There may have been a whole lot of incompetence going on.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-we-know-about-sinking-superyacht-off-sicily-2024-08-20/
He added that its sinking was due to a chain of human errors given that the storm was expected, speaking in interviews to Italian media.
Had the crew shut all doors and hatches, turned on the engine, lifted the anchor, lowered the keel and turned the yacht to face the wind, they would have suffered “zero damage”, the CEO said.