Below Deck

[Texzilla58 4,739]

I have a buddy who has a skippers license and is in and out of the charter business, doing mostly 100 ft boats that are doing weekend charters out of San Diego or Long Beach, maybe to Catalina. Does a lot of boat parade/party type stuff. He prefers doing big fishing charters on fancy sport fisherman boats. Or transport business where an owner wants a boat moved from San Diego to Miami and he’ll work that detail as they eat great and stay in the suites.

He says now that he’s in his 40’s he can’t live that life anymore. He’s done yachting in the Caribbean, Cali, Mexico, and Hawaii and he says it can be really wild like the show as the girls are hot and wild. But the difference he says is that there’s little drama and that everyone is a pro at their job.

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

On 2/6/2024 at 11:49 AM, Deej said:

It's a permanent part of the Below Deck script now. Hire someone completely incompetent at a position so you can fire someone in the first few episodes.

This.  Bosun is gone within 3 episodes I'm betting.  Convenient Ben is just sitting there waiting to slide into his position.

Edited February 9 by Biff Tannen

[kevwun 15,790]

Yeah, they set that up.  They do it most every season now where someone is hired just so they can be fired.  Not even trying to pretend it's real anymore.

Edited February 9 by kevwun

[Sgt Hulk 13,734]

Sunny would get all the inches I can muster 

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

Saw somewhere the captain alluded to a record amount of firings this season which makes complete sense since 75% of them could go now 

[RPM 26,322]

Anxiety Attack Bosun and They Talkin' Shit 'Bout Me Stew should be packing their bags already.

[Texzilla58 4,739]

I hate these undeposited skippers. “I believe in this crew!” Fuck that. You know your bosun is a complete moron.

[Mac8111 2,107]

Sunny would get all the inches I can muster 

She is the only female on the boat that I find interesting.

[Native Horn 3,504]

I find parts of Xandi quite interesting.

[Mac8111 2,107]

The witch part ??

[Native Horn 3,504]

The little drama/nice tites part.

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

Big ol tittays!

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

Guessing next week we finally get someone booted 

[Mittens 8,284]

Gotta be Cat.  She sucks at her job and at life.

[RPM 26,322]

and the useless Bosun.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

6 hours ago, RPM said:

and the useless Bosun.

Yeah he’s crumbling fast. 

[Bateshorn 9,928]

On 2/6/2024 at 1:47 PM, Deej said:

My understanding is it's becoming harder and harder to find experienced yacht crew who want to be on the show, so they have to hire people with little to no experience. 

They pay absolute shit, according to Eddie. 

[kevwun 15,790]

And normal people don't want to look like assholes on tv.  Most people don't want their drunken hookups viewed by their friends and family.

[Smax 3,800]

23 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

They pay absolute shit, according to Eddie. 

 

Don't they get a 1500-2000 dollar tip every 4-6 days?

[Deej 76,800]

1 hour ago, Smax said:

 

Don't they get a 1500-2000 dollar tip every 4-6 days?

Yeah, but they spend that on alcohol every 4-6 days. 

[Bateshorn 9,928]

4 hours ago, Smax said:

 

Don't they get a 1500-2000 dollar tip every 4-6 days?

But that's basically it, while they are printing cash for Andy Cohen. 

[Smax 3,800]

3 hours ago, Deej said:

Yeah, but they spend that on alcohol every 4-6 days. 

  so they're in their 20's ..

[Smax 3,800]

6 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

But that's basically it, while they are printing cash for Andy Cohen. 

 and exposure which if parlayed correct can lead to a lot of money, just like all the other reality stars. That's why these crew members agree to be on this show, to become influencers/reality stars

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

23 minutes ago, Smax said:

 and exposure which if parlayed correct can lead to a lot of money, just like all the other reality stars. That's why these crew members agree to be on this show, to become influencers/reality stars

Or OF participants 

[Mittens 8,284]

58 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

But that's basically it, while they are printing cash for Andy Cohen. 

He's not an EP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

3 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Or OF participants 

It's true.  I've seent it.  

[Hook1997 5,363]

Damn, googled it.  Bravo evidently gives them 5-6k a month only for being on the show.  The camera crew probably makes more than the cast but of course they don’t get tips.  Definitely the cheapest Bravo show they make I’d bet. 

[RPM 26,322]

Adios mofo.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

9 hours ago, RPM said:

Adios mofo.

Any clue what the deal with Cat or her friend was? SA? 

[McFly 606]

4 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Any clue what the deal with Cat or her friend was? SA? 

Rumors of a suicide.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

1 hour ago, McFly said:

Rumors of a suicide.

Oh damn then yeah that checks out 

[Sgt Hulk 13,734]

As soon as Sunny launches an only fans. Hook it up 

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

I gotta assume Xandi is the stew getting replaced on the rest of season preview 

[Deej 76,800]

It's time to cancel the franchise. It's played out. 

[Mittens 8,284]

1 hour ago, UTPhil2006 said:

I gotta assume Xandi is the stew getting replaced on the rest of season preview 

By the new blonde hottie?  She's replacing Cat, no?

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

29 minutes ago, Mittens said:

By the new blonde hottie?  She's replacing Cat, no?

Ah yeah duh. 

[NoName 16,352]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

It's time to cancel the franchise. It's played out. 

i still like BDSY, but the rest? yes.

they should have kept the name and moved it elsewhere with the new captain and co

[Texzilla588 769]

It’s all the same show each season. They used to have mostly new crew with just Lee, Kate, and the Brit chef guy as constants. Now it’s all interior drama, charters are just background, and drunken dinners and fucking in the hot tub.

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

On 3/26/2024 at 12:27 PM, Deej said:

It's time to cancel the franchise. It's played out. 

Didn't you say the same thing on the Ghostbusters thread?

[Deej 76,800]

15 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Didn't you say the same thing on the Ghostbusters thread?

I don't think that was me, but maybe?

[RPM 26,322]

That lady was stressing me tf out.

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

11 hours ago, RPM said:

That lady was stressing me tf out.

Only thing that was worse than her behavior was her accent 

[Hook1997 5,363]

Couldn’t stand that lady.  Was kinda wishing she Natalie Wooded off the boat..

[MrBig 5,412]

6 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Only thing that was worse than her behavior was her accent 

She’s a bitter woman who can’t handle the fact she was fired from The Real Housewives of NY. My wife was into this show in the late 2000s and I am ashamed of how much I know about her because of all the hours I had to sit through the housewives show in order to get laid. She was terrible then and she’s still terrible now. 

[Sgt Hulk 13,734]

The former fst kid deck hand is annoying as fuck 

[Mac8111 2,107]

From Sunny’s IG page

 

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

Maybe Barbie just needs a dickin to get her mind right. 

[UTPhil2006 3,807]

Feel bad for the dude, but he was a disaster as a yacht chef. Just a really polite disaster

[Texzilla588 769]

He was delusional and a rotten chef. Lots of good cooks but he was a train wreck in the other tasks: no organization, indifferent to clients wants, awful menu planning and planning. And then he’s shocked anyone actually thinks his performance is lacking. Fried chicken Caesar progressing to grilled chicken then to a chocolate molten cake. It was like a meal at Applebee’s.

[RPM 26,322]

Dyslexia and yachts do not mix well no matter what department. Lots of pressure with very little room for error. He'll do fine working in a restaurant. He's far from the worst chef I've seen on BD. Remember Leon?