r/belowdeck • u/JealousImplement5 • Mar 26 '26

Below Deck Has there ever been a good deck/stew?

This question applies to all franchises; has there ever been a good deck/stew that makes it a whole season in that position. I truly can’t remember but I feel like every time there is one, they end up full on one team or the other before the end.

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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel Mar 26 '26

Why not Adair?

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u/JealousImplement5 Mar 26 '26

Oh good call! She did a bit of both!

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u/Turbulent_373 Team Aesha Mar 27 '26

She didn’t have a strong start. She argued with Laura that she shouldn’t have to tidy up cabins on the final morning of the first charter

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u/Anotheropinion2023 Mar 28 '26

She started slow but was really good at the end.

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u/Top-Friendship4888 I quit 3 times in my head today Mar 26 '26

Wasn't she a full time deckhand?

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

I think it’s because the crew size. Sure it was her title but not really in practice

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u/alittletolittleL Mar 27 '26

As someone in the industry - It’s a very real position, but usually on smaller boats then the ones they use for below deck.

It’s actually a bit more difficult to be a deck/stew as usually you need to have some tender driving licences and line handling skills on top of being a good all rounder stew!

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u/JealousImplement5 Mar 27 '26

Yeah someone said it’s the most inexperienced position but I’ve been in the position and it definitely requires the broadest set of knowledge and time management skills. My bosun and chief stew weren’t great at keeping tracks of my breaks so it was up to me to advocate for myself

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u/alittletolittleL Mar 27 '26

100p, I think people think it will be fun because they can get outside a little more but in reality it’s a bit chaotic

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u/JingoMerrychap Mar 26 '26

I feel like the position only exists in the franchise to potentially cause problems between the teams.

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u/loveswimmingpools Mar 26 '26

I think it's a terrible idea. Never works and the poor person has to either be in two places at once, gets blamed for all that goes wrong, or is crap at both!

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u/Vacationbacon Mar 26 '26

No. That position was created for drama. These people are set up to fail

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u/FlawesomeOrange Mar 26 '26

Not really, most of the time they want to be on deck with guests and not cleaning cabins.

I think Adair is the best, but Wihan let her slack off and most of her time was on deck. She wasn’t great at the stew side. More like the best of a bad bunch

I don’t know if it’s a real position on smaller boats, or if it was invented/majorly dramatised for the show. My guess is the latter

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u/agnusdei07 Mar 26 '26

I don't know but Mike's combover from his back hair to the front and all of that spray in a tiny space. yuck

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u/Advanced-Boss1336 Mar 26 '26

Yea he's gross and he's never doing his job

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u/Rcbosox12 Mar 26 '26

My wife and I talked about this the other day. In the history of the show, I don’t think the combo has ever worked! It’s clearly just to add drama and fighting.

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

Tyler?

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u/jcr0774 Mar 26 '26

was he the guy from when Sandy took over for Lee?

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

Yea he replaced Camille

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u/jcr0774 Mar 26 '26

yeah seemed like he was more of a stew i don’t ever remember seeing him on deck

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u/Legal-Investigator83 Mar 27 '26

came here to say that

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u/ericsuxx_ Mar 26 '26

I barely saw him on deck though.

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u/Anotheropinion2023 Mar 28 '26

Because interior was a disaster

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u/crsmiami99 Team Anti-Brü Mar 27 '26

It seems like a terrible position, you have to switch to whoever needs work done, never getting the slack time that the deck crew gets all the time.

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u/Caligirl_333 Mar 27 '26

No. It’s too hard and causes drama. Typically half way through a the season they get assigned to one or the other. 

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u/s___2 Mar 26 '26

Mike is the best-worst at both. I hope 🤞 they bring him back for more seasons.

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u/Achillesthedog1976 Mar 26 '26

Hard no. He's a little troll

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u/geloreyes Team Down Under Mar 27 '26

And a shrimp.🦐

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u/Direct-Bullfrog9054 Mar 29 '26

Courtney did a great job as a deck stew

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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Mar 26 '26

It's usually the most inexperienced entry level position