Below Deck

Oh, to be back

- Oh, to be back in the Caribbean. I'm excited.

Yachting is like a relationship.

It's a lot of work, a lot of fun.

Whoo!

- A lot of sneaking onto the boat in last night's clothes.

If I have any angst,

it's about the new crew.

I've never seen such a collective group

of f---ing idiots in my life.

It's like mixing fire and gasoline.

- We're gonna go bow to stern. As far as last charter season,

I've matured a lot, but every so often,

the freak likes to come out and play a bit.

No.

Uhhhh?

This is my first season.

I want to prove myself.

- How much soap did you put in the washers?

Not much, why?

I love traveling. That's what I live for.

Ironically, I've never been south of Orlando.

- The lifestyle of yachties is very nomadic.

It's very just out there, so I fit in really well.

- A lot of people think I'm a shy nice guy.

Oh, we have cockroaches.

- What, are you a Buddhist? Kill it.

- But get a couple drinks in me...

I would totally lick her balloon knot.

What?

Hello, darlings.

How I define myself is a ghetto gypsy diva.

I would rather scrub

the same piece of metal for 8 hours in the Caribbean sun

than spend 15 minutes on a computer.

- Then you're gonna go around. - F--- this stupid knot.

My dream since kid was always to get out

of Portugal and work on a yacht.

Watch the ski. No, do not get on that.

Get off that. I previously worked

for the biggest cruise ships in the world.

- This is ridiculous. - And I realized

that size doesn't matter.

- I'm just gonna reach in and grab this one.

- Oh, look at that. Not even a clue.

- This is my second stab at yachting.

The first time, someone stole my clothes.

The cops got involved, and then I just quit 'cause it was awful.

Too much too early. I'm one beer deep.

Give me 12 more. This one's gonna go a lot better though.

- Yachting is unpredictable. - Whoa, hot tub's overflowing.

It's exhausting.

- I can't move these two fingers.

- And it takes some experience if you want it done right.

- You're quite bitter all the time.

Excuse me?

- I'll take my stripes, and you can f---ing put it up your ass.

You f---ing behave.

- Get your f---ing-- - Guys, guys, guys.

- We're gonna f---ing hit him. - Brace yourself.

- Watch the bow! Watch the bow! Watch the bow!

- I need the string line. - Catastrophe.

God damn it!

- I actually think I like yachting more now

that I only do it a few times a year,

because it's kind of hooking up with an ex.

I don't want to recommit to it,

but I don't mind having a little 6-week fling just for the tips.

- Hello. - Kate. How you doing, kiddo?

- Good. - You look lovely as usual.

- Thank you. I love our new uniform shirts.

Yeah.

- "Valor" again, huh? - Yeah.

We're familiar with it, so... - Yeah.

Working for Captain Lee is a dream.

I know what to expect.

- We've got nine charters. - All right.

I've been doing it for so long it's almost easy for me.

And as you see--I mean,

the marina's chock full. - Yeah.

- We didn't really have a lot to choose from for crew,

so the cream of the crop is pretty much taken.

In the last 5 years, you get all these Hollywood types,

Wall Street pricks, building these gigantic,

ginormous giga-yachts, sucking up all the good crew.

You've got one stew with some experience and one with zero.

You know where everything's at here.

- Yeah. - Nothing you can't handle.

- Yeah. - We'll pick up tomorrow.

- Hello? Is this the galley? Hello? Hey.

- Hi, how are you? - How are you doing?

Matt.

- Kate. - Nice to meet you, Kate.

- You are the... - Chef.

- Okay, great. - Yeah.

- I learned how to cook in Ontario through great chefs

like Susur Lee out of Toronto, Matt Carmichael,

so I can get any chef job possible,

but working on yachts is a more intimate process.

You get to know the charter guests,

and if I can make them happy, I've done my job.

- So how long have you been yachting?

6 years.

- Where are you from originally? - Ottawa, Canada.

- You don't sound that Canadian. - No, I've been living off

and on in the States for about 5 years.

- Matt's tall. He's handsome. He's from Canada, which is,

like, a G-rated country,

so, like, at worst when he's mad he's gonna be like,

"Oh, I'm not gonna hug you as much."

- Do you have any food restrictions?

Like a gluten or a vegan?

No, I like my steaks rare.

I love carbs. - Nice.

- I guess all you need is one crew member

to be gluten-free.

If there's a yoga mat, you're probably screwed.

- Hi. - Hi.

- How you doing? Matt. - Matt? Brianna.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- What's your position onboard? - Stewardess.

Cool. Oh, my God. Brianna.

She is, um-- - Awesome.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- She's beautiful. - Hi.

- Hi. - Brianna.

- Kate. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- Stewardess? - Stewardess, yeah.

- Okay, cool. - Yeah.

I've never been the type of person to plan my 10-year goal.

I just trust in the universe to guide me.

- Have you worked on boats before?

Yes, for the past 2 years

I've been doing it on and off.

I backpacked Central America by myself,

spent four months in Kauai off the grid,

so yachting is just convenient for my nomadic lifestyle.

- Want to go ahead and change? We've got deliveries.

Put stuff away. Laundry's kind of a disaster.

And we have guests arriving tomorrow.

- I don't love the maid aspect of working on yachts,

but if I get to be that 1%

to jump on a yacht and travel around,

I'll be a maid.

Great.

That's broken.

Hey.

Just checking out this one.

This is your rookie.

She's from Jacksonville.

- "I like big boats and I cannot lie?"

I'm glad she likes 'em.

- Hi. - Hi.

- And you are? - Bruno.

- Bruno? This is your chief stew, Kate.

- Hi. - Hi.

It's always been my dream to work on a yacht, and I made it.

- So, Bruno, where are you from? - Portugal.

- Oh, nice. - Yeah.

Well, here's your uniform.

You will take starboard forward cabin.

Okay, starboard forward cabin.

Starboard forward.

Starboard forward. Starboard forward.

But starboard forward?

I don't even know what that means, to be honest.

I think this is it.

This sucker is big. Okay.

Oh, goodness.

As long as I can remember,

I've had this very strange obsession with boats.

This is so pretty.

- Hello. Hi. - Hi.

Can you help me with my bags really quick?

I actually dated a guy just because he had a boat.

It's like having an orgasm.

Like, that's how real my obsession is.

- I'll bring it down to your cabin.

Hi.

- Hi. - Kate.

- Jen. - Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - Okay, so you're

my other stewardess, right?

- Yes. I've always wanted a career in yachting,

but I was living in Hawaii working for a 64-foot catamaran,

and I found out I was pregnant.

- Have you ironed very much? - Yes.

I am a mom too, so--

- Oh, you are? - Yes.

I have an 8-year-old little girl.

- What's her name? - Isabella.

- Is it hard to leave her for 6 weeks?

- Yeah, absolutely. I'll miss her.

I had a child, moved back home to Florida,

and started working at a bank. My dream job?

Yeah, I had to put that on hold for 10 years.

Okay. Thanks, Kate.

- Bruno? - Yes?

- Do you think that you could move to the forward cabin?

Oh, yeah. Sure.