Yacht down!

[MickyD]

Super-yacht sunk in freak tornado off Sicily.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/superyacht-sinks-latest-one-dead-and-six-missing-as-british-flagged-superyacht-caught-in-tornado-13199663

[gonzo]

One for the conspiracy crew this...

[MickyD]

17 minutes ago, gonzo said:

One for the conspiracy crew this...

There’s certainly a few well-heeled folk on the ship’s manifest.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

21 minutes ago, gonzo said:

One for the conspiracy crew this...

Given the coincidence of the other defendant being killed, that will be a no brainer. 

I'd love to know how "they" can create a waterspout in a storm to hit the perfect spot where the boat is!

I suppose they'll say that there was no storm and that it's  a mnaufactured story.

[jmjhb]

13 minutes ago, MickyD said:

There’s certainly a few well-heeled folk on the ship’s manifest.

You don't see many poor people on a super-yacht.

[athywhite1958]

Good story to come from it is the woman who held her baby aloft in the water and saved her life

[Dimron]

1 hour ago, MickyD said:

There’s certainly a few well-heeled folk on the ship’s manifest.

I won't miss them... pity there wasn't a certain disgraced previous football club owner from Monaco among them

[Tonge moor green jacket]

12 minutes ago, Dimron said:

I won't miss them... pity there wasn't a certain disgraced previous football club owner from Monaco among them

Oh ffs, someone does well for themselves, and they're automatically demonised. 

 

[royal white]

17 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Oh ffs, someone does well for themselves, and they're automatically demonised. 

 

It really is odd behaviour 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

16 minutes ago, royal white said:

It really is odd behaviour 

Must hate footballers.

[Dr Faustus]

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Must hate footballers.

i think we know who means and doubt hes ever kicked a ball in his life

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just now, Dr Faustus said:

i think we know who means and doubt hes ever kicked a ball in his life

He made the comment about the people on this particular yacht.

The Anderson comment was an add on.

He's also got form for similar posts from a while back.

Citizen Smith hybridised with Corbyn.

[Spider]

1 hour ago, Dimron said:

I won't miss them... pity there wasn't a certain disgraced previous football club owner from Monaco among them

My sister owns a yacht

What's your issue?

[FrancisFogarty]

1 hour ago, athywhite1958 said:

Good story to come from it is the woman who held her baby aloft in the water and saved her life

I know it's not funny, but the word 'aloft' in this context made me chuckle. Aloft just sounds maritime.

[Casino]

ben habib will be wondering if theres any learnings from this

[DazBob]

TBF all he's said is he won't miss them.  It's not a particularly nice thing to say but there's far worse said on here.

[Dimron]

The imbalances in our society are staggering... we give far too much respect to dodgy "tech entrepreneurs" and merchant bankers while working people need to use food banks. 

These high earners squirrel money into off-shore accounts and exploit "non-dom" reuses away rather than contributing a little more into society which is rapidly breaking owing to lack of funding. Sailing ocean going yachts or cruising off into space has it's risks but these people think they're above ordinary risks hence my blunt comments.

I am not against to doing well for oneself but I believe in a honest penny etc. etc, and yes... footballers are overpaid.

[royal white]

1 hour ago, Dimron said:

The imbalances in our society are staggering... we give far too much respect to dodgy "tech entrepreneurs" and merchant bankers while working people need to use food banks. 

These high earners squirrel money into off-shore accounts and exploit "non-dom" reuses away rather than contributing a little more into society which is rapidly breaking owing to lack of funding. Sailing ocean going yachts or cruising off into space has it's risks but these people think they're above ordinary risks hence my blunt comments.

I am not against to doing well for oneself but I believe in a honest penny etc. etc, and yes... footballers are overpaid.

I know, scum bags like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have only given approx 70 billion to charity. Sickening 

[Dimron]

1 hour ago, royal white said:

I know, scum bags like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have only given approx 70 billion to charity. Sickening 

Don't get me started on Amazon's UK tax avoidance, destruction of the retail industry and exploitation of its workforce.

Gates appears to have made some philanthropic efforts but he is where he is by ruthless elimination of competitors

[RoadRunnerFan]

4 hours ago, Casino said:

ben habib will be wondering if theres any learnings from this

Large boats good small boats bad

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, royal white said:

I know, scum bags like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have only given approx 70 billion to charity. Sickening 

Can't win.

Of course some companies and individuals break laws and dodge stuff.

That includes some of those very wealthy individuals and also plenty of "working people" to use the modern parlance. 

We all take advantage of avoidance schemes.

I do wonder where the line is drawn over which individuals are bad, and below are good.

I reckon that line would be different for everyone.

There are also plenty of cunts that for some reason reckon it's OK not to pay for work done. These aren't necessarily very wealthy folk neither.

A cunt is a cunt irrespective of their bank account balance.

[gonzo]

Every fuckers on the take somewhere.

[Casino]

43 minutes ago, RoadRunnerFan said:

Large boats good small boats bad

Gotcha

[Jol_BWFC]

6 hours ago, Spider said:

My sister owns a yacht

What's your issue?

HBAHT?

[paulhanley]

Someone at work today was earnestly speculating that this is a mafia do. The main piece of insight being "it happened off the coast of Sicily".