the Luxor Deluxe and the Swift Deluxe , despite the fact it cannot be weaponized.
  • When converted into a personal aircraft , the window tint is removed. The same applies to its regular variant and the Volatus .

See Also [ ]

  • SuperVolito - Standard version.

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Lynch Yacht Sinking Off Sicily Proves as Baffling as It Is Tragic

As bodies were recovered, the authorities and experts wondered how a $40 million, stable and secure vessel could have sunk so quickly.

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A diver in an orange jumpsuit suit and crews in gray shirts and red trousers hoist remains in a blue body bag onto a boat, as others in reflector uniforms stand nearby.

By Emma Bubola and Michael J. de la Merced

Emma Bubola reported from Porticello, Italy, and Michael J. de la Merced from London.

Two months after being cleared in a bruising legal battle over fraud charges, the British tech mogul Mike Lynch celebrated his freedom with a cruise. He invited his family, friends and part of his legal team on board his luxury sailing yacht, a majestic 180-foot vessel named Bayesian after the mathematical theorem around which he had built his empire.

On Sunday night, after a tour of the Gulf of Naples, including Capri, and volcanic islands in the Eolian archipelago, the boat anchored half a mile off the Sicilian coast in Porticello, Italy. It chose a stretch of water favored by the Phoenicians thousands of years ago for its protection from the mistral wind and, in more recent times, by the yachts of tech billionaires. The boat was lit “like a Christmas tree,” local residents said, standing out against the full moon.

But about 4 a.m., calamity unfolded. A violent and fast storm hit the area with some of the strongest winds locals said they had ever felt. Fabio Cefalù, a fisherman, said he saw a flare pierce the darkness shortly after 4.

Minutes later, the yacht was underwater. Only dozens of cushions from the boat’s deck and a gigantic radar from its mast floated on the surface of the sea, fishermen said.

In all, 22 people were on board, 15 of whom were rescued. Six bodies — five passengers and the ship’s cook — had been recovered by Thursday afternoon, including that of Mr. Lynch, an Italian government official said, adding that the search was continuing for his daughter.

It was a tragic and mystifying turn of events for Mr. Lynch, 59, who had spent years seeking to clear his name and was finally inaugurating a new chapter in his life. Experts wondered how a $40 million yacht, so robust and stable could have been sunk by a storm near a port within minutes.

“It drives me insane,” said Giovanni Costantino, the chief executive of the Italian Sea Group, which in 2022 bought the company, Perini, that made the Bayesian. “Following all the proper procedures, that boat is unsinkable.”

The aura of misfortune only deepened when it emerged that Stephen Chamberlain, 52, a former vice president of finance for Mr. Lynch’s former company and a co-defendant in the fraud case, was killed two days earlier, when he was hit by a car while jogging near his house in England.

Since June, the two men had been in a jubilant mood. A jury in San Francisco had acquitted both on fraud charges that could have sent them to prison for two decades. There were hugs and tears, and they and their legal teams went for a celebratory dinner party at a restaurant in the city, said Gary S. Lincenberg, a lawyer for Mr. Chamberlain.

The sea excursion was meant as a thank-you by Mr. Lynch to those who had helped him in his legal travails. Among the guests was Christopher J. Morvillo, 59, a scion of a prominent New York family of lawyers who had represented Mr. Lynch for 12 years. He and his wife, Neda, 57, were among the missing.

So, too, was Jonathan Bloomer, 70, a veteran British insurance executive who chaired Morgan Stanley International and the insurer Hiscox.

The body of the ship’s cook, Recaldo Thomas, was recovered. All the other crew members survived. Among them was Leo Eppel, 19, of South Africa, who was on his first yacht voyage working as a deck steward, said a friend, who asked not to be identified.

Since the sinking, the recovery effort and investigation have turned the tiny port town of Porticello, a quiet enclave where older men sit bare-chested on balconies, into what feels like the set of a movie.

Helicopters have flown overhead. Ambulances have sped by with the sirens blaring. The Coast Guard has patrolled the waters off shore, within sight of a cordoned-off dock that had been turned into an emergency headquarters.

On Wednesday afternoon, a church bell tolled after the first body bag was loaded into an ambulance, a crowd watching in silence.

The survivors were sheltering in a sprawling resort near Porticello, with a view of the shipwreck spot, and had so far declined to comment.

Attilio Di Diodato, director of the Italian Air Force’s Center for Aerospace Meteorology and Climatology, said that the yacht had most likely been hit by a fierce “down burst” — when air generated within a thunderstorm descends rapidly — or by a waterspout , similar to a tornado over water.

He added that his agency had put out rough-sea warnings the previous evening, alerting sailors about storms and strong winds. Locals said the winds “felt like an earthquake.”

Mr. Costantino, the boat executive, said the yacht had been specifically designed for having a tall mast — the second-tallest aluminum mast in the world. He said the Bayesian was an extremely safe and secure boat that could list even to 75 degrees without capsizing.

But he said that if some of the hatches on the side and in the stern, or some of the deck doors, had been open, the boat could have taken on water and sunk. Standard procedure in such storms, he said, is to switch on the engine, lift the anchor and turn the boat into the wind, lowering the keel for extra stability, closing doors and gathering the guests in the main hall inside the deck.

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12 guests occupied the yacht’s six cabins. There were also 10 crew members.

Open hatches, doors and cabin windows could have let in water during a storm, according to the manufacturer.

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Open hatches, doors and

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Source: Superyacht Times, YachtCharterFleet, MarineTraffic

By Veronica Penney

The New York Times attempted to reach the captain, James Cutfield, who had survived, for comment through social media, his brother and the management company of the yacht (which did not hire the crew), but did not make contact.

So far none of the surviving crew members have made a public statement about what happened that night.

Fabio Genco, the director of Palermo’s emergency services, who treated some of the survivors, said that the victims had recounted feeling as if the boat was being lifted, then suddenly dropped, with objects from the cabins falling on them.

The Italian Coast Guard said it had deployed a remotely operated vehicle that can prowl underwater for up to seven hours at a depth of more than 980 feet and record videos and images that they hoped would help them reconstruct the dynamics of the sinking. Such devices were used during the search and rescue operations of the Titan vessel that is believed to have imploded last summer near the wreckage of the Titanic.

After rescuers broke inside the yacht, they struggled to navigate the ropes and many pieces of furniture cluttering the vessel, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for Italy’s national firefighter corps.

Finally, as of Thursday morning, they had managed to retrieve all but one of the missing bodies, and hopes of finding the missing person alive were thin. “Can a human being be underwater for two days?” Mr. Cari asked.

What was certain was that Mr. Lynch’s death was yet another cruel twist of fate for a man who had spent years seeking to clear his name.

He earned a fortune in technology and was nicknamed Britain’s Bill Gates. But for more than a decade, he had been treated as anything but a respected tech leader.

He was accused by Hewlett-Packard, the American technological pioneer that had bought his software company, Autonomy, for $11 billion, of misleading it about his company’s worth. (Hewlett-Packard wrote down the value of the transaction by about $8.8 billion, and critics called it one of the worst deals of all time .) He had been increasingly shunned by the British establishment that he sought to break into after growing up working-class outside London.

He was extradited to San Francisco to face criminal charges, and confined to house arrest and 24-hour surveillance on his dime. In a townhouse in the Pacific Heights neighborhood — with security people he jokingly told associates were his “roommates” — he spent his mornings talking with researchers whom he funded personally on new applications for artificial intelligence. Afterward, he devoted hours to discussing legal strategy with his team.

Despite his persistent claims of innocence, even those close to Mr. Lynch had believed his odds of victory were slim. Autonomy’s chief financial officer, Sushovan Hussain, was convicted in 2018 of similar fraud charges and spent five years in prison.

During Mr. Lynch’s house arrest, his brother and mother died. His wife, Angela Bacares, frequently flew over from England, and she became a constant presence in the San Francisco courtroom during the trial.

After he was finally acquitted, Mr. Lynch had his eye on the future. “I am looking forward to returning to the U.K. and getting back to what I love most: my family and innovating in my field,” he said.

Elisabetta Povoledo contributed reporting from Pallanza, Italy.

Emma Bubola is a Times reporter based in Rome. More about Emma Bubola

Michael J. de la Merced has covered global business and finance news for The Times since 2006. More about Michael J. de la Merced

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