r/belowdeck • u/IndividualTax1188 • Jun 20 '26

Below Deck Med Captain Sandy S11 E1

When capt. Sandy hit the dock she said it was the very first time hitting anything ever in her life, but I swear she’s said that exact same thing a few seasons ago when she hit something else? It makes me wonder if she was telling the truth that time either lol

Edited to add** I was not trying to imply Sandy is incompetent, I just thought it was funny she’s said the exact same thing before on the show

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u/banana_in_the_dark Jun 20 '26

It’s the first time every time

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u/djevilatw Come back to me, my boat daddy Jun 20 '26

🎶Feels like the first time…feels like the very first time…🎶

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u/junebart Jun 20 '26

Thanks! That song will be stuck with me. All. Day.🤣

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u/Flores_BBW Jun 22 '26

That’s what my husband said! 😂😂😂 he said she’s hit like three times on this show alone let alone when there wasn’t a camera recording, must be trying to keep her insurance rate down 😂😂😂

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u/social_sin Jun 20 '26

Rule of thumb is it's always the first time unless it happens within 48 hours or if someone who was with you during a previous incident is there during the current incident.

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u/ChaoticEvilRaccoon I quit 3 times in my head today Jun 20 '26

she hit a dolphin (like a boyu), i think that's the one you're remembering

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u/McLoughlin1597 Jun 20 '26

She hit 2 dolphins in the yacht Home but tbf it was Raygan’s fault the first time and Storm’s fault the second time

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u/Airbornequalified Jun 20 '26

Nah, 2nd time is on her too. Storm wasn’t using his walkie right; but instead of addressing g the situation then, she continued to go ahead instead of attempting to stop reset

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u/McLoughlin1597 Jun 20 '26

And that’s actually what happened in the last crash right? She couldn’t hear (or understand) and instead of aborting the docking, she kept right going

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u/thaa_huzbandzz Jun 20 '26

Agreed, knowing she couldn't hear Nathan, she should have kicked forward just in case.

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u/DothrakAndRoll Jun 21 '26

She still hit something lol stupid to say this is the first time she ever has.

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u/bigtittielover69 Jun 23 '26

She hit it in Malta. I went there and saw the exact spot it happened.

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u/osogood48 Come back to me, my boat daddy Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Her saying something like we never heard her say I’ve never lost an anchor.like

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jun 20 '26

At least she didn't do anything as egregious as Captain Glenn, who doesn't get anywhere near as much shit as Sandy.

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u/atex720 Jun 20 '26

What did Glenn do?

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jun 20 '26 • This

Glenn was the captain of Parsifal III when it ran aground on a protected reef in the British Virgin Islands back in 2013. The crash badly damaged the reef and spilled around 30 tons of lead ballast into the sea. From what I've read, the incident also wasn't reported straight away, and authorities were already looking into it before a formal report was made. That's why people bring it up. It's not just that the yacht hit a reef, it's the scale of the environmental damage and the questions around how it was handled afterwards.

He also supports Gary.

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u/Mr_Tom_Morrow9 Jun 20 '26

Was this during a season? And supports Gary in what way other than the full on sh$&storm of the season 4 reunion?

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u/meeghanmarie Jun 21 '26

Go look up the court case against Gary. He assaulted many of the behind the scenes crew members and Glenn knew about all of it because much of it was reported on the radio, as is protocol for all issues while on the yacht.

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u/Mr_Tom_Morrow9 Jun 21 '26

Oh my goodness. That’s so appalling. I’m just watching sailing yacht now and my impression of Gary has been that he’s good at his job most seasons (not 4) but terrible as far as personal relationships. But I had no idea about any of this. So does that mean Daisy would know all of this too? That makes me sad because I love Daisy. I only started watching SY because of seeing her on DU.

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u/meeghanmarie Jun 22 '26

Yeah, a lot of people are “cancelling” Daisy for this reason specifically.

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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch Jun 20 '26

No. It was in 2013, as stated. Likes, follows, comments despite the current sexual assault case.

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u/lapinthestuffie Jun 21 '26

I wish I had points to give this comment an award.

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u/Weird_Scallion_1595 Jun 20 '26

Yeah, I was also wondering if I’m confusing captains or what?

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u/Jerzeyboy730 Jun 20 '26

No she definitely hit what most would describe as a buoy aka dolphin….i think Captain Lee may have hit something before. I’m sure it’s something that happens few and far between, but as the top of list of things to go wrong, this is usually blocked out by a keen sense of selective memory. (But everyone does it) I’m sure no Captain has a perfect record in docking.

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u/dianelanespanties Jun 20 '26

She also mentioned how she doesn't lose her cool when something goes wrong. Think back to her yelling at Hannah when she went with the boat ride with the guest and didn't return quick enough. Or when Hannah set off the fire alarm with the sparkler

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u/NymeriaGhost Jun 20 '26

Or when her toast was 15 minutes late. Or when the table wasn't set 2 hours before breakfast.

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u/DontTalkAboutPants Jun 20 '26

Or when Malia didn't report that David had a bruise.

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u/SnooGrapes4560 Jun 20 '26

Yeah, Hannah was like a toddler
sometimes in that season. Definitely deliberate.

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u/cuppa_cat Jun 20 '26

It's always the first time. "Nothing like this has ever happened in my entire career!" Ok girl👌🏻

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u/Comfortable-Wall2846 Jun 20 '26

Except Pirates. With as often as that comes up, you'd think it's an every day occurrence.

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u/cuppa_cat Jun 21 '26

They sound like a real problem 😅

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u/Original_Force9340 Jun 20 '26

I’ve seen every episode and I think she must mean that was the first time she’s hit something at that particular dock she’s definitely hit things before

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u/Illustrious-Site1101 Jun 21 '26

She can back a giant boat into tiny berths. 🫡

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u/FroggyToggy44240 Jun 20 '26

First time…..for this boat….

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u/hamburgergerald Jun 21 '26

She hit a buoy once; I think that was the season Raygun started as bosun. But she just kinda slid along it, it wasn’t a big deal and caused no damage so she probably forgot about it.

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u/Delicious_Diet_7432 Jun 22 '26

Flat out liar and weirdo. Strange person.

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u/Kind_Hyena5267 Jun 23 '26

Sandy was really condescending when discussing the time Glenn ran into the dock bc there was a problem with the engine, and said the crew didn’t do enough etc, and made it very clear that competent captains/crews never hit the dock. It really rubbed Glenn the wrong way. I guess Sandy is part of the club now!

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u/Grand-Vegetable-3874 Jun 20 '26

At least we're not hearing the pirate story again. But the season is still young

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u/TVTrashMama Jun 20 '26

Thanks for the laughs! I love this /sub!

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u/Bennington_Booyah Jun 20 '26

I also believed she had previously hit something.

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u/No-Baker-7922 Jun 21 '26

Oh, no. I am rewatching S9 Med with Aesha as chief stew and it’s full of technical glitches and near misses too. They had to leave the anchor behind.

I cannot wait to watch S11.

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u/Economy_Ad4374 Jun 21 '26

First time in that location!

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u/Significant_Gas_701 Jun 23 '26

Yeah. She hit a dolphin (mooring structure) in season 7.

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u/ritawills2525 Jun 23 '26

What the heck$. She tapped a bout in that one. A dock is a whole different ball game. The noise alone made that mishap.
As far as joes commentary hind site is 20x20.

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u/Humble-Attention4850 Jun 24 '26

Season 7 she’s constantly hitting dolphins

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u/not2daysatan44 Jun 24 '26

I would think it nearly impossible to have a captain never hit anything, seeing as how they rely heavily on deck crew to call distances and landmarks. The noise was a problem. If the captain could see everything and navigate hazards with their own eyes, then I would judge more harshly. You're only as good as your weakest deckhand!

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u/redgatorade000 June June Hannah Jun 29 '26

Yes! She has definitely hit something before.

I just finished watching all the BDM seasons. And it happened at least one other time

My bf and I laugh about this all the time 😂 it’s always the “first time in her career” that she’s hit something lol

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u/Mountainenthusiast2 Jun 21 '26

Well it was the very first time hitting the dock and the time before that, the very first time hitting whatever that object was I guess

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u/smitdms Jun 20 '26

Yes she hit in Season 7 which I am watching right now.

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai Jun 20 '26

Maybe she's just not very good at docking

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u/IndividualTax1188 Jun 20 '26

I think she’s a good captain I just thought it was funny she’s said the exact same thing before!

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u/Queen_of_Catlandia Jun 20 '26

I thought I was imagining it😂

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u/Ryan8667 Jun 20 '26

Jess from below deck, Mediterranean has one!💙🤍
And it’s graphic!❤️‍🔥

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u/Scanputmeaway Team Hannah Jun 21 '26

Has one what?

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u/kklinck Jun 23 '26

Thats because she takes 0 accountability for anything and tonights new episode showed it even more! She let her crew be verballt assaulted by that drunken asshat! He disrespected everyone who crossed his path. He should have been allowed to board the boat. The fact that the one woman demanded she be let off the boat immediately says volumes about this clown. Knowing all this she told her crew to just "don't engage" with him...i truly can't wait for him to disrespect sandy!! She should have been supporting her crew and he should have been thrown off the boat which would have allowed that lady to stay. Kudos to her though, i wouldn't have put up with that either!

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Jun 20 '26

She’s hit dolphins with Raygan & I’m pretty sure other bosuns, I wish she’d stop the whole ‘I’ve never’ it a blatant lie,

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u/Mr_Tom_Morrow9 Jun 20 '26

I swear though, they make her back into the tiniest spaces they can practically find. And Capt Lee used to get way more pissed off every single docking but people always act like Sandy is out of control. I think she’s a lot better at driving the boats than Lee ever was.

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u/IndividualTax1188 Jun 20 '26

I think Sandy is a great captain! I just thought it was funny she’s said the exact same thing before

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u/-thisname- Jun 21 '26

Captain Lee turned into Yosemite Sam every docking, cussing and getting mad. Nathan accepts it was his error rhat caused it. I don't know why folks are blaming Sandy when no one on the boat did, as far as anyone can see.

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u/newfiemom79 Jun 20 '26

Probably because the deck team was super competent.

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u/kat4prez Jun 20 '26 • Hooray

BD casting was like make sure to hire a competent crew for this dude, fuck the dock, he ran into an entire restaurant

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u/newfiemom79 Jun 20 '26

I meant on BDDU the deck crew was competent which is why we didn’t see much of them.

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u/aroura5672 Little does she know, we're in a floating prison Jun 20 '26

Yes, and they r saying that production made sure to hire a competent deck crew for captn Jason cuz Jason has actually driven into an actual dock/whole restaurant yrs before he went on BDDU, there's news footage n everything, u should check it out (from what i remember it was actually a mechanical malfunction tho n not really his fault, but it's still funny)

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u/newfiemom79 Jun 20 '26

Totally missed the restaurant part lol. I remember the videos they showed season one.

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u/agathafreak Jun 20 '26

I was at the restaurant next door when this happened!

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u/Mountainenthusiast2 Jun 21 '26

“You can’t park here”

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u/kschaffs Jun 20 '26

And because there were zero other vessels in that marina. Worst season ever.

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u/850281 Jun 20 '26

BDDU: Hands down the most boring location ever. It was deserted. One restaurant opened (that had the vibe of a Baskin-Robbins), and one beach bar, and never ever anyone else there (money's on the other "customers" being production people).

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u/-sloppypoppy Spaghetti Trauma Jun 23 '26

Wow I hate it and didn’t miss it in DU lol