Fifteen people escaped in a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby sailboat.
recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly.
One body was recovered Monday — that of the ship's Antigua-born chef, Recaldo Thomas., his 18-year-old daughter and associates who had successfully defended him in a recent U.S. federal fraud trial. Was it merely the case of a freak waterspout that knocked the ship to its side and allowed water to pour in through open hatches? What was the position of the keel, which on a large sailboat such as the Bayesian might have been retractable, to allow it to enter shallower ports?
So for the vessel to sink, especially this fast, you are really looking at taking water on board very quickly, but also in a number of locations along the length of the vessel, which again indicates that it might have been rolled over on its side,” Souppez said.
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