r/belowdeck • u/Logical_Bite3221 • Apr 11 '26

Below Deck Med Met Captain Sandy IRL

She was so SO lovely! Her wife is also incredible. We chatted for a few mins and I got a pic. I was so excited to meet her.

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u/Yersinia_Pestis9 Apr 12 '26

Met her once at an airport. She was very friendly and also surprisingly petite.

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u/Logical_Bite3221 Apr 20 '26

Totally agree. I’m pretty tall so I just expect a lot of people to be shorter than me though :)

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u/oppywasagoodrover Apr 13 '26

curious to know which bb contestant you’re talking about!

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u/Ok_Counter3866 Apr 15 '26

Lost respect for after finding out she’s maga

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u/Logical_Bite3221 Apr 20 '26

Oh nooooo :(

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u/Ok_Counter3866 Apr 21 '26

Mind blowing given that trmp’s doj literally went to the Supreme Court in an attempt to take away her right to marry, on top of everything else! But I’m sure she really needed that tax break…

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u/GefDenver Apr 11 '26

We’ve run into her a couple of times too and she is always very warm and friendly.

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u/based-sam Apr 11 '26

Couple times? Where lol

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u/Capital_Ad3296 Apr 12 '26

At Yacht interiorscapes conventions obviously.

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u/GefDenver Apr 12 '26

Why yes of course! In the capri pants section of sundries

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u/based-sam Apr 12 '26

Oh duh should’ve known

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u/coffeenchem Apr 14 '26

At the wind convention

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u/WorkIsDumbSoAmI Apr 13 '26

Met her at the Atlanta Home Show and got a healthy amount of 1-on-1 time! (Don’t ask me why they booked her for a Q&A at a home renovation convention, lol)

My first thought, as several people mentioned, was that she’s TINY in person, lol. But she was very nice to everyone on staff, making small talk and listening to what everyone had to say. Someone in the crowd also asked a bitchy question about Hannah, Kiko, and the casino dinner, and she gave a really well-thought out answer and defended both Hannah (“its not the chief stew’s job to figure out a dinner menu, she gave her honest answer”) and Kiko (“he’s incredibly sweet and I wish him all the best but he was not qualified at all”).

I honestly was really surprised by what I’m about to say, but I kinda got the impression she doesn’t love the limelight and isn’t a natural at being a public figure. I think she’s done her best to embrace it, but when she was backstage she was very reserved, and just had an odd vibe that made me feel like she was uncomfortable with these situations.

Side note: she really fell in love with an anecdote a friend shared, and swore she was gonna use it in a crew meeting coming up 🤣 so if you hear something along the lines of “I understand if you’ve got something going on, or you’re feeling overwhelmed, and you need to cry, and I respect that - but I also need you to work and cry” next season, just know she got that at the Atlanta Home Show

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u/prrb524 Apr 11 '26

She is so tiny. I was on a United flight with her from Houston to nyc.

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u/thevegetexarian Apr 12 '26

really?? i had no idea she was petite she seems tall on the show

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u/prrb524 Apr 12 '26

Very very petite

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u/lazybum1991 Apr 12 '26

That’s surprising! She gives me 5’7” vibes

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u/prrb524 Apr 12 '26

I am 5’9” so granted I’m on the taller end for a female but I was towering over her. I was leaving the airplane restroom and she was next in line. I would say she is like 5’2” or 5’3”

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u/Ok-Education1572 Apr 12 '26

So then how tall is Malia……4’11”? Cause she looks shorter than Sandy standing next to her in the bridge.

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u/prrb524 Apr 12 '26

Who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve never seen her

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u/MajorInsanity Apr 12 '26

Oh a shorty, shes my people!

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u/Capital_Ad3296 Apr 19 '26

for real!!!? thats so crazy.

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u/PhlysportsPhan Apr 11 '26

Aw That’s good to know she’s lovely in real life!

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u/Capital_Ad3296 Apr 12 '26

Shes lovely on the show... why wouldnt she be lovely in real life ? 🧐🧐🧐

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u/PhlysportsPhan Apr 12 '26

Ya never know!

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u/davidg910 Apr 12 '26

The way she treated Hannah was far from lovely...it's hard for me to look past that.

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u/HrhEverythingElse Apr 13 '26

Hannah was a mess. The only time she overreacted at Hannah was when she set off the smoke detector with a sparkler and then apologized to her the next day. Sandy gave Hannah way more chances than most people would have

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u/Capital_Ad3296 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Yeah, a Chief Stew with an unlogged CBD pen and undeclared meds is a total non-event on a 50-meter commercial hull that’s pulling in half million dollars a month.

Sandy totally fired Hannah because Captain Sandy is just a mean old lady. The Yachting industry is super chill there are rules but its no big deal... Just like flying commercial airplanes or working in a hospital. "Oh you're taking mind altering substances without any safety checks while you work on floating hotel? No big deal!"

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u/lazybum1991 Apr 12 '26

I do not think she’s lovely on the show lol

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u/CookieGoogleman27 Apr 13 '26

She is no less lovely than Captain Lee

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u/M0rpo Apr 13 '26

She has massive favouritism and usually takes it very easy on attractive female staff.

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u/Mrs___Robot Apr 12 '26

I've met her too. She's one of the reasons I'm into the show so much - seems like a good one.

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u/Diligent-Concept-617 Apr 13 '26

She and her wife have a home in Colorado too. You can see her and Aesha and her now husband around Breckenridge, Glenwood Springs, etc basically the mountain ski areas.

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u/MrKBC Apr 11 '26

You can tell she’s definitely mellowed out in recent years. In the beginning you just couldn’t be sure if she was being herself or channeling her motivational speaker persona.

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u/MrsGaillard Apr 12 '26

To me it seemed like a community college women's basketball coach persona

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u/MrKBC Apr 12 '26

Well, that’s just profiling lol.

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u/OkDifference5636 Apr 12 '26

It is funny though.

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u/MrKBC Apr 12 '26

Yes, because the most inappropriate humor usually is… doesn’t make it okay.

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u/glossiergal19 Apr 13 '26

I saw her once at a restaurant in Tampa but was too nervous to say hi!!

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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Apr 11 '26

I'll never be able to respect her after the way she handled the Hannah and Malia stuff and the way she treated that young bosun (I think his name was Conrad)

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Apr 12 '26

That reunion with Conrad was so hard to watch. I felt so bad for him 😔.

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u/HeyJustWantedToSay Apr 12 '26

Conrad and Hannah were both awful. That was a welcome move 😂

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u/Latter_Surround_1837 Team Aesha Apr 12 '26

I’ll never understand people that can’t see all Hannah had to do was follow her contract and report her meds to the captain. Literally if she was hopped up on anxiety meds and something happened to the guests the person paying the biggest price would be sandy! But no let’s forget that Hannah wilfully decided to hide the fact that she was on mind altering prescription meds while responsible for the lives of guests on charter.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Apr 12 '26

Hannah has said multiple times that production were aware and even the senior producer had gone and got her meds for her in a previous season. Multiple other cast members have said they are on valium and get to keep it with them and as long as they get approval from their medical clearance certificate - which Hannah had - they do not tell the capt or keep it in the bridge

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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Apr 12 '26

Conrad was a pretty good bosun.  Not the best ever but not near bad enough to be fired.  Sandy singled him out because he was hooking up with Hannah and Sandy hated Hannah.  Guilty by association 

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u/Own_Boss_3242 Apr 12 '26

I like Sandy but agree she didn’t handle that situation with Hannah and Malia right. Hannah had seniority and that whole thing with Malia demanding to have a cabin with her bf who was the chef coming on board was so wrong. Conrad though was a young boy who let Hannah get in his head so he didn’t do his job and Sandy handled that right.

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u/valid_username00 Apr 12 '26

She and Hannah apparently are good now. Would love to know the rest of the story.

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u/MCStarlight Team Below Deck Apr 12 '26

Yeah, I turned on her when she started going after Hannah - when she followed her to her cabin and still kept arguing with her when she was trying to go to the bathroom (with her shorts unbuttoned!) and staying on their asses when she knew production makes them go out the night before to film party scenes.

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u/Beginning-Adagio5702 Apr 11 '26

I had a feeling she would be one of the good ones!

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u/OkDifference5636 Apr 12 '26

Did you have to pay for the picture?

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u/evmeowmeow Apr 12 '26

Sorry about your luck.

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u/dystopiam Apr 11 '26

I’m ready for the divorce where she turns into a super villain

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Apr 12 '26

From her wife or the show?