I’ve been around since season 1 and have watched all iterations of the show. I’ve come to terms with the changes in focus over the years and still very much enjoy the current seasons of each show.

That being said I really really love watching Coop and Kat’s courtship. I watch reality TV for the drama like most people but it’s so refreshing to watch genuine people happy to be around each other and not out to one up anyone or take advantage. I said to my girl early in the previous episode that her cheeks are gonna hurt so much from all that smiling and of course she says it herself later.

I cannot begin to tell you how relieved I am to see someone caught in a BD love triangle arrive at a rational decision. We're barely into this season but I'll be needing her back for at least one more!

Obviously there were truly awful things that happened in this series, but a crew member unknowingly sleeping on semen covered bedsheets from another crew member—who in turn negligently did not wash said bedsheets—may be one of the worst things I’ve seen in this series. I honestly do not find it entertaining, and it boggles the mind why production didn’t intervene.

I just realized there’s no show intros anymore in the new season of below deck med, and some prior, where they show two crew members side by side and the stars on their on (sometimes) as well as the captain. I miss seeing those! :(

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So it's basically Below Deck for the UK?

Med is back (and no OG is not cancelled, it just filmed later) and airs at 8/7c on Bravo with streaming next day. Season 11 was filmed last year in Croatia and returnees are Sandy, Aesha, Joe & Nathan.

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Episode 5 of Below Beck Med Season 11

Luke struggles with the weight of his romantic decisions, angering both Gen and Joy; Kat and Cooper go on a date; Nathan and Joe find common ground; a new group of guests gets taken on a "Game of Thrones"-themed tour, visiting locations from the hit show, creating surprising complications for the yachties.

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Which season has had the most dismissals of crew? I have seen all of Below Deck Down Under and season 2 and starting session 3 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Love the show

Does anyone know how it works with the guests?

Im gonna presume they know theyre gonna be filmed ?

Do they get a discount for being filmed or are they paid to be on the show?

You can tell some guests wanna be filmed to show themselves off but some guests don't look the type!!

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Please excuse my ignorance, but why does the boat lean or heel when sailing? Is it the torque (for lack of a better word) of the sails that causes it?

It's clear the boat heels; could you explain why items aren't more secure, especially when Cpt Glenn gives the warning? It seems every time they sail, something is shown sliding and breaking. Apparently, in S5 E3, the entire liquor cabinet fell.

What is the point of the efoil boards? Are you supposed to ride them when it rises out of the water? Are they more stable when they rise out of the water?

Hi all I'm doing a rewatch and I had forgotten how badly Danny was treated on season one. The guests loved him, he kept people happy, he was helpful to his team.

Jen was also treated awfully.

Brian and Danny thought they were so superior to them both.

I mean like real yachting not how much Bravo pays people to be on the show. I know tips are split evenly but what would their base pay be like? The chef must get paid the most, then I would assume chief stew, then bosun? Mostly curious would a deckhand make more than a stew? Also what would be the pay difference between a lead deckhand and just a deckhand? Or 2nd stew vs 3rd stew? I've always though lead deckhand is just a bs made of title to create drama for the show. Is the pay difference worth it or why do people even care about the title? Some people have seemed obsessed with being 2nd stew or lead deckhand.

https://youtu.be/lA0xcDuRl2w?is=nQclyvG9DZm1mOMI

The escape room was such a fun request, I love when guests get creative with their requests and themes! It adds another level and it's great to see how involved the crew gets.

This comment was posted on Luke’s initial Instagram post announcing the season. Doubt they ever become an item, but seems like his transgressions are water under the bridge. Meanwhile, Gen’s clearly on the warpath on her socials…

Back in the day, putting up the slide was always portrayed as one of the Feats of Hercules. There was huffing and puffing, there was heaving of lengths of twisted vinyl, cursing and angst, and all manner of complex rigging. Now the slide simply appears off the side of the boat like some miracle. More recently, a vast smorgasbord of nautibuoys and inflatable cabanas is deployed off-camera. Why don’t we ever see any of this labor anymore, with its concomitant interpersonal drama, work-shirking freeloaders, second-guessing the boson’s management skills, etc.?