Below Deck Mediterranean

I'm on top of the world!

- The Med is definitely the hub of yachting.

- It's so exotic, and the water is beautiful.

- The Med is the playground for the rich

and the place that "it" people want to be seen.

We have Mykonos to the north,

Santorini to the south.

Ready to go now. - Go, go, go, go.

- Every time we drop anchor, it'll be someplace

different for them.

- Oh, lock it down, lock it down.

My ideal deckhand is the yes-man.

- We have to win together, we have to lose together.

Work hard, play harder.

- That's the name of the game, Bobby.

And I'm just ready to win.

Cheers.

- On boats, everyone thinks their role

is the most important.

But obviously, it's the chief stews.

It's very cute, guys.

When we're on charter, it's perfect, or it's nothing.

Off charter, I can shake my booty with the best of them.

- Hey, Jen. - Oh!

A mangin--

I have a reputation as a playboy.

I'm 6'5, I've got a little bit of muscle,

so a lot of people don't know that I'm a nerd.

What the--

- I like "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" and '80s music.

- Where are you from, Tiffany? - Uh, Jupiter, Florida.

People are shocked that I'm a scientist,

especially since I'm in yachting

and not really using my degree.

But then I can teach them how much blue whales ejaculate.

Whoo!

- Every since I got into the industry,

I've been kicking some butt.

I've actually worked on Marc Anthony's boat.

Thank you.

- I'm just offering five-star service.

What the guests want, they receive.

- He has got way more game than you do!

I'm the charter king, baby!

Boom shakalaka!

- I want to hear your best American accent.

My last name is Julia d'Albert Pusey,

but people like to pronounce it...

I'm English, but I am not reserved.

I mean, it's not like I'm

a little flower wall, you know?

Wallflower? Or is it flower wall?

A wallflower--I'm not that.

- What do you girls talk about in your room?

You get those girly conversations?

- We just have sex. - Oh, damn.

Being a female deckhand,

they tend to not give you the hard responsibilities.

- Jen, you got it? - I got it.

With complete confidence, I say that I'm the most experienced.

You can't compare me to the other guys on deck.

- This is Ben. He is the man.

Cheers, everyone.

Having trained in Europe and chartering

in the Mediterranean, the guests are a little more

demanding than in the Caribbean.

And it's less of a dog and pony show.

Can you stop using the word "entree"?

- Well, we're in Europe, okay?

- Don't use the word "entree" ever again.

Being on a yacht is a volatile social climate.

- Is something burning? - Holy sháá.

- Danny's unconscious on the out deck.

EMT's coming to examine him.

- Okay, copy that. Bobby, you're here.

It's just crazy.

I've never seen anything like it.

- How's it going? - Very well, Mark Howard.

- Lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you, as well.

- I am thoroughly excited to be here.

I feel much more at home here.

I trained in Italy,

which is very similar to what we're getting

here in Greece.

Oh, this is all right.

Since Motor Yacht "EROS," I have continued to cook,

do catered events, and I think the older you get,

the more knowledgeable you become.

So in just have so much more to give.

- We'll get, uh, chief stew down here to say hi.

And I expect her at any time.

- Hi. - Hello.

- How are you? - Very well, how are you?

- Good, I'm Hannah. - I'm Ben, nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you. - How's it going?

You're the chief stew?

- I am. - Very cool.

Where have you just come from?

- I've come from south of France.

The Mediterranean is a really familiar place for me.

I've worked here for five years.

I've been all over Corsica, Sardinia, the Amalfi Coast.

It's really sad, actually,

'cause I'm at anchor in Corsica or something,

and I sit there going like,

"Ugh, fáááing Corsica again. Really?"

You speak French yet?

Not very well. - Yeah.

It does help to have pretty girls in the galley.

Bit of eye candy walking around, you know?

Is the Captain on board?

- I think he was the Captain. - Yeah?

- I'm just kidding. Yeah, he is.

- Nice to meet you. I'm Mark Howard.

- Nice to meet you, too. - Welcome aboard.

- Thank you very much. Good to be aboard.

- So we do have our charter starting tomorrow around noon.

Really?

To set up a boat with a brand-new crew

and then pick up charter guests

in a day-- it's just unheard of.

- You girls are gonna be very busy today.

- Okay. - There's not a lot on the boat.

There's provisioning to be done.

Okay.

- But you seem perfectly capable to just jump right into it.

Great.

You should have at least a month before the guests are coming.

Like, are you fáááing kidding me?

I'm gonna go and have a quick look around.

Okay, please do.

- Hello? Anyone?

Oh, my God.

Whoa.

- Hey, what's up? - Hey, how are you?

- Bryan. - And what position are you?

- Boatswain. - Very cool.

- How old is this boat? My God.

Look at this. - Maybe, like, 100 years old?

Yeah, right?

When I first started yachting, I didn't know

a porthole from a poop deck.

I've worked my way up, 'cause I've worked hard.

And I've gotten the respect of my superiors.

And five years later, I'm actually captaining

day charters on 60-foot yachts.

- Pleasure meeting you. - Yeah, likewise, man.

- Yeah. - Let's have fun, huh?

- Are you my chief stew? - I'm your chief stew.

- Yeah! Hi.

- Okay, what do you want me to do?

Is this clean or do--no. - No, strip.

Right, okay.

This is one Greek boat.

It's, honest to God, one of the most hideous boats

I've ever worked on.

I was trained on the best yachts in the Mediterranean,

but you got to work with what you've got.

So we'll do our best,

and hopefully the guests will be happy.

- I don't want to be rude, but it's a little bit gaudy.

- It's really gaudy. Oh, you just wait.

- It's like Liberace's gone mad

and vomited all over the boat.

- Look at the vomiting swan. - Oh, my.

It's bad.

I don't even know what to say.

I'm a little bit speechless, if we're honest.

- All right, fááá. Let's do this.

- Captain. - Well, hello!

- How you doing? - Very well.

You must be Bryan. - I'm Bryan.

Bryan Kattenburg. - Nice to meet you.

I've been a yacht captain for almost 30 years.

I've chartered boats across the south Pacific

and all over the Med and all over the Caribbean.

Even though the responsibilities are immense,

and sometimes it gets a little stressful,

I really do love the job.

We've got a Greek boatswain, who speaks English.

But there's just not enough direct communication

between the boatswain and me.

And I've been looking through your CV,

and I see you've got 100 ton U.S. Coast Guard license.

Yes, sir.

- What I'd like to do is offer you

the Chief Mate's position on the boat.

- Is that right? - Mm-hmm.

Okay.

- This would be a probationary period.

We do have our charter starting tomorrow around noon.

So we've got a lot of work to do.

Somebody's not doing their job the way that it should be done,

then I'm gonna come to you. - Absolutely.

I'm happy to accept the challenge.

This is my first time managing a team this big

on this caliber of a yacht.

And I want the Captain to know 100%

that I can be his guy to go to.

To me, losing's not an option.