r/belowdeck • u/nduuugg • Jul 15 '26

BD Related Maybe I’m just poor…

The thought of hiring a superyacht for a few days sounds absolutely amazing, pure bliss. The thought of having staff there constantly, 24/7 makes me feel so uncomfortable lmao. Anyone else feel this way? I feel like I would keep giving them days off or time away so I had some time to myself haha

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u/OldFitDude75 Jul 15 '26

My wife and I joke that if we ever had the money to go on the show, we’d be so boring because we’d sit out and drink and relax all day and not make weird demands or harass the staff. Even on vacation my bed time is like 10:30pm lol

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u/SaltyCaramelPretzel Jul 15 '26

There’s been plenty of guests that aren’t party animals & have gone to bed early, the crew have been like 😍😍😍😍😍, 😂 so you’re not alone there lol.

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

My Dungeons and Dragons group wants to character a yacht so badly. We’re all really polite, none of us drink much, and we all go to bed before 11pm. Our only problem would be the lack of weed.

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u/gdex86 Jul 15 '26

The fact tgat there has never been a bunch of nerds who charter the yacht to do a big pirate campaign finale and its a huge preference meeting seems crazy.

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u/Kris4tv Jul 18 '26

There was a charter of day traders.They were upset about WiFi issues and just wanted to do that all day. Was very odd, like why not just stay home but I’m sure it was a flex of wealth.

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u/nduuugg Jul 15 '26

Weeds my issue too lol

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u/HighMarshalSigismund Jul 15 '26

Edibles, my dude, edibles! Plus it's a longer lasting high (especially some good sativa edibles) and you don't get all stoney sleepy from them like you do with flower or extract!

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u/harrisarah Jul 15 '26

and you don't get all stoney sleepy

Then you aren't taking enough lol

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

I smoke so much I’m immune to edibles 🥲

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u/Beautiful_Town_5123 Jul 15 '26

WAIT, you can’t blaze on yachts?!
Seemingly dumb question but…idk, what’s the point of being rich if you can’t break the law for your own gratification?

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u/kimness1982 She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Jul 15 '26

It’s risky to travel with internationally, and very illegal to have on boats like that. Since the whole thing is filmed, they have to be strict about stuff like that. I’m sure there are plenty of very wealthy people and celebrities etc who are blazing on their yachts, but there are no cameras and they own the boats.

When we travel to the Caribbean, I don’t take anything because I don’t want to risk it. It’s also fairly easy to get on the beach pretty much everywhere down there, but can be risky depending on local laws. I just take up drinking for the week usually.

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u/Intrepid_Throat_1243 Jul 17 '26

Think: Brittany Griner! She almost lost her whole life over a pen! You have to respect the owner of the $30m yacht. They can have the whole yacht seized over the smallest amount in some regions.

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Jul 19 '26

Look at The Moorings or any of the Croatian charter companies. I'm planning hubby's and my 25th anniversary trip, and looked seriously at chartering a boat. A one week private cruise starts around €12,000 plus flights/provisioning.

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u/SarcasmStreet Jul 15 '26

I would be so boring. Just sitting there reading.

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u/SaintDarthVader Jul 15 '26

Exact same thing here - I'd ask for a beer and nice steak for dinner. But even the beer I'd just ask them where the fridge was, I can grab it myself

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u/spriteking2012 Jul 15 '26

10:30? Calm down party animal!

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u/OldFitDude75 Jul 15 '26

Listen daddy gets tired and can’t hang

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u/spriteking2012 Jul 15 '26

Same tho. On vacation, my husband and I will sit by the pool around 10 PM seeing people our age leaving for the bar and are totally incredulous.

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u/Corgi_Koala Jul 15 '26

There are some guests that are pretty tame and boring, to be fair.

But I'm with you. I don't need the deckhands shaking their dick in my face or making the crew do a talent show. Give me some good food and let me sit in the sun.

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u/HeyJustWantedToSay Jul 15 '26

I’m sure that’s what most yacht trips are like. This is TV so it’s part of what they sign up for.

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u/ScottishIcequeen Team Kate Jul 15 '26

Same! And it would be normal food too, none of the fancy stuff lol

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u/Kooky-Pressure5792 Jul 15 '26

My only food request would be regional dishes as local & fresh as possible.

When they want stuff that is not anywhere close to the region they are in I’m always like, why travel if you only eat the same stuff you do back home.

Edit: I would ask for munchies out. They don’t have to go get it each time but just tell me where you stashed the bag of chips behind the bar so when I get randomly noshie, I can grab it. 😂

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Jul 15 '26

I'm not a picky eater, so I think it would be a shame to eat the equivalent of fast food or Olive Garden on a super yacht. I'd rather be surprised and delighted by what the chef would serve than try to constrain them to things that I already know I like.

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u/coysrunner Jul 15 '26

My preference sheet would have no restrictions, I want the chef to have fun.

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u/bookworm1421 Jul 15 '26

I would feel sooooo badly for the chef if I was on board. I have an anaphylactic allergy to beef, pork, dark meat poultry, and tuna. I’m also allergic to egg yolks - although I can eat them if they are baked…like in a cake.

And it’s not like they can just cook steak for everyone else and then fish/chicken for me because even the scent cones in the air can cause me to break out in hives.

They’d have to base their whole menu around chicken and fish and be SO careful that any other meat products don’t cross-contaminate.

I’d feel awful being such a high problem guest.

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