So after a quick check-in with the Iowa Caucus (GO PETE!) I am ready to tackle my first Below Deck Sailing Yacht Recap! But, I am fading fast as I went gallivanting in THE WORLD today for six whole hours and had so much fun but am worn slap out.
YAY, I could not be happier to see Ciara a red-haired female deckhand. I love me a red-haired female deckhand. I like this crew already; it’s only been two minutes but they have potential. And it seems like there are a lot of them. I just had to pause and add a few I didn’t know about until the introductions rolled.
Captain Glenn has been running the Parsifal III for ten years! Apparently, the charter season is only three months out of the year. There other nine months Paget, the first mate and Ciara the head stew help Captain Glenn keep the boat prepared for the next charter season. Oh and Paget and Ciara are fucking have been dating for four years. So apparently since they were twelve.
Charter Mode
During charter, Ciara is going to be a deckhand working under Paget. Um… you know what I mean. Adam shows up to be the chef. After he left Below Deck the last time he drove around the country living in a van with his dog for a year. Now he needs a paycheck I suppose. He’s single but not overly interesting in mingling. Jenna is a chief stew from Canada. Captain Glenn is also Canookian. Perhaps this will be a nice kind happy Canookian franchise full of people with manners. And Adam.
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Madison is the second stew. She seems high maintenance. And maybe just high in general. Wait, if the Captain and the couple have been on the boat with not guests for nine months, why isn’t the boat all set up for the first charter? What the hell have they been doing? Georgia shows up and she is from South Africa. She’s third stew. Let’s hope South African women are less annoying than South African men. We also learn that Paget is British.
Settling In
The Captain and Ciara work together lug in Madison’s giant hard shell suitcase. This is a bad look for many reasons but the suitcase will take up way too much space on the boat. Byron is the chief engineer. He’s worked on the boat with the captain previously. Byron is married with a one year old daughter. Parker is a deckhand who already seems overconfident. He’s been a deckhand before but not on a super yacht. He is roomies with Adam whose first comment to him was “I often go to bed smelling like garlic.”
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Jenna fits perfectly into the hardass chief stew role. She’s a Kate for sure. Ciara has never been to school. She was homeschooled and she has been living and working on sailboats since she was 15. Adam and Jenna seem to be hitting it off but I am not sure how long that will actually last. Adam says exactly what I said earlier. What have Paget and Ciara been doing for the last nine months. It’s looks like their very message personal apartment. Jenna and Adam are already bonding over their annoyance with the love birds.
Making Allies
Captain Glenn addresses the crew by saying he is a pretty laid back person. Adam points out that he is the opposite of Sandy. That’s a good thing. Captain Glenn says he expects his department heads to handle all the personality conflicts unless absolutely necessary to speak to him. No mention of the fact that the entire boat is filled to the ceiling in every room with linens and deck cushions and miscellaneous crap. They don’t even have room for the provisions. It’s insane.
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The charter guests are a family of rich people with two grown kids. And a couple who got married the day before they are being picked up. No pressure. But when the guests arrive only four are walking down the dock. Runaway bride? The story is their flight is late. I just realized that they are in Greece. Why can’t we have Abbi on season two?
Donkey Dick?
Paget who has been on this boat for at least a year, somehow never figured out how to turn on the hot tub. Or even considered that hot tubs need to be turned on when guests are going to be on board. After five minutes of sailing the take the sails down.
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Donkey Dick is apparently it is a technical sailing term for.. the track the sail has to fit in. Or…something. Well, one of the sails came out of the donkey dick and everything is already FUBAR and the newlyweds haven’t even found the boat yet.
Eventually, they do show up. They are drunk, as one should be in Greece. Apparently, they were supposed to marry in Vegas but somehow they missed their own wedding? Perhaps Captain Glenn can marry them? They are not making sense. They didn’t go to Vegas because some president was somewhere? I’m not the only one who has no idea what they are talking about. Then, they decide they want the captain to marry them. Right now. This has to be scripted and the plan all along, right? Or not. they don’t see to be acting.
To Be Continued…
I like this show and having Adam as a familiar face makes it all the better. So far, I’m impressed. Apparently, the captain is not. He asks for someone’s resignation. I fear it is Jenna. Sure she’s kind of a bitch, but she is the only one who really seems to know her job besides Adam.
I was really kind of already getting attached to Jenna, she does seem to know her shit. I was also happy to see Adam, I really liked his food. Madison is a bit much for me already. I kind of like how mellow the captain is so far. I also am super amazed at how big that sail boat is. It is kind of a maze I think but it looks really cool to me. I’ll watch.
TT, one of the comments Ciara made is that they replaced the teak deck. When Byron came on, the Captain referred to an overhaul renovation. That is why the boat is a shitshow. I’m definitely down for this one.
Yes, I caught that too. And since it is real and not engineered, they probably had to get the wood acclimated to the boat (meaning the unfinished wood just has to sit there before you install, stain, and vanish. At least that is what I know people do for wood floors that are on LAND. There might be extra steps for a boat) If that teak was throughout the entire boat – well, furniture and shit moved everywhere. And since you couldn’t close it up … the weather outside would have to be good (not good if you varnish new wood, then discover it is raining outside or something.
Honestly, noticed some rust on the anchor hole too.
For some reason, Jenna gave me a total Adrienne vibe. I love Madison, but it is probably because I am a Madison and I know how annoying we can be. Aside from a healthy dose of xanax, nothing will calm us down. Really looking forward to this show and more Adam. Thanks for the great recap! And I died laughing when Kate was acting like a yacht guest in the commercials.
All the caffeine and candy might fuel that self-described Energizer Bunny. I bet inside half that hard-case suitcase looks like the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh god, not Adrienne. Who has come out on ASHTON’S side. She’s so fucking jealous of Kate… so thirsty.
I actually like Adrienne, so this is disappointing news. 🙁
I was disappointed too. Some of her tweets made me ill. Hashtags of Team Ashton, retweets of articles saying that Kate absolutely bullied Simone, has bullied everyone. Says how “proud” she was that Ashton removed himself from the final crew party, etc. She’s retweeting other Bravo Below Deck stuff like CRAZY. Her bio has always bragged that she IS the OG Chief Stew, leaving out that she was quickly replaced by Kate. Also, she was JUST as hard on Kat as Kate has been on her stews that can’t perform.
Yeah, this looks like a food one. I like Adam. Happy to see his pretty face. He was on WWHL and Jenna was in the audience. They teased about them having hooked up, and Jenna was really embarrassed. It’s possible they are a couple.
I hope so. He was glowing. Sucker for love right here!,
A “good” one, not a “food” one. Sorry for not reading before posting.
If I was a primary on that sailing boat & saw chef Adam I would want my money back.
Why? I remember him as being decent. Remind me about his cooking?
After watching it was my feeling was along the lines of “oh no not another one”. BD fatigue has set in.
Why did Kate have to show her face in a pop up? That was really not necessary. I’m a bit over her
Initial impression…love the captain. We shall see if his laid back nature is self proclaimed or true.
Mine was YAY FOR SAIL BOATS!
So I evidently set my DVR to record this before my Bravo boycott. I’ve been watching Netflix and prime and streaming instead of watching cable. So I guess my cable company did some sort of reset when I fell asleep to Netflix. I couldn’t find the guide to delete the series recording so I was going to delete from the actual episode that recorded. I fast forwarded to the end to the part where the color changes on the part where the commercials at the very end. I was starting to fast forward that part to get to the part where it asks if you want to delete the single episode or the entire series, and it wasn’t a commercial yet- it was the preview of next weeks episode. There was a blonde guy (grown man) saying “are you laughing at me because I still breastfeed from my mother?” OMGGGG! Someone please tell me if this is true!! What the actual F?! I really don’t want to break my stride with my boycott but I MUST know what this about and if it’s true!!! 😳
I think he is referring to being financially supported by his mom. He grew up sailing camps in the summer. He’s a pretty boy. He looks like a pussy. Most likely was in a frat and wore sweater vests and bow ties. Started fights but never finished the the. His mom most likely still pays his phone bill and insurance and buys his clothes. You know, he’s really a pussy… that kind of guy.
Wow. Just said it for you IJC. WOW! Shaking my head.
Thanks, @ Charlie. I’m guessing it was a lost in translation thing like English isn’t the guy’s first language? Him being on his mother’s financial teat makes more sense. But just watching the preview freaked me out! Let’s just say it gave me a really bad visual! Lol!
And yes, @Kipper, WOW was my reaction! 😂
More previews for the Reunion have been posted on the Bravo TV website. Captain Lee walks off. This is going to be a shit show reunion, guys are “Sorry, not sorry.”. I’m concerned I will hate it all and there will be no resolutions.
Oooops, sorry Tamara, posted this on the wrong Below Deck post.
Would anyone care to rate the Below Deck Chefs? Mine is Ben, Adrian, Adam, Kevin Dobson, Canadian guy a few years back who had a deckhand help him cook I forget his name, and Last but not least Leon. Have I forgotten any chefs? Also why does it say on this page click here for future Below deck sailing recaps? Is this show not going to be popular enough or what?
I’m not even watching anymore but you did forget one chef… the Cordon Bleu trained MILA with the Old El Paso taco shells who was so bad that the third stew had to take over! Lol! Although, I’m pretty sure that was all scripted! She was the worst!
Are we talking Food or Fuckability. I liked Leon. Foodwise I would put him above Kevin and Canadian guy for sure. I think I would put Adrian before Ben. I think Adam is the most fuckable, He doesn’t seem very into sex though. I’d hit Leon. Hell no on the rest.
The link is oddly name because I needed Below Deck Yachting links in this post but there was noting to link to yet. But from now on all the BDY posts will be at the end of that link.