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What a difference a “J” makes

A passion for performance.

Fulfilling those sailing dreams starts with finding a sailboat that fits you – whether you aspire to sail close to home, cruise to distant shores, or take up the challenge of competitive sailing. It could take years of sailing other boats to learn the difference that good design and quality make to your sailing enjoyment, or you can save time and take advantage of what we’ve learned and designed into every “J.”

Key Yachting & J Boats

Since the launch of the J/24 in 1978, these performance cruiser-racers have developed and evolved and have increased in popularity ever since.

Key Yachting have been the exclusive agent for J Boats in the UK and Ireland for over twenty years; importing hundreds of new boats, hosting many annual J-Cup regattas, and sailing with countless owners and their crew. This practical, real world experience has afforded our team understanding of and confidence in the superiority of the brand.

J/Boats are easily controlled, forgiving and sea-kindly but at the same time incredibly exciting to sail and race.

The advanced composite construction ensures that for their size, these boats are faster, lighter and stronger than their contemporaries.

The latest launch of the J/45 is set to be the new flagship performance cruiser of the J range.

Unquestionable Performance

Length: 22'9 ft / 6.93 m Waterline Length: 20'6 ft / 6.25 m Beam: 7'5 ft / 2.26 m

Great sailing performance and stability

Length: 32'7 ft / 9.94 m Waterline Length: 28'7 ft / 8.71 m Beam: 11'2 ft / 3.4 m

Elegance and Evolution

Length: 36 ft / 10.97 m Waterline Length: 31'9 ft / 9.68 m Beam: 11'10 ft / 3.61 m

Offshore Speed, Comfort and Ease

Length: 40.9 ft / 12.47 m Waterline Length: 37 ft / 11.26 m Beam: 12'7 ft / 3.86 m

True Sailing Yacht

Length: 45'6 ft / 13.86 m Waterline Length: 41'2 ft / 12.55 m Beam: 13'11 ft / 4.24 m

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Expand your sailing horizons

Length: 26'4 ft / 8.02 m Waterline Length: 22'0 ft / 6.71 m Beam: 8'4 ft / 2.54 m

One Design Family Speedster

Length: 29'2 ft / 8.9 m Waterline Length: 26'10 ft / 8.18 m Beam: 9'6 ft / 2.9 m

36 footer for ultimate day sailing

Length: 36'6 ft / 11.13 m Waterline Length: 32'8 ft / 9.96 m Beam: 10'10 ft / 3.3 m

40ft Offshore Speedster

Length: 40 ft / 12.19 m Length Overall: 40 ft / 12.19 m Waterline Length: 36'2 ft / 11.02 m

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UK Tech Tycoon Lynch Missing After Yacht Sinks Off Sicily Coast

(Bloomberg) -- British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is among those missing after a luxury yacht was struck by a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily.

One person has died and six others are missing after the boat named the Bayesian sank early Monday near Porticello, according to the local coast guard and firefighters. Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, was among those rescued, according to a person familiar with the matter, asking not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.   

The couple were aboard the yacht celebrating, following Lynch’s tumultuous acquittal from fraud charges, the person said. Lynch was found not guilty by a San Francisco jury just ten weeks ago, over accusations that he had committed Silicon Valley’s biggest-ever fraud during the $11 billion sale of his company Autonomy Corp. to Hewlett Packard Co. in 2011. 

Separately, Lynch’s co-defendant in the HP case — former Autonomy vice president for finance Stephen Chamberlain — was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running, according to his lawyer Gary Lincenberg. 

On Monday, Italy’s coast guard was leading search and rescue operations and had recovered 15 people, said the managers of the 56-meter (184-foot) sailing yacht, Camper & Nicholsons. There were 12 guests and 10 crew on board. 

The missing people were British, American and Canadian, according to a coast guard statement.

Specialized divers have been deployed to search for victims inside the vessel, which sank during a violent storm and is now 50 meters under water, firefighters said.

“The yacht had been at anchor and not navigating, as far as we know,” a Camper & Nicholsons spokesperson said.

Bacares is registered as the owner of the entity that owns the Bayesian, according to an April filing in a Jersey registry.

Why the Bayesian Sank

Italy is struck by about 100 tornadoes a year, according to AtmosphericG2, a company that provides weather data to traders. On average, just over 70 are “marine spouts,” occurring off the coast, with another 30 onshore.

A woman named Charlotte Golunski saved her one-year-old baby from drowning by holding the child above the waves, according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Golunksi is a partner at Invoke Capital — an investment firm founded by Lynch — according to a page on social media platform LinkedIn. 

“I held her afloat with all my strength, my arms stretched upwards to keep her from drowning,” the newspaper quotes Golunski saying. “So many were screaming. Fortunately, the lifeboat inflated and 11 of us managed to get on it.”

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch is deploying a team of four inspectors to Palermo, Italy, to conduct a preliminary assessment into the foundering of the Bayesian, the MAIB said in a statement. 

“We are providing consular support to a number of British nationals and their families following an incident in Sicily,” a spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said.

Who Is Mike Lynch?

Lynch, who was an adviser to two UK prime ministers, co-founded Autonomy in 1996. The company developed software to extract useful information from unstructured sources including phone calls, emails and video.

Soon after acquiring Autonomy, HP wrote down the value of the business by $8.8 billion and a long-running legal battle followed. Lynch lost a civil trial in London related to the deal in 2022 and was extradited to the US, where he stood trial in a San Francisco federal court. A jury found him not guilty on all counts in early June.

After the Autonomy sale, Lynch set up venture capital firm Invoke Capital, founding a series of tech companies run by former employees. The most successful was Darktrace, a cybersecurity business that uses AI to detect suspicious activity in a company’s IT network.

--With assistance from Flavia Rotondi and Sabah Meddings.

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Mike Lynch and daughter among six missing after yacht sinks: Everything we know so far about disaster off Sicily coast

One person is confirmed to have died after the British-flagged luxury vessel named Bayesian sank, with 22 people on board. Sky News looks at what we know about the tragedy.

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British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter are among six people missing after a superyacht sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily - with one person confirmed to have died.

Twenty-two people were on board the vessel, with 15 rescued - including Britons Charlotte Golunski, 35, and her one-year-old daughter Sofia.

Four other Britons and two Americans remain missing, including Mr Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, according to Italian media. The entrepreneur's wife was rescued.

Here's everything we know about the sinking of the luxury vessel so far.

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What might have caused the sinking?

The British-flagged luxury vessel, named Bayesian, capsized at around 4.30am local time off Palermo, according to ship-tracking site Marine Traffic.

It sank with 22 people on board consisting of 12 passengers and a crew of 10, according to the Italian coastguard.

Waterspouts, essentially tornados which form over water, were seen as powerful winds battered the area overnight, local media said.

What are waterspouts?

Waterspouts typically occur during thunderstorms and can develop very rapidly, within minutes.

Their spin generally reaches wind speeds between 75-200mph, but can reach as high as 300mph.

They can travel at around 10-20mph typically but can reach greater speeds on occasions, making them difficult to avoid - especially in something as slow-moving as a yacht.

Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, called the reports of a tornado or waterspout "rare" and "quite alarming".

"The vessel was at anchor in a recognised anchorage," Mr Schanck said.

"Depending on wind direction and the state of the sea, this informs the captain whether it is a safe area to anchor or not. There was nothing that was too concerning, for my eye. All in all, the captain used the information they had to make a safe call."

Who owns the yacht?

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among those missing.

The 59-year-old owner of the yacht is known as the "British Bill Gates" and has been in the headlines in recent months over a high-profile fraud case.

Read more: ​​​​​​​Lynch's co-defendant dies after being hit by car days before yacht sinking

In June, a US jury cleared him of all charges , which were related to the sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011.

HP accused him of deliberately overstating the value of the company before it was acquired by the American technology firm.

Mr Lynch was extradited to the US to face trial in May last year and spent 13 months under house arrest in San Francisco as he awaited trial on 17 charges of conspiracy and wire fraud brought by the US Department of Justice - which were later reduced to 15 charges.

He always denied any wrongdoing and was acquitted.

Mr Lynch's wife Angela Bacares is confirmed to be among those rescued.

Who was on board when the boat sank?

The vessel had passengers from Britain, America and Canada, the Italian coastguard said.

Most of those on board the yacht were British, Italian news outlets have reported, claiming the other people were from New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland and British-French citizens.

Charlotte Golunski was among the Britons rescued. Her LinkedIn profile says she is a partner at Mr Lynch's firm Invoke Capital and has worked there since 2012.

Speaking after the ordeal, Ms Golunski told Italian media that she lost her daughter Sofia for "two seconds" amid the "fury" of the sea but was able to retrieve her.

She said she held the infant above the waves until the lifeboat was ready.

"Many people screamed. Luckily the lifeboat inflated and 11 of us were able to get on board," she told ANSA.

The girl's father James Emsley also survived, according to Sicily's civil protection agency.

Before working at Invoke Capital, Ms Golunski worked at Hewlett Packard for 11 months and studied history at the University of Oxford.

Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals and all were in stable condition, local media reported.

During rescue efforts, divers saw "corpses through the portholes" of the wreck as they recovered the body of a man at a depth of 50m (164ft), according to Salvo Cocina, the head of the Civil Protection of Sicily.

Considering the size of the vessel, authorities would have been alerted about the emergency quickly, Mr Schanck said.

He said the time of the incident would have made the search and rescue operation difficult.

"Visibility [would have been hampered] with it being night time or early morning," he said. "Given the fact most people on board would have been asleep down below, the ability for them to get out to safety could have been challenging, especially if the incident unfolded quickly."

What do we know about the vessel?

The Bayesian was known for its unusual 75m (246ft) single mast - one of the world's tallest made of aluminium.

The yacht's name resonates with Mr Lynch because the software that made his fortune was based on a statistical method known as Bayesian inference - based on an 18th century theory, that helps forecasters predict outcomes more reliably.

The yacht was built by Italian company Perini Navi in 2008 and was last refitted in 2020.

It was listed for rent for up to €195,000 (£166,000) a week, according to online charter sites.

The luxury vessel, which was managed by yachting company Camper & Nicholsons, can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites.

It won a string of awards for its design, according to online specialist yacht sites.

Mr Schanck said the vessel would have been equipped with "high standard" life-saving appliances and radio communications. He added the yacht would have met all international standards and UK maritime coastguard agency regulations before its voyage.

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The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on 14 August and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, with a navigation status of "at anchor", according to vessel tracking site VesselFinder.

The Bayesian previously travelled to other parts of Sicily before its last sighting off the coast of the port of Porticello.

On Sunday, the boat was seen off the coast of Cefalu before it travelled towards Porticello, MarineTraffic data shows.

In the days before, the yacht travelled around four of the Aeolian islands, just north of Sicily.

It was previously named Salute, or "health" in Italian, when it flew under a Dutch flag. Its minimalist interior featured light wood with Japanese accents designed by the French designer Remi Tessier, according to descriptions on charter sites.

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Prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese have opened an investigation into the sinking.

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Missing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US fraud trial dies in car crash

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The co-defendant of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch in a US fraud trial died in a car crash just days before the businessman went missing after the sinking of his yacht off the coast of Sicily .

Stephen Chamberlain, Autonomy 's former vice president of finance, who worked alongside chief executive Mr Lynch , was killed after being hit by a vehicle while out running on Saturday, his lawyer, Gary Lincenberg said.

Less than 48 hours later, Mr Lynch was among six tourists who went missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily early on Monday.

For latest updates on the sunken yacht, follow our live blog by  clicking here .

In a statement, Mr Lincenberg said: “Our dear client and friend Steve Chamberlain was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out running.

“He was a courageous man with unparalleled integrity. We deeply miss him. Steve fought successfully to clear his good name at trial earlier this year, and his good name now lives on through his wonderful family.”

Mr Chamberlain faced the same charges of fraud and conspiracy as his former boss for allegedly scheming to inflate the company’s value before it was sold.

Mr Lynch negotiated an 11 billion US dollar (£8.64 billion) sale of Autonomy to Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard (HP), which generated a more than 800 million US dollar windfall for him.

But the sale also kicked off a 13-year legal saga. Both the men were acquitted of all 15 charges by a jury in San Francisco in June. They faced more than 20 years in US prison if convicted of the fraud and conspiracy allegations.

After leaving Autonomy in 2012, Mr Chamberlain worked as chief operating officer for cybersecurity firm Darktrace and volunteered as a finance director for Cambridge United soccer club, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Another person familiar with the matter had earlier said Mr Chamberlain had been critically injured during a crash in Cambridgeshire .

Cambridgeshire Police did not name Mr Chamberlain, but were appealing for witnesses after a collision between a pedestrian and a car had taken place in Newmarket Road in Stretham.

Officers said a blue Vauxhall Corsa was travelling between Stretham and Wicken on the A1123 when the collision took place at about 10.10am on Saturday.

They added a man in his 50s had been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the car, a 49-year-old woman from Haddenham, remained at the scene and was assisting officers with their inquiries.

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UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch missing as Bayesian superyacht sinks off Sicily

UK businessman Mike Lynch, who was recently acquitted in the United States of an $11 billion fraud, is among those missing Monday after a superyacht sank off southern Italy, according to the head of the Civil Protection Agency.

The 56-meter-long luxury yacht, The Bayesian, had been moored off Porticello, east of Palermo, when the storm suddenly swept up the coast before dawn, tearing through beach clubs and little fishing ports.

Lynch’s wife was among 15 people rescued after the luxury yacht sank amid violent winds and rains off the Sicily coast, according to Salvo Cocina of the Civil Protection Agency, leaving six others missing.

Italian authorities have opened a probe into the incident as the emergency response continued Monday.

Lynch, 59, was acquitted on all charges in a San Francisco court in early June after he was accused of massive fraud linked to the sale of his software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard.

He co-founded Autonomy in Cambridge in 1996.

US prosecutors accused Lynch of wire fraud and securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit offenses involving years of falsified records.

He had been extradited to the US from Britain to stand trial on the criminal charges.

A University of Cambridge graduate from Suffolk in eastern England, Lynch had disputed all charges and denied any wrongdoing. He was facing two decades in jail if convicted of the 17 charges.

A celebrated technology sector entrepreneur and investor, sometimes referred to as the UK’s answer to Bill Gates, he has won numerous awards and plaudits in Britain and beyond.

A spokesperson for Invoke Capital, another firm he founded, declined to comment.

Lynch was reportedly on board the boat with colleagues from the company when the storm struck.

Following his US acquittal, he had been critical of his prosecution in the US.

He had told the BBC that the only reason he was free was “because I had enough money not to be swept away by a process that’s set up to sweep you away”.

“You shouldn’t need to have funds to protect yourself as a British citizen”, he said in the interview aired earlier this month.

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