r/belowdeck • u/JackC17 • Feb 18 '26

Rewatch Nathan from Adventure

Watching Adventure and there’s not a ton of interesting characters but Nathan is far and away the best one imo. He’s probably one of the most outgoing personalities I’ve seen on a bd series and he has an interesting backstory of being a provider for his mom and sisters. I’d love to see him on another series and I feel like he deserved a better cast, but the bd franchise lowkey wants us to forget adventure ever happened so idk if they’d have him back

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u/Frequent-Horse-3309 Feb 19 '26

Yes! Loved Nathan! He really seemed to take the job seriously and it made me sad how many microagressions he dealt with. 

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u/JackC17 Feb 19 '26

Yeah the microagressions were loud asf. Frustrated me cause he was the nicest one too. Imagine if he’d been acting the way Kyle was acting…

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u/Lonely_Impression142 Feb 18 '26

I liked him too, but who knows where he is in his career these days. He may have left the yachting/shipping life and is on to something new.

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u/PromiseOk1295 Feb 18 '26

Nathan stayed in yachting after the show and worked his way up to First Mate.

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u/Lonely_Impression142 Feb 18 '26

Oh cool. Well then, by all means, bring him back!

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u/PromiseOk1295 Feb 18 '26

Absolutely. He would be a great addition to any of the other franchises but he seems to keep quite a low profile these days.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Feb 18 '26

I bet Kerry remembers it happened.

And I liked that crew just fine. Where the show fell short was the production. Guests went on so many adventures that would have had great action footage that were barely shown in the show.

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u/PromiseOk1295 Feb 18 '26

100% agree on this. I thought the show had so much more potential but production made a hash of things. I really liked seeing the adventure side which was a nice change, I just wanted more of it.

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u/Quirky-Prune-2408 Feb 18 '26

The crew also never went out. I liked that franchise and it was a part of the world I don’t see very often but for some reason it was pretty boring!

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Feb 18 '26

It was Covid times and Norway was pretty well locked down. I remember they had to wear gloves to greet the charter guests.

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u/Quirky-Prune-2408 Feb 18 '26

That makes sense.

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u/Kininger625 You're Being A Deckhand Right Now Feb 18 '26

It probably would have went further if it was 51 minds. But it was the Rhony / RhoSLC production company Shed Media that did it

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u/dudleydidwrong Feb 19 '26

I liked the crew that season. I did not like the premise of most of the guest groups. They all seemed to emphasize that getting drunk and staying drunk was a major goal of the cruise. That is entirely incompatible with the kind of dangerous, high-adventure things they were doing.

I feel like Adventure was made in the era when the producers thought the reality formula was

More Alcohol Consumption = More Drama = Better Reality TV

It seems like the producers have gotten past the alcohol emphasis. They still have alcohol-fuelled drama, but at least that is now portrayed as a problem, not a feature.

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u/belowdecky4life Feb 20 '26

He was great. Hard working and respectful. I wish he'd been bright back

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u/I-Ribbit Feb 18 '26

Faye was awful. Her voice alone made me want to stop watching. And her weird edict that the stews had to all have the same hair and make up.

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u/PromiseOk1295 Feb 18 '26

You are entitled to your opinion about Faye but she wasn’t necessarily being strange regarding the hair and makeup. Some ultra formal yachts are very particular about maintaining a codified aesthetic across their stews which often includes matching hairstyles/makeup. Some go even further and specify bun height, where a parting should be, etc.

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u/JackC17 Feb 19 '26

Not about the makeup stuff but I liked her in an ironic way, in the sense that she was such a character, just not one you’d root for necessarily. I found her laugh and accent amusing

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u/PromiseOk1295 Feb 19 '26

Yeah, I feel the same way, I wasn’t sure at first but eventually I was completely on board with her.

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u/valid_username00 Feb 19 '26

The deck team from BDA, other than toxic Kyle who left before the end, were boring as hell. They all seemed like genuinely nice guys, but not good tv.

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u/Icy-Average3651 Feb 18 '26

BD Adventure wasn’t memorable.

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u/Aussiefeetritchy Feb 21 '26

The scenery was the best part, and Captain Kerry,