PremiumJane PhareSenior Journalist·NZ Herald·15 Aug, 2026 05:00 PM15 mins to read‌Two New Zealanders, lawyer Ayla Ronald and skipper James Cutfield, were on board the Bayesian when the superyacht suddenly capsized in a storm. When the superyacht Bayesian sank suddenly during a freak storm off the Sicilian coast, killing seven people, two New Zealanders on board faced a terrifying fight to survive and to save others as the vessel flooded with tonnes of water in the darkness.

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