![]() ![]() The franchise seems to have found particular appeal with the charter crowd. He came on the show to see how a large yacht charter unfolds and as a fan. “They kind of just go away in the background,” says Purcell, who owns a 21-metre yacht that occasionally charters. Jerry Purcell, a guest with McCoy in Tahiti, says some in their group were bothered by the microphones and cameras, but he quickly forgot about them. You don’t ever see any of the drama that happens below deck.” So, while the bosun was struggling to communicate with his deck team and the third stewardess was feeling ostracised by the chief and second stews, “we had zero idea”, says McCoy. “The weather was perfect, the group of people we had was great, and we did every water sport and activity that we could that was offered by My Seanna (now Starship). ![]() Her second time on the show, in Tahiti, was her favourite. “Everybody treats you based on your preference sheets. “Even though there are cameras everywhere and you’re being mic’ed, it is very much like a real charter,” she says. Invited by her clients, she’s appeared in two episodes. Yacht broker Shannon McCoy, of Worth Avenue Yachts, was one of the gracious ones. My Seanna will be returning for season nine of Below Deck. “How they choose to interact with the crew is up to them, and while some charter guests are wonderful and gracious, some are not.” Guests pay to be there like any other charter, says Bravo’s Levine. Glidewell has seen some of the shows and, like Vibe-Petersen, says the charterers are not like his yacht’s typical guests – he calls them “adult spring breakers”. “I think if people don’t take that charter money, they’re wrong.” ” He’s hoping to repeat the experience with one of his two current superyachts in a future season. ![]() Captain Lee handled it great, but I had a first mate and an engineer on board for backup. He has nothing but good things to say about the experience. The 46-metre Admiral Marine appeared under her own name, and the exposure even attracted a buyer. ![]() The owner of Ohana (now Rhino), Jim Glidewell, had no such qualms. BG, however, had the stage name Valor as Genovese didn’t want his boat associated with the show. They paid me a million dollars, they fixed the damage that, my crew got the opportunity to have time off, and it made sense for me.” In the end, “the overall feeling was it was good for the boat, and everybody had an enjoyable experience”. “They kept on asking and asking and we came to an agreement.”Ĭredit: Virginia Sherwood/Bravo/ NBCU Photo Bank/ NBC Universal via Getty Images “We thought maybe this was the wrong signal to send out to the market and that it could disturb the very good reputation that Parsifal III has.” But persistence won out. “At first, we didn’t want to do it,” he says. “Some may be more assertive than others or have a specific way they like to lead or be led, and we see that all play out on the show.”Īll of which concerned Kim Vibe-Petersen before his 54-metre Perini Navi Parsifal III became the star of the first season of Below Deck Sailing. Whereas captains hire crew members who focus on synergy, the show hires an ensemble cast with a wide range of personalities and backgrounds, says Shari Levine, Bravo’s executive vice-president of current production. “I’ve been in the industry and what you see on television is happening in real life,” he says, although he acknowledges that personalities clash a bit more on television than they do on boats. He found the experience true to life – and a lot of fun. Credit: Ali Goodwin/ Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBC Universal via Getty Images ![]()
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