Below Deck Mediterranean
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Welcome toBelow Deck Medseason nine!
Now lets run through this seasons crew, led once again by Captain Sandy.
My moneys on Nathan or Bri.
She and Sandy are so excited to work together again.
Theyve remained friends over the years; Aesha and her boyfriend, Scott, even visited Sandy in Denver.
Sandy loves that Aesha goes the extra mile to just the guests.
The potential for problematic favoritism is high, folks.
Iain, Bosun: South African Iain has been working on yachts for five years.
Iains mom is named Sandy, a fact well have to unpack once we get to know him better.
Shes done cocktail training and prefers service over housekeeping, so Aesha puts her on nights.
He filled in for a yacht-chef friend once and it turned into a career.
Learning that hes self-taught feeds my delusion that I could be a yacht chef.
Joe, Lead Deckhand: Joe is from Liverpool and lives in Spain.
Nathan, Deckhand: Nathan is from a tiny Irish village of only 600 people.
He tells us he likes causing trouble and doing shit hes not meant to do.
Im sure he told the casting agents the same exact thing.
Her fellow deckhands are disappointed to learn that Gael has a second-engineer boyfriend of five months.
Bri, Third Stew: Bris been in yachting for two years on smaller boats than theMustique.
She admits she has room to grow but also tells us that she wants to stay a kid forever.
The thought of taxes scare the living shit out of me.
Is this woman admitting on national television that she doesnt pay her taxes?
TheMustiquequickly lives up to its musty-sounding name because one of the crew cabins ceilings is leaking.
For cabin assignments, Aesha wisely has Gael bunk with her so shes not rooming with her direct reports.
Worse, the delivery is only a quarter of the things Aesha needs and has no baseline alcohol.
They only have one bottle of Champagne.
The rest is set to come at 11:45 the next morning, even though the charter starts at noon.
Sandy stays optimistic about the delay: Pressure makes us better.
The next morning, Elena inexplicably wears her Playboy bunny ears.
She says she travels with a bunch of costumes, 10 percent of which are PG-13.
The first guests are Gen-Z influencer Jacob Ward and his friends from London.
His content seems to be fitness and cycling focused.
They order spicy margaritas, which will have to be without coriander because it hasnt arrived yet either.
They set sail from Athens, heading to Aegina.
Leaving the dock and the first anchor drop both go smoothly.
Iains pleased that everyone on his team is competent.
The same cant be said for the interior crew.
Bri is tasked with steaming the guests clothes, and it is astruggle.
It cant hurt me.
Bri shares that she grew up with a maid and housekeeping, so this is newer to her.
One of the guests even comes down to the laundry room to find his clothes.
This excuse isnt adding up.
Later, when she goes to deliver the clothes, shes mixed up which clothes belong to which guests.
ABelow Deckyacht might be the only one that would hire her.
The editors establish such exact timelines its as if theyre preparing material to stand up in court.
The guests requested surf and turf, so Jono switches the menu from lobster to crab.
For dinner, Ellie quickly changes into a disco-ball top and metallic leggings to dress on theme.
Aesha and Bri didnt even change to blacks, a sign that its been a rough day.
Theres zero wine left, but more finally arrives during dinner.
Somehow, theres still no red.
Despite the lack of wine pairings, the guests are happy with the food.
During dinner, Ellie pulls double duty between courses to help Bri turn down the cabins.
She says not to sweat the first day shell give Bri training.
Aesha similarly doesnt want to stress Bri out more and just focus on getting through the first charter.
Aesha clocks out at 11:40 p.m. so she can be up early to help Bri.
Unfortunately for Ellie, the guests arent close to going to bed.
Theyre partying with a confetti cannon that may look great for content but looks awful to clean up.
Ellies never had to make food for drunk people before and feels overwhelmed, so she wakes up Jono.
Jono, half-asleep: Mm-mm.
I dont think so.
Ellie says shell make grilled cheese and tell the guests thats all they can do.
Meanwhile, Gael turns on the hot tub, which seems like it shouldve already been ready.
Now the mojito is 45 minutes late, and theyre asking for more cocktails.
Based on the time stamps were given, somehow this conversation takes 15 minutes?!
The grilled cheese could be done in that time, and we haventeven seen cheese hit bread yet.
Ellie makes the mojitos while Gael helps with the grilled cheese a full hour after they are ordered.
From what were seeing, she cant manage them!
She tells Jono this is going to be a big problem.
He still refuses, saying he hasnt slept enough.
Ellies just wasting more time failing to convince him.
