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  • Address: 1600 Ala Moana Blvd & 1650 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96815 .
  • Built in 1973, 40 Floors and 458 Units, 1, 2 & 3BR Floor plans, Pets: No.
  • Numerous Amenities including Swimming Pool, Recreation Deck, Tennis Courts, BBQ Area, Jacuzzi & more.
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Welcome to your new home at Yacht Harbor Towers! This beautifully updated spacious 1-bedroom condo offers a blend of modern style and comfort. It has been freshly painted and has brand-new carpet throughout, creating an elegant and inviting atmosphere. Unwind on your large enclosed lanai, where you can take in ocean, harbor, and sunset views from the comfort of your home. The building has undergone extensive upgrades, including new glass windows, upgraded lobby and elevators, as well as plumbing improvements and exterior spalling repair and paint, enhancing the aesthetics and functionality of the property. Yacht Harbor Towers offers generous amenities, including a tennis court, BBQ area, p

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL UNIT IN YACHT HARBOR TOWERS! Completely remodeled with natural materials and elegant furnishings. Designer touches include subtle water feature, motorized window coverings, custom cabinetry and built-ins and spacious dressing/bathing area. The second bedroom has been converted to an open office. The open floor plan allows for panoramic views of the ocean and sunset. Conveniently has 2 parking spaces and 2 storage lockers. Fully furnished and well appointed. ONE OF THE BEST OCEAN/YACHT HARBOR VIEWS IN HAWAII! Shown by appointment only; 1 days notice is fine. Please use Showing Time for easy arrangements. Please park in guest parking. Maintenance fees include A/C, electric,

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This two-bedroom, two-bath condo, located next to the Ala Moana Shopping Center, offers a breathtaking ocean view. The scenery is truly picture-perfect, making it a standout feature of the property. The unit was upgraded in 2018, the unit features a beautiful kitchen, modern bathrooms, and recessed lighting in the living room. Located next to Ala Moana Beach, Magic Island, and the Ala Moana shopping center. With its prime location, residents can enjoy the convenience of nearby shopping and dining while taking in the stunning coastal vistas. The building itself provides excellent amenities, including a large swimming pool, jacuzzi, barbecue area, and tennis courts. Sold As Is.

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Experience luxury living in Yacht Harbor Towers with this stunning Penthouse listing on the 40th floor in the Diamond Head Tower. This exquisitely renovated two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo offers unparalleled views of the ocean, sunset, Magic Island, Friday night fireworks, and the Ala Wai Harbor. This unit has been meticulously upgraded with hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances including a gas stove, sensor toilets, and Italian tiles in both showers. Automatic draperies, a washer/dryer, and central AC enhance comfort and convenience. One covered parking stall with guest parking. The maintenance fee covers electricity, central AC, gas, water, hot water, and sewer. Exclusive amenities

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Must see!!! Fantastic panoramic View of Ocean , Ala Moana Park, Magic Island, Harbor, Stunning Sun Set from bedroom and living room. Location, location! Welcome to the luxury Yacht Harbor Towers. It is located across Ala Moana Shopping Center and Beach Park, famous Hawaiian beaches. The unit is in the Diamond Head Tower. The amenities include, pool with ocean view, Jacuzzi, tennis and pickleball courts and BBQ area with kitchen and enjoys the fireworks, etc. A large 1 bedroom unit of 1052 square foot, central air and gorgeous large size bathroom. Move in condition, open kitchen with new countertops, brand new appliances, new air conditioning system. Free of the special assessments (over $25

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Step into the lap of luxury with this rarely available, spacious 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom residence at Yacht Harbor Tower. It stands as one of the largest 2-bedroom units in the building. This beautifully upgraded unit showcases stunning direct ocean views from every room. Conveniently situated, it offers proximity to Ala Moana Beach Park, shopping malls, Waikiki, and more. For added convenience, the sale can include beautifully appointed furniture. Additionally, the side-by-side parking stalls are conveniently located near the building entrance, ensuring ease of access. Experience refined living in a premier location—schedule your private tour today to discover all that this exceptional

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High floor DH tower unit with breathtaking marina and ocean views. Located at the gateway to Waikiki and across the street from Ala Moana Shopping Center, Ala Moana Beach Park and Magic Island. Enclosed lanai. Tenant occupied. Tenant's Rental Agreement ends 12/11/2024. 3D Floor plan and photos were taken prior to unit being rented.

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Indulge in the breathtaking ocean vistas from this 28th-floor sanctuary, featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a spacious 1,292 SqFt & additional lanai layout nestled within Yacht Harbor Towers. 100% Hurricane coverage. Situated in the preferred Ewa Tower with a well-designed floor plan, this residence was recently rejuvenated in 2019, showcasing new vinyl plank flooring and freshly painted interiors & newer kitchen and two bathrooms . Yacht Harbor Towers are ideally positioned in the perfect spot, , close to the action, whether it's shopping in Ala Moana, walking distance to Moana Beach Park, Waikiki, restaurants and yacht club. eateries, and minutes to Downtown Honolulu. Gorg

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Welcome to paradise at Yacht Harbor Towers unit 1108, where luxury living meets spectacular views of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor, Magic Island, and the tranquil waters of the Pacific Ocean! This spacious 1-bedroom unit features an open floor plan with floor-to-ceiling windows that showcase panoramic ocean views and stunning sunsets and a large lanai ideal for entertaining guests or simply relaxing and enjoying the ocean breeze. Enjoy resort-style amenities including a swimming pool, jacuzzi, barbecue areas, tennis courts, and 24-hour security. Conveniently located across the street of Ala Moana Center, Ala Moana Beach Park, and easy access to Waikiki. Perfect for owner occupants or investors, m

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Rarely avail, luxurious 3/3/3 True Top floor Corner Penthouse w/ 2 large enclosed lanais. Building has had MAJOR improvements recently. Front row to Friday night Fireworks! Boasts unparalleled breathtaking Ocean & Mountain & City views from every room. Imagine: Gas cooking in your chef's kitchen! Unique, one of a kind Penthouse w/ 10' ceilings. Ala Moana Shopping Center next door. Stepping onto your expansive lanais, enveloped by fresh ocean air & endless panoramas. Relaxing poolside after a tennis match, w/ City lights. Grand 8' deep heated salt water pool, Jacuzzi, & spacious recreation deck w/ BBQ area Tennis & Pickleball courts, Car wash. Two large side-b

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Enjoy this beautiful ocean and park views from this high-floor two bedroom w/ two full bathroom unit in the Diamond Head Tower of the Yacht Harbor Towers. This unit has a fully enclosed lanai for a larger living room area and ample closet space. Conveniently located near Ala Moana Shopping Center and Beach Park.

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This spacious 1-bedroom unit boasts stunning Pacific Ocean, Ala Wai Yacht Harbor and lush Ala Moana Beach Park views, enjoyed from the comfort of an enclosed lanai. Recently renovated throughout the entire building boasts upgraded features including a refreshed lobby, elevators, plumbing, spalling repair, exterior wall painting, and individual apartment windows, ensuring a modern and well-maintained living environment. With only a $206 per month special assessment remaining until 2032, you'll enjoy the benefits of a fully renovated building without the hassle. Plus, lots of amenities including a pickleball court, pool and jacuzzi. Conveniently located near Ala Moana Center and Kakaako, indu

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Discover the allure of island living at Yacht Harbor Towers, Honolulu's premium harbor view address. This captivating 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo offers breathtaking ocean views. With Ala Moana Beach Park and Ala Moana Shopping Center just steps away, and the convenience of downtown and Waikiki within reach, this condo presents an unparalleled opportunity to experience the quintessential Honolulu lifestyle. Embrace the true essence of Hawaii in this remarkable home. Don't miss your chance to schedule a private tour and immerse yourself in the enchantment of Yacht Harbor Towers.

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Price Reduced! End Unit, High Floor, Diamond Head Tower with pool below. Fully Furnished!! Easy to show! Total remodel, Beautiful Kitchen and Bathrooms! End units have the extra windows!. Next to Ala Moana Shopping Center and across the street from The Marina and Magic Island. Building has Tennis Court, spa, pool, gym area, covered secured parking, Unobstructed View will never be blocked!! Beautiful furniture included!! Maint. Fee $1,425.00, LA $158.00,Reserve $423.00,Reserve 34.00.

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Price reduced $18,000! Offering exceptional value with new carpet, freshly painted, new blinds, plus numerous upgrades including AC replacement, updated appliances, hurricane sliders, and the popcorn ceiling has been removed. This floorplan with approximately 966 square feet (including lanai) has a kitchen window providing more light and cross ventilation when desired. Captivating views of the yacht harbor, ocean, and Ala Moana Park are framed by the tree lined Ala Wai Canal. Enjoy colorful sunsets from the spacious lanai, perfect for quiet relaxation. Furnishings available for purchase which provides an ideal turnkey opportunity. Please contact listing agent for inventory and pricing. Supe

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PRICE REDUCTION! Seller motivated. Great location! Across the street from Ala Moana Shopping Center and Ala Moana Beach Park. Incredible ocean views. Excellent amenities, including swimming pool, tennis courts and BBQ areas. NOTE: The square footage of this 1 bedroom unit is correct. The unit was a 2 bedroom which was renovated into a 1 bedroom.

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This unit is in Diamond Head Tower and clean and freshly painted. The kitchen and baths are mostly original but in good condition. Great opportunity to renovate for your choice. Enjoy Festival Fireworks from Large open Lanai. Located next to the Ala Moana Shopping Center with access to world class shopping and great restaurants. Fabulous ocean/marina view.

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Exquisitely Beautiful and Rare 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath HIGHLY & RECENTLY UPGRADED Apartment in First Class Luxury Building with Breathtakingly Stunning Views of Ocean, Coastline, Magic Island, Yacht Clubs, Marinas, Beaches, Parks, Mountains and Sunsets. Yacht Harbor Towers is the Very Best Location possible, and is known as The King of the Boulevard. 2 Bedrooms, Living Room and Dining Room Overlook the Yachting Channel where small yachts and boats sail or motor out to Sea or to Diamond Head. Extensively, Expertly Renovated with Gorgeous upgrades and details. Truly must see to appreciate the beauty. Tandem Parking Stalls are set apart in Garage, with their own private Enclosure Area near the

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This is a Leasehold unit. Highly desired high floor end unit with amazing views of the Harbor and the ocean! AOAO is currently updating the building and has loans of approx $69,000.

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PRICE REDUCED to quick sales. Motivated seller. “A rare opportunity for a highly desired and largest “H” floor plan with magnificent expansive ocean coastline, Magic Island, Waikiki. .. and east to west, sunset views from this luxurious Yacht Harbor Tower Penthouse unit. It was completely remodeled in 2017 and finished from floor to ceiling. The Junior Room with artfully carved Koa doors, an enclosed lanai leading to the spacious Living room and Dining space, a spacious bedroom with an enclosed lanai, and a guest suite with a separate bathroom. Luxurious white cabinetry, gas kitchen, built-in wet bar, and wine rack add an elegant touch to provide foodies with a more sophis

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PRIME LOCATION, close proximity to the World's largest open-air mall - Ala Moana Shopping Center. Restaurants, supermarkets, fitness center, have almost everything you need. Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park, Hawaii Convention Center just across the street. Enjoy beautiful sunsets, cross breeze, firework show at your home. Expansive views, coastline, canal, marine, city. Move-in ready condition. Fresh painting. Fully remodeled in 2016, upgraded electrical, enclosed lanai which was permitted. Additional storage 6.5' x 2.5', is just outside the unit. Great access to The Bus. Prepaid by owner leased parking stall until August 2025. Secured lobby and elevator, 24 hours surveillance, Manager's

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Aloha from Sunset Towers, a well-managed and maintained building located at the doorstep of Ala Moana Beach Park and Waikiki. This ocean facing unit has fabulous beach and Ala Wai Boat Harbor views from every room. Floor-to-ceiling sliding doors and windows bathe your home with natural light and create a spacious, open feel. This move-in-ready home was tastefully renovated in 2019 and now boasts quartz countertops, honey-toned shaker cabinets, stainless steel appliances, a tiled shower surround, an extended living room, luxury vinyl wood floors, and 3 split ACs. You’ll appreciate the security that comes with an assigned parking stall and keyed entry. Extremely pet friendly, this build

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Atkinson Towers is one of the oldest buildings in Hawaii, built in 1959. Tucked away adjacent to the Ala Wai Canal, in the midst of everything, yet hidden by the surroundings, newer buildings. The bulk of the units are 2 bedrooms with varying floor plans. There is no Swimming Pool, no Meeting Room. Walking distance to a plethora of dining, shopping, entertainment and more.

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Huge price reduction! Discover urban living in this high-rise condo unit located in the heart of Ala Moana. This 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo is perfectly positioned near the Ala Moana Shopping Center, offering an array of shops & restaurants. Enjoy the nearby Ala Moana Regional Park, recently honored by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawai‘i in 2024, featuring picnic sites, tennis courts, reservable facilities for events, & a beautiful beach. Aina Moana (Magic Island) is also nearby, with more picnic sites & a serene lagoon for swimming & relaxation. Just a short distance away, the world-famous Waikiki neighborhood. Inside, the condo boasts an op

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Ocean Views! Ther seller will give a credit $27,000 to buyer! Excellent location moments from the beach, Ala Moana Park, famous surf spots, and world class shopping at Ala Moana Shopping Mall. This 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom with upgraded kitchen, bathroom new plumbing, fresh new painting, and refinished wood flooring on floor, light fixtures, new faucet for with washer/dryer in the unit, has easy access to the Ala Wai Canal ideal for padding, stand up boarding and access to the sea. This Hight floor apt enjoys cool trade winds and generous natural light. Enjoy ocean views beautiful sunsets, and yachts sailing out of the harbor every Friday afternoon. It's all about the great location, a rela

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Seller credit $27000 to Buyer!! A spacious, recently enhanced one-bedroom condo located in a prime location! Convenient and accessible parking stall available to rent from the association for around $300/month. Prime location with easy accessibility to beach parks, Ala Moana Shopping Center, restaurants, with Waikiki as your backyard to explore. Enjoy nice morning or evening walk nearby Ala Wai Canal and Ala Moana Beach Park. Added convenience with washer and dryer inside the unit. Move in ready with upgraded kitchen, bathroom, and floors from previous seller.

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Newly refreshed spacious 1 bedroom unit (originally a 2-bedroom) in Atkinson Towers! Tastefully updated with luxury vinyl plank flooring, fresh paint, Fleetwood sliding glass lanai doors, and new appliances. Gated access to Ala Wai Canal promenade for residents of this building. Conveniently located across the street from Ala Moana Center, and nearby to the Convention Center, Waikiki, and more!

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With her elevated aft pilot house and cockpit; varnished mahogany superstructure; long, lean white hull and beautifully finished walnut interior, the 80’ Trumpy “cruiser” Annabelle (Ex.Osceola/Windsong II) is a quintessential classic gentleman’s motor yacht and arguably one of the famed-company’s prettiest. She was designed by John Trumpy Sr. and launched from the Eastport, MD yard in 1955 as Rumak III for William and Ruth McKelvey of Pittsburgh PA.

Like many Trumpy’s, Annabelle was designed for cruising the waters of the east coast between South Florida and New England and has spent most of her 70-year career doing exactly that. With accommodations for 2-3 crew and 6 guests, plenty of carrying capacity and modern systems and amenities throughout, she’s still very well suited to the sort of extensive cruising for which she was designed.

Annabelle was substantially refit at the Hinckley yard in South West Harbor in the early 2000’s during which she was re-planked below the water line, had a comprehensive systems update, and a new composite teak deck fitted. New Cummins diesels were then installed in 2006. She has been well cared for and updated by the same captain and owner since.

The classic motor yacht experience is all about the wheelhouse and aft entertaining cockpit so that’s a good place to start discussing Annabelle. She has an expansive varnished mahogany helm station with modern electronics cleverly hidden but easily at hand. Overlooking the helm is a wide, elevated teak and blue leather settee, and behind it a well-appointed wet bar (with sink, fridge, ice maker and loads of storage, again nicely hidden behind varnished paneling). Aft of the bar is the entertaining cockpit with a large U-shaped settee and table at the aft end. It’s fully enclosable with isinglass panels and has seating for a dozen with excellent visibility all-around.

It’s a few steps down from the wheelhouse into the satin finished, walnut paneled salon. The main settee, two swivel chairs and convertible dining/coffee table, are forward to port, with an entertainment console and writing desk aft. Access to the galley and crew quarters is forward to stb’d and to the owner’s and guest accommodations aft to port.

Moving aft down the companionway from the salon, there is a twin berth guest cabin to stb’d featuring an ensuite head with a sink and toilet. To port is an over under twin berth guest cabin and aft of it the guest/day head with separate shower for the two guest cabins. The two guest cabins are tastefully appointed with ample storage, matte finished walnut berths and cabinetry, and sisal wrapped bulkheads.

All the way aft is the full width, symmetrical, twin single-berth owner’s cabin. It offers plenty of storage in two large hanging lockers and drawers. The spacious ensuite head (with bathtub, a large vanity and heated towel racks and mirrors) is forward to starboard. This cabin also features its own entrance up a few steps into the private aft cockpit.

Down the forward companionway from the salon is the spacious, classically styled but thoroughly modern galley. It has a residential style stove and hood, ample fridge, freezer, counter and storage space. Forward of the galley is the crew space with a private captain’s cabin aft to port, two additional over under crew berths forward to port, the head and dinette (with washer dryer underneath) to stb’d and the shower all the way forward.

Aft of the galley, through a watertight door is the engine room. It is clean and well-lit with good access on all sides of the twin Cummins QSL9s. The ER also houses the new generator, hydraulics for the stabilizers, aircon units, water maker, and lithium-ion house batteries with an inverter for silence at anchor.

With Trumpy styling, modern systems and tastefully appointed interior by Mimi McMakin of Kemble Interiors, Annabelle is the quintessential classic gentleman’s motor yacht. She’s an ideal dayboat but also a well-equipped, self-sufficient coastal cruiser with accommodations for 6. She has been thoroughly refit, maintained to the highest standards and is ready for her next owner.

Specifications

Builder TRUMPY
Length (LOA) 80'
Year 1955
Gross Tonn. 75
Draft 6'
Beam 17'
Range 400 NM

Accommodations

Staterooms 3
Sleeps 6
Crew Cabins 3
Crew Sleeps 3
Capt. Quarters Yes

Dimensions & Capacity

LOA 80'
LWL 18'
Min Draft 5'
Max Draft 6'
Fuel Tank 800 g
Fresh Water 400 g
Holding Tank 160 g
Gross Tonn. 75

Construction

Hull Material Wood
Int. Designer Mimi McMakin
Cruising Speed 12 Knots
Range 400 NM

Engines (x2)

Engine Make Cummins
Engine Model QSL9
Engine Year 2006
Engine Type Inboard
Power HP 405
Fuel Type Diesel

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Annabelle, 80' trumpy 1955.

Length O.A. 80'
Length W.L.  74'6"
Beam 17'6"
Draft 6'
Gross 75
Net 51
Year Built/Builder 1955 Trumpy
Naval Architect John H Trumpy
Interior Designer Mimi McMakin
Construction Double Plank Mahogany on Oak Frames
Stateroom/Guests 3
Crew 3
Cruising/Max Speed 12.5/15
Type Flush Deck Motoryacht with Aft Cockpit
Flag USA
Main Engine 2x Cummins QSL9-405 HP
Main Engine Hours Port 5609
Starboard 5623
Gear Boxes  ZF 305-1
Shafts Three piece 2-1/4" Stainless Steel
Propellers 32"x20" 4-Blade Bronze with Cutters (Spare 5-blade 30x24 set)
Speeds 12.5 kts Cruise/ 15 kts. Max
Fuel Consumption 22gph @12.5kts
Range 400nm @ cruise with 10% reserve
Main Generator New in 2024 Cummins 21.5KW MDK-8112A
Generator Hours 61
Electricity 240/120V
Shore Power 2X 240V Single Phase 50A
Batteries All new batteries September 2023
House Bank - 2x 24V Lithium Ion 100 Amp Hour with Charger/Inverter that can power the vessel for 24 hours
Starting Bank -2X AGM 12V 1150A in Series
Fuel 2 x 400 Gallon Aluminum
Water 2 x 200 Gallon Aluminum
Water Maker Sea Recovery Aqua Whisper 40GPH
Black Water 160 Gallons
Mechanical
Steering System Hydraulic and Auxiliary 
Rudder Angle Indicator Digital
Thruster Hydraulic PTO Driven
Stabilizers Wesmar
Fuel Filters Twin Racor 
Bilge Pump Control Panel with 6x DC with Automatic and Manual Switches and High Water Alarms
Air Conditioning 2x Marine Air Reverse Cycle, and Espar Heater for Enclosed Main Deck House
2 Class 2 EPIRBs
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Lynch yacht sinking probed for manslaughter, negligence

Prosecutors in sicily announced a probe for manslaughter and negligent shipwreck after mike lynch’s yacht went down in minutes during bad weather.

The victims of the Bayesian’s sinking were likely either asleep or tried to escape to no avail as Mike Lynch’s yacht went down in minutes during bad weather, prosecutors in Sicily said as they announced a probe for manslaughter and negligent shipwreck.

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters enter Porticello harbor near Palermo, with the body of Hannah Lynch, the last missing person at the back of the boat on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Alessandro Fucarini/AFP)(AFP)

The dynamic of what happened to those killed isn’t fully clear, deputy prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano told reporters on Saturday. Autopsies are due to take place soon.

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“Their position could lead us to think that they tried to escape, but this isn’t demonstrable in a preliminary phase,” he said of the bodies, found inside the ship, on the side closest to the surface. “The bodies might also have been grouped there, floating.”

“The passengers likely weren’t awake,” when the storm struck in the early hours of the morning, he added.

Authorities in Sicily have opened a manslaughter and negligent shipwreck probe into the Aug. 19 sinking of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s yacht, chief prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio said at the same briefing.

There are currently no suspects, he said at a press conference in Termini Imerese, with the probe being conducted against “persons unknown.”

Cartosio, who said prosecutors aren’t ruling anything out, expressed sympathy for the families of the seven victims, saying it would be “even more painful” if the probe showed the wreck was caused by not following procedures properly.

The wreck’s survivors - including the ship’s captain, crew and passengers - weren’t tested for alcohol or drugs, Cammarano said, adding that first aid was the priority, including tending to some “serious” wounds among survivors “in a state of shock.”

Prosecutors had kept quiet in recent days about the developing probe, with Cartosio explaining on Saturday that communications on the matter were strictly regulated by Italian law, despite significant interest domestically and internationally in the death of Lynch, the 59-year-old British tech tycoon, and six others.

Coast guard admiral Raffaele Macauda said the owners of the ship had announced their intention to retrieve the relic from the seabed, and that the costs would come at their expense. It wasn’t clear when this would happen, he said. But Cartosio said it was a fundamental step in the investigation.

The prosecutor said the emergency began at 4:38 a.m. local time, when a red flare was launched and seen by the coast guard.

Divers from the local firefighter corps spent most of the week attempting to retrieve six bodies stuck inside the ship, which sank to a depth of about 50 meters (164 feet) about a half mile off the coast of Porticello. The body of a seventh victim, the yacht’s chef, had been retrieved earlier.

Cammarano said the probe had so far focused on those who’d been rescued alive. It wasn’t clear whether the ship had the equivalent of a black box, he said, with access made significantly more difficult by the position of the sunken relic. He added a crew member had been on duty, as required by procedure, when the “truly sudden” storm, or “more likely a downburst,” struck the luxury vessel.

Speculation has surrounded the incident, with the chief executive officer of the company that made the yacht, Italian Sea Group, positing that human error was involved. It was clear the ship had taken on water and that its electrics failed, Giovanni Costantino told Bloomberg News in an interview.

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UK authorities are also probing the incident.

AIS data, a tracking system used by ships, shows the Bayesian started to drift from anchor just before 4 a.m., traveling for about five minutes for about 360 meters to the spot where it eventually sank about 15 minutes later, Costantino said.

The coast guard on Saturday said there were no bans on being at anchor where the Bayesian was situated. Prosecutors declined to say whether any of the hatches were open, which could allow the yacht to quickly take on water, saying this would prejudge the probe.

Cammarano added that James Cutfield, the New Zealand captain of the Bayesian, had been “very collaborative” in answering prosecutors’ questions. Cartosio said it was “likely” he would have to answer more questions.

The 56-meter long Bayesian had been carrying 22 passengers and crew, of whom 15 were rescued, including Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares.

Girolamo Bentivoglio Fiandra, from the firefighting unit, told reporters that the first five bodies were retrieved from a cabin on the left-hand side of the ship, closest to the water.

The final body - that of Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah, was retrieved on Friday in the third cabin on the left-hand side, “all on the high side of the ship, toward the surface” of the sea, he said.

Lynch and his family had been celebrating his recent acquittal from fraud charges with a small group of advisers when the violent storm struck. The charges stemmed from Lynch’s sale of his software firm Autonomy Corp. to Hewlett Packard Co. in 2011. The Silicon Valley giant went on to accuse Lynch of accounting failures. He’d spent years working to clear his name in court and restore his reputation as one of Europe’s most successful entrepreneurs.

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Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

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FILE - British tech magnate Mike Lynch walks into federal court in San Francisco, March 26, 2024, (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michael Liedtke]

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.

Lynch, 59, struck gold when he sold Autonomy, a software maker he founded in 1996, to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011 . But the deal quickly turned into an albatross for him after he was accused of cooking the books to make the sale and fired by HP’s then-CEO Meg Whitman.

His death, confirmed on Thursday by Italian officials after they recovered his body and five others from the sea, was a dramatic turn of events that came after he was cleared of criminal charges in the U.S. in June.

Before becoming entangled with HP, Lynch was widely hailed as a visionary who inspired descriptions casting him as the British version of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Lynch was science and technology adviser to two British prime ministers. He also founded Invoke Capital, a venture capital firm that was a founding investor of British cybersecurity company Darktrace, and Luminance, an artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry.

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Italian firefighters scuba divers are docked at the harbor of Porticello, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, as rescue teams returned to the site of a storm-sunken superyacht to search for six people, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who are believed to be still trapped in the hull 50 meters (164-feet) underwater. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)

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Lynch was “an instrumental figurehead from the Cambridge (England) technology scene,” said friend Brent Hoberman, former CEO of travel website lastminute.com. Hoberman told the BBC that Lynch was “leading the path forward for U.K. entrepreneurs to commercialize their inventions at a global scale.”

A decade-long legal battle had resulted in Lynch’s extradition from the U.K. to face criminal charges of engineering a massive fraud against HP, a company that helped shape Silicon Valley’s zeitgeist after starting in a Palo Alto, California, garage in 1939.

Lynch steadfastly denied any wrongdoing, asserting that he was being made a scapegoat for HP’s own bungling — a position he maintained while testifying before a jury during a 2 1/2 month trial in San Francisco earlier this year. U.S. Justice Department prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses in an attempt to prove allegations that Lynch engaged in accounting duplicity that bilked billions of dollars from HP.

The trial ended up vindicating Lynch and he pledged to return to the U.K. and explore new ways to innovate.

Although he avoided a possible prison sentence, Lynch still faced a civil case in London that HP mostly won during 2022. Damages haven’t been determined in that case, but HP is seeking $4 billion. Lynch made more than $800 million from the Autonomy sale.

Forbes pegged his wealth $1 billion in 2015, the only year he was on the magazine’s rich list. Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper estimated this year that Lynch and his wife Angela Bacares were worth 500 million pounds ($655 million).

Lynch, a Cambridge-educated mathematician, made his mark running Autonomy, which made a search engine that could pore through emails and other internal business documents to help companies find vital information more quickly. Autonomy’s steady growth during its first decade resulted in Lynch being awarded one of the U.K’s highest honors, the Office of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2006.

John Browne, chair of Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute, and former head of energy giant BP, said Lynch’s “ideas and his personal vision were a powerful contribution to science and technology in both Britain and globally.”

The Royal Academy of Engineering, where Lynch was a Fellow, said it was “deeply saddened” to learn of his death and that he played an “active role” as a mentor and donor.

In the months leading up to the deal that would go awry, HP valued Autonomy at $46 billion, according to evidence presented at Lynch’s trial.

The trial also presented contrasting portraits of Lynch. Prosecutors painted him as an iron-fisted boss obsessed with hitting revenue targets, even if it meant resorting to duplicity. But his lawyers cast him as entrepreneur with integrity and a prototypical tech nerd who enjoyed eating cold pizza late at night while pondering new ways to innovate.

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Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts

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The waterspout blamed for the deadly sinking of a luxury superyacht carrying the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch in Italy has been called a freak “black swan” event. But scientists believe this kind of marine tornado is becoming more common with global warming.

While the cause of the sinking of the Bayesian hasn’t officially been determined, weather conditions and witness reports from Sicily, where the yacht was anchored off the coast, have led experts to suspect a waterspout, a whirling column of air and water mist. The key factor for waterspout formation is warm water—and the past year has seen the ocean surface heat up to record-breaking temperatures , in part due to climate change.

“If this rate of warming is going to be continuing in the future, it’s very possible these phenomena will be common and not rare,” says Michalis Sioutas, a meteorology PhD who studies waterspouts in Greece and is a board member of the Hellenic Meteorological Society. “It’s very possible to talk about waterspouts or even tornadoes and extreme storms becoming common.”

The 180-foot Bayesian sank in a matter of minutes after being caught in a sudden storm with strong winds and intense lightning at around 4 am on Monday. Fifteen people who had been aboard were rescued, and one person was found dead. Six people are missing, including British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, who was recently cleared of fraud charges over the sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard. On Wednesday, the bodies of five people were recovered from the sunken ship but have yet to be identified.

Fishermen saw a waterspout near the yacht shortly before it sank, and a nearby schooner was tossed about by what its captain, Karsten Borner, called a “hurricane gust,” which he believes capsized the Bayesian . Experts have said the conditions were ripe for a waterspout.

This extreme weather phenomenon occurs when warm, moist air rises rapidly over water, spinning as winds change direction at different heights. The result is a long, bending funnel of spray between the water and the clouds, tapering off as it rises as much as 10,000 feet into the heavens.

It comes in two flavors. The more vanilla kind is a fair weather waterspout , which forms in relatively calm and even sunny conditions, often under a billowy cumulus cloud. It happens more often in places like the Great Lakes and the Florida Keys, reaches wind speeds of 50 miles per hour, and usually breaks up before it can cause significant damage.

Then there are severe waterspouts, essentially tornadoes over water, which “are another beast” entirely, according to Wade Szilagyi, a retired forecaster at the Meteorological Service of Canada who now directs the International Center for Waterspout Research. These tornadic waterspouts can move from land to water, or vice versa, and twist at 125 miles per hour or more. They’ve been known to throw debris, rip apart buildings, and overturn boats.

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A waterspout documented by Sioutas in Methoni, Greece, in 2004 picked up a boat and sent it sailing through the air, striking and killing a 10-year-old boy. Last year, a sudden storm and waterspout with winds of over 40 miles per hour overturned a tourist boat carrying off-duty intelligence agents on Italy’s Lake Maggiore, killing four. Sioutas says waterspouts can even generate “massive water displacements similar to tsunamis,” citing the gigantic waves that struck the coast of the Greek island of Samos during a 2004 cyclone, tossing boulders like toys.

Tornadic waterspouts spring up only in stormy weather with strong winds, lightning, and sometimes hail, and are the product of two main ingredients: wind shear and rising, unstable air. The process begins when masses of cold and warm air collide. This brings together winds from different directions that start to spin around each other, creating vortices. If a thunderstorm also converges in the area, it can provide the instability, sucking warm air up into itself at dizzying speeds. Over water, it starts carrying moisture up as well. Szilagyi compares the waterspout’s development to a twirling figure skater.

“You can think of the skater, if she just spins around normally, that’s like the little vortex that’s already started,” he says. “But if she brings her arms in, then that’s like the column of that unstable warm air, pulling, stretching that vortex upward. She starts to spin faster.”

Waterspouts have been known and feared since ancient times. In the 1550s in Malta, a waterspout plowed through the harbor of Valletta, reportedly destroying an armada of warships and killing hundreds of people. It’s even thought that old stories of fish or frogs raining down on land may be the product of waterspouts sweeping the creatures up into the clouds.

Now global warming may be supercharging the phenomenon. The International Panel on Climate Change has not found a definite link—there hasn’t been much research into how climate change may be affecting waterspouts—but experts say that the conditions for waterspouts to form are happening more often. A 2022 study of 234 waterspouts in the Spanish Mediterranean over the past three decades found that they were more likely to break out when the sea surface was warmer, especially above 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit). And water temperatures are now at unprecedented levels.

Last year was the warmest on record for the ocean. The heat content of the upper 6,500 feet of the seas was the highest ever seen. The seas broke temperature records every single day between May 2023 and May 2024. Marine heat waves struck areas from Antarctica to the Mediterranean.

“Warmer oceans have more energy and more humidity to transfer to the atmosphere, the most important fuels for storms,” says Luca Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorological Society. “The contrast of warm sea and colder air that flows over energizes vertical winds that could result in downbursts or waterspouts.” (A downburst is a powerful cascade of wind and rain from a thundercloud.)

That perfect storm of waterspout conditions hit Italy around the time the Bayesian sank. In recent days, a mass of high-level cold air has swept down from the Alps and over the country’s western coast, meeting the exceptionally warm air just above the sea surface. Four days before the Bayesian went down, sea surface temperatures were the hottest ever recorded across the Mediterranean Sea, with a daily median of 28.71 degrees Celsius. The ocean near where the Bayesian was anchored has reached almost 30 degrees Celsius this week, four degrees higher than the 20-year summer average, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Cold and warm air clashed. Winds started spinning, and overheated water provided the ingredient of instability needed for a waterspout outbreak. As a result, a total of 28 waterspouts were documented off the western coast of Italy from August 17 to August 20, according to the International Center for Waterspout Research.

The total number of waterspouts reported has been increasing in recent years, although a major factor has been that more people are able to capture them with phone cameras and post them on social media, Szilagyi says. But he says that warming waters and a longer waterspout season due to climate change are also contributing. In particular, he believes the number of severe waterspouts are on the rise.

“With the increased water temperatures, that’s probably resulting in more frequent tornadic waterspouts,” Szilagyi says. “There’s no scientific evidence yet that they’re getting even stronger. It’s just that they’re becoming more frequent.”

Warming sea waters are also expected to boost other extreme weather events like Mediterranean hurricanes, or “medicanes,” one of which contributed to the flash flood that killed thousands of people in Libya last year .

In this brave new world, countries need to improve early-warning systems and invest more in research to forecast and observe trends in waterspouts, scientists say. “We have to prepared for more dangerous waterspouts possibly in the future,” Sioutas says. “Significantly warmer waters contribute very significantly to the creation of waterspouts, especially the violent ones.”

Updated 8-22-2024 1:15 pm BST: A previous version of the story stated that the ship’s mast had snapped; this detail has been removed as damage to the mast has not been confirmed.

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