We begin with the guests arriving to dinner two hours late. This is another group that wants chicken nuggets and fries. It’s like they have never eaten adult food. They are still serving at around twelve fifteen. They literally ask for french fries. Then they want huge sparklers for candles that set off the fire alarm and woke up everyone after one am. Captain Sandy is pissed. Sandy really tore into Hannah as if she had set the boat on fire. Brooke and Jamie get stuck on clean up and don’t get to bed until nearly 5 a.m.
Kasey is on breakfast duty alone. She’s finally stopped throwing up every five minutes, but is still pretty clueless. She doesn’t know how to make a bloody mary so she wants to wake up Hannah. Hannah is pissed she was woken up because Kasey could not handle two guests. They literally ordered a water with lemon and a bloody mary. I can’t believe how much I am feeling for Hannah this season. Don’t I usually hate her? I’m surprised she hasn’t murdered Kasey yet. Later, Kasey ruins a load of Hannah’s personal clothes by putting the in the dryer.
Sadly, the storyline for Conrad is to be so lovestruck he can’t perform his job. He is a terrible actor. Sandy seems very genuine in the role of overbearing captain. Oh my God. Now she is kissing Joao’s ass. I see a promotion for him and a demotion for Conrad coming. Especially when the storyline turns to, “Captain Sandy discovers the relationship between Hannah and Conrad and is livid.”
Captain Sandy apologized to Hannah for being so hard on her about the fire alarm. It just freaked her out because she’s had a boat fire before in the red sea and it was super traumatic so the alarm is a trigger.
Brooke is missing her sister’s wedding back home so she is in a foul mood and doesn’t seem to want to even try to do her job. She seems to have a lot of guilt over missing out on family things. I get that. My mother had me at 39/40 and dad was three years older. This meant that when I was in my twenties and thirties and wanted to travel the world and teach overseas, it meant I might not be able to get home if they had serious health issues. So I didn’t go. You feel bad either way.
The guests were given at least four or five entrees to choose from as well as copious amounts of french fries and other side dishes for lunch at 4pm. They would like a kosher Shabbat dinner. And a milkshake with whipped cream and a variety of other drinks in between. I am exhausted just watching them eat. Soon they are in a food coma and I am not sure they have used any of the water toys that Captain Sandy was having a conniption fit about not being set up fast enough. At dusk they want to go out in the banana boat.
The Shabbat dinner goes well. These guests are very demanding, but they are always polite. My God now they are sending steaks back to be warmed. I do like rooting for the crew this season. Sometimes they seem really awful and you feel bad for the guests.
The next morning, breakfast looks amazing. Unfortunately, Kasey is on service and doesn’t provide silverware. Or drinks. Or any sort of placemat. Or napkins.
Meanwhile, Captain Sandy is kind to Conrad and lets him call the anchor pull and drive the boat for a bit. There is hope for some decent bonding. For now. She was also quite pleased with the deck crew’s docking.
The guests leave and are very kind to the crew on the way out. Then the primary complains to the captain about stuff. Hannah has been looking into Kasey’s resume. It’s bullshit. It looks like she has been working as a stew/deckhand on two boats for almost three years. But they are day cruises. Or booze cruises as Hannah calls them. They are not yachts. She also claims she knows silver service and has barista training. She has no clue how to set a table. She still doesn’t.
Are they having champagne a the tip meeting? That’s a first. Perhaps it is because they refilmed it a few times after the announcement that they got $12,000 in tips which is a grand each. I would love to make a grand for a three day charter. But Sandy is pissed as well as Hannah. Sandy should not say these sorts of things about guys on TV. Sure, say it at the tip meeting, but not on TV. The champagne was for them to do a toast to Brooke’s sister on her wedding day on a live video.
It’s time for shore leave and hookups. I don’t for a minute think that yachties have some sort of “don’t screw the crew” rule. Or the guests for that matter. I think they are just as horny as nurses and teachers. Allegedly. Anyway, if there is such a standard they are all breaking it. Brooke has decided that Adam is her best bet for getting laid since Joao has gone for Kasey after she pushed him away. Then there is Hannah and Conrad who I love together. Why is it that we never see Colin on these shows? He’s such a cutie and never really shown. Is he shy? Conrad asks Hannah to go out to dinner. Aren’t they literally at dinner? Did he mean in the future or was he joking around? Either way, the crew goes out clubbing and they are allowed to pour shots in each other’s mouth straight from the bottle. This will not end well.
Brooke has to swag in her game at all. Adam doesn’t seem to have any idea she is into him and is ragging on her like the little British sister he never had. Hannah is drunk and tries to shove her tongue down Conrad’s youthful throat at the club. He tells her that he doesn’t like to be that sloppy couple in public and tries make sure her boobs aren’t falling out. He may be 23 but he is the responsible party in this relationship. That said, Hannah forces a very public kiss in front of his crew. PARTY FOUL!
Next week: Hannah expresses her undying love to an amused Adam. Kasey may be dumb as a box of lint but she seems to be smart enough to move on from Joao to Colin. NO! NO! NO! Back off Colin you brazen hussy! Captain Sandy finds out about Conrad and Hannah and starts putting him through the paces. Captain Sandy seem to really hate Hannah this season. I suppose it is some residual nonsense from last season that I blissfully do not remember. Hannah confronts Kasey about her bogus Curriculum Vitae.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them drinking champagne before at the tip meetings this season.
Wonder if these were the charter guests they were talking about being worse than aerica or whatever. If these weren’t the worst guests this season then I feel bad for them about what’s coming.
I feel like I recognized honey from something else?
I don’t really get Colin’s lack of film time either. Wasn’t he the captain of the ferry to Fire Island? Isn’t that a gay man’s Hamptons? I kind of assumed he was gay. Especially combined with his snappy and ironic dress sense and the draw full of shoes that you can’t wear on a white boat. Then he referenced a girlfriend ghosting him. I had hopes for Colin. I’d much rather he had a story line so we aren’t constantly exposed to Joao’s ‘i’m am an asshole because I come from Zim’ bs.
to jennifer: i luv you. my thoughts exactly
Jennifer, Fire Island is not the gay man’s Hamptons. Cherry Grove on Fire Island is what you are referring to. There are many other parts of Fire Island, it is a very convenient place for Long Island families to head out to, by personal boat and ferry. He comes across to me as a typical south shore LI guy- which, from this LI girl, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He needs more screen time.
i had no idea! that’s actually really informative as i thought fire island was just for gay men on the prowl or couples willing to explore
My sister and her family routinely rented a house for the summer on Fire Island. Many families there.
I don’t think I can get thru this season with this bland cast. Will follow thru with all of your recaps. I love your take on Colin. He seems shy & adorable. The rest of the cast do nothing but irk me.I just may be aging out of Bravo. Hope you celebrate our birthday in style ! xoxo Marc
Wish I could be with you my, love. Maybe one year. In the meantime, let’s stop counting. Send me a painting!
Agreed. Let’s stop counting ! Hope you have something special planned & have a phenominal 2018 ! We both have earned it xo Marc
Great recap- thank you for clearing up what “CV” meant. I’m not as worldly as I thought I was!! I’m enjoying this season. Having been in service for a couple years long ago it does seem that the interior could anticipate some of their needs, but the guests also seem used to a certain level of attendance. Probably raised to expect to be waited on and have never lifted a finger! Spoiled and it’s not attractive.
The rest of the world calls a resume a CV just like they use the metric system. It’s the same thing but with a photo.
I’m not seeing how Sandy hates hannnah. She’s on her but I didn’t think it was anything awful? And she apologized for the candle thing.
Curriculum Vitae, The higher schools of learning use CV as well because latin. Latin is so uppercrust 😬
All I want to know is When do Captain Lee and Kate come back?
A curriculum vitae is a bit different than a resume and the term is used more when applying for International jobs. It usually has a photo and other information that US employers can’t ask about.
I think when it applies to Casey, CV could stand for Contra Veritas. (My “pidgin Latin”).
This episode wasn’t that exciting, but it looks as though next week will be worth watching. Why do people like Kasey think they can get away with exaggerating on their CV’s? It only makes them look less capable when they actually have to do the chores they’re supposed to be familiar with, and instead they look useless. Plus, it looks as though Kasey didn’t just puff things up a bit, she downright lied. I’ve heard people say, “Oh, I’ll fake it ’til I make it”, but the problem is if you don’t have a clue and you’re in an environment which requires excellence, you can’t begin to fake it. Oh, Kasey, you need to get back into dry dock where you belong.
I still think Hannah is crazy hooking up with Conrad. I know he’s cute, but it’s not like they’re stuck in Antarctica for 8 months, they’re on short term charters and it”s just not a good idea to mix work with pleasure. At least, not when you all eat and sleep in the same place.
Brooke is so out of her depth it’s sad. She’s just a little girl who’s stuck in high school mode, and I hope the guys on board don’t take advantage of her. She’s not overtly sexy, unlike some of the other girls we’ve seen on board, so that might protect her a little bit. Plus, she had to have known her sister ‘s wedding would take place while she was gone, so why did she sign up if it upsets her that much? When you hire on for a job like this, or any job really, there are sacrifices you have to make, in terms of your free time and availability for everything family or pleasure related.
Captain Sandy is coming on quite a bit stronger than we saw last season, but I do think the crew is learning a lot about the levels of professionalism expected of them on a yacht of this caliber. Maybe she watched last year’s episodes and thought she was too nice, plus it’s a very fine line to walk between being friendly and being able to be “the boss” and hand out criticism where it’s due. I did it, and sometimes you can’t win for losing. So glad I’m retired. All. I have to worry about pleasing now are my dogs, and they’re easy.
The problem last season with Sandy and Hannah was that Hannah boffed that guest, and then bald faced lied about it to Sandy when she knew her cover was going to be blown. I’m guessing Sandy resents Hannah lying to her, not to mention that hooking up with a guest is a huge no-no.
Frankly it wasn’t Sandy’s bizniz who Hannah hooked up with. Especially after Sandy allowed her friends to fuck up the carpet by wearing heels. Also, the reason Hannah lite up the “new” candles inside was because it was too windy to light outside — that’s the reason the idiots asked for bigger candles cause the ones on the cake wouldn’t light due to the wind.
Sandy claimed on WWHL that the shoe incident was basically just storyline so that Conrad and Hannah could have a “first date” and that shoes are fine in the interior.
In other words, Captain Sandy was just as snarky on WWHL as she was on the show. She wore a T shirt that said, “It’s not about the toast, it’s about the service.”
I get it that some of the passengers are overbearing, but I also believe that when they are spending the kind of crazy money that yachts cost and leaving tips that I could only dream of in my public service days, the crew needs to suck it up and try to anticipate the passengers needs, after the first couple hours you have to kind of get who you are dealing with and then kill them with kindness and do like Adam did, get ahead of the game, because that’s what it is sometimes, playing ” head” games. 😜
I’m with englishrose, retired and keeping my dogs happy! No tips, just kisses!!
I miss Kate and Captain Lee!! By far the best duo there is!
I listened to a podcast today that had Hannah on. Being service industry myself, when you think about the number of hours of service the guests demanded it came out to about $13 an hour. If you want 5* service and want to run peoples asses off you better be ready to pay for that kind of service.
Those guests were way too demanding and annoying to leave that low of tip
thirteen dollars an hour in a tax free zone is pretty good. Plus they were literally paying $156 an hour for TWELVE PEOPLE one of whom’s only job is to drive the boat. I don’t tip the pilot of the plane or the flight attendants. Plus there is the Bravo checks. Hannah needs to stop whining.
Agreed! Also how come I can’t find anything on social media about the guests?
Why would you you be drilling down on the guests? That seems odd.
I love the below decks series but this season is just uncomfortable to watch
Wow, when Hannah gets horny, she is a different person. I cannot believe she was sitting there with her shirt open like that. In a haze.
These guests seemed like they were purposefully asking for something else every time just to be difficult.
What an asshole that woman was when giving the tip.
Ugh. Kasey just gets worse with each episode. Finding out that her CV ( thanks for that TT) was completely fabricated makes sense. The girl shouldn’t be in the service industry much less on a mega yacht with demanding guests.
Totally agree on Colin. He’s cute, funny and needs more screen time.
I’m mixed on Captain Sandy although I thought it was nice that she apologized to Hannah for her extreme, albeit understandable, reaction to the fire alarm.
You would think that after getting the job Kasey would learn how to do a few things that she states she already knows. I loved her definition of a “Barista”. Sorry not sorry but she should get fired asap. I do not see how the guys think she is “hot”.
Lastly the guests were HORRIBLE. Way too high maintenance. They reminded me of people (me included) being in first class for the first time. You order as much as possible whether you really want it or not. I knew that they were going to be cheap with the tip (not me). I truly believe that know matter what they were not going to be happy and that they wanted to see how much they could get out of the crew.
I completely forgot about her definition of a barista. Lol. Apparently I’m a barista too!
Aren’t we all ;). I guess flushing a toilet would also qualify me as a plumber as well.
First timers in First Class was a great description of the guests. It seemed almost a game. These are the kind of people who run waiters ragged, asking for something else every time their last request is brought. This type are lousy tippers as well.
I saw Sandy for a couple of minutes on WWL. She claimed she had no idea what the guests were doing to the crew and said if she knew she’d have done something. I don’t believe her for a minute on either count. Her behavior toward Hannah over the fire alarm was almost inexcusable — dragged her away in front of the guests to yell at her. Not professional — just like criticizing the crew when her friends were on the boat.
My first time in first class I really tried not to be a bother. Now that I have a billion miles because I haven’t been able to fly much with Banjo being a major cunt and unfit for human interaction, just like his mama, I am stacking miles like crazy. And when I do fly, I ask for whatever I want.
After my last, and I do mean LAST return to the US via Miami International, I paid for a first class upgrade for the very short hop to Atlanta. I was the only person in first. It was delightful and my flight attendant was thrilled I just wanted to drink and be left alone. I don’t even remember if warm nuts and hot wash cloths were involved. I just needed some space. You can read about that misery here… http://tamaratattles.com/2013/06/27/my-customs-interragation-story-aka-mia-airport-sucks-donkey-ass/
TT there is a difference between asking for what you want and being a total a hole. I’m sure when you were flying first you asked for drinks whenever you wanted a new one (who wouldn’t they are free) and not running the stewardess ragged for things you don’t really want or need. These people were either just low class or imo used to being babied and pampered by their parents like those we used to see on my super sweet sixteen just kinda grown up
Totally agree. In addition, the biggest complainer said, I don’t eat a lot, I just taste alittle bit of everything. Order then either Tapas or a Charcuterie board. I glad Adam did not make Gazpacho, they would of sent that back to the kitchen.
From my understanding, before they can even get hired as yacht crew, everyone goes through basic training at one of the yachtie schools. That training for stews not only includes barista but first aide, survival, and fire fighting.
Kasey was hired to be on a tv show. Her experience is as a cocktail waitress on a booze cruise.
You are mostly right. But they do send them to classes before they can take the job. Safety stuff mostly. Clearly they don’t teach how to do laundry, make a bed or make a bloody mary.
I did notice that on Kasey’s CV she claimed to be CAPABLE of doing laundry — among other duties. She did not say she had experience. But SHE LIED about that too. She is NOT capable of doing laundry. Mama did her baby no favors by doing her laundry for her all these years. These jobs are in such high demand that there must be hundreds of beautiful AND capable women who applied. And, I am not being mean, but given the yachtie pool, Kasey is not that good-looking. Prettier than average, But only if she were of above-average intelligence. I would be PISSED if I paid for world-class service and got Motel 6 and Denny’s service (Adam is tops). But I assume the guests must sign a release to be filmed so they must have an inkling of what they are getting into.
They do indeed get a discount and a modest discount on the trip depending on how desperate producers are to find someone to pay for a certain charter date.
I guess I am the ignorant country girl with hay seed in my hair. I’ve never encountered people as rude and
demanding as these so-called guests. I can’t believe they haven’t been programmed by production to act as vulgar and rude and demanding as they can. The guests know they are going to be on television, don’t they? They probably tell their friends and family to watch. Are they proud of such behavior? All this season the guests have been obnoxious, too much so to be real. The crew seems to be on their first trip, the only one who knows his business is the chef. And the little snow-flake whinning about missing her sisters wedding needs to suck it up. I swear we are producing a generation of entitled little snots. The blond stew should have been let go after the first trip, she’s just creating a huge work load for the rest of them.
I totally agree with you. Kasey acts very entitled.
She should have split her tip between the other stews and Jamie, who did virtually all of her work on the first trip. She does not have good character; just entitlement.
It made me irrationally angry to see that insipid dimwit serve vodka and plain tomato juice 3/4 fill glass and serve as a Bloody Mary. She even said that she had made them with Bloody Mary mix before tho it did not occur to her to put a little salt, pepper, horseradish maybe? A friggin piece of celery or a lemon? I just don’t believe she could be that dumb. And J-wow or whatever the hell his name is makes my skin crawl.
And while I am on a roll I think Sandy sucks as a captain. Last season’s anchor chain tangle never, ever should have happened . That was 100% Sandy’s fuck up. She is way too informal with her crew and that is why they slack off and are often insubordinate. A ship like that should be run with military like discipline and respect for the chain of command. The chief stew outranks the lead deck hand so J-wow should have had his ass handed to him for the way he spoke to Hanna. Ok, I’ll shut up now. As soon as I say that Adam never should have been invited back given that he admitted giving a guest who hated onions onions in several dishes just for spite. Dick!
PS, thank you for allowing swears. I feel a little better after my rant.
Kasey’s explanation of barista training cracked me up! Absolutely no way she knows how to do silver service. I learned how to do it back in England 20 years ago. I don’t think many people learn it nowadays.
I’m not sure what ‘silver service’ is …………..but isn’t it just common fucking sense that people need utensils to eat. I mean….has she never set a table for family dinner/holiday/pick nick….anything? Does she eat with her hands? And she’s not only useless……….but a big fat liar!! Off the boat!
She put the placemat under the served dish. Ugh. I know she was hired for the drama but to not have a clue as to how bad you’re going to look on TV is beyond my comprehension.
She should walk the plank!
Is it just me or is that guy staring at Hannah’s ass while she attends the cake?
I think Colin gets no air time because he is normal and quiet and does his job. What is the fun in that?
Seriously, I would love to see more of him, he could even be the Greek chorus, that would be awesome and maybe help us all get through this season.
The Colin as Greek chorus idea is GENIUS.
Could someone explain what the abacus looking thing in the galley is all about?
We are all dying to know!
Yes! I couldn’t find the words to describe properly, thank you!
I think it’s what they store the coffee pods in.
Yeah, I just stalked hannah’s timeline. She has a photo. Its a board with three wavy grooves that the Nespresso pods are stored in. Hannah is a big fan of Nespresso. Mystery SOLVED.
Which means 3rd stew whats her face is too fucking stupid to do Nespresso, that she only has “Barista” training on a Keurig! (I have a Keurig… it does not do espresso)
Charcuterie Board, Tapas, Cheese and Whine etc.. Was this the group who wanted Don Jolio 1942? If so they only had one shot. I wonder what the guest say when they see how they act? I have been flying “First Class” for awhile since ny back was broken, BUT, I was hated by the crew the whole flight. The Captain was flirting with me and bought my cocktails the whole flight. Gave the crew my business card for them to give to the Captain and watch them throw it away. In my final words, I would of “Fired” myself I acted the way Kasey did or didn’t do. Have a Great day Ya’ll.