Bayesian superyacht captain James Cutfield recovering in hospital after escape as six passengers still missing

THE CAPTAIN of the doomed Bayesian superyacht is recovering in hospital, his brother has said.

James Cutfield, 51, managed to escape from the vessel as it plunged to the bottom of the ocean.

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Six passengers are still missing including the “UK’s Bill Gates” Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18.

Cutfield, from New Zealanad, was one of the 15 survivors of the boat that sank in a storm off the coast of Porticello, Sicily.

He admitted that the crew “didn’t see it coming’ when the water tornado struck the ship in the early hours.

Cutfield’s brother Mark told the NZ Herald his brother was a “very good sailor”.

And he added he was “very well respected” in the Mediterranean.

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