Captain Sandy Discovers a "Major" Problem on Mustique: “That Will End Our Season”
Below Deck Mediterranean's Captain Sandy Yawn reveals why the Mustique crew may not be able to go to sea with this issue.
Over the years on Below Deck Mediterranean, we've seen the crew have to get out of some truly sticky situations while on charter.
In the above preview for Season 9, Episode 12 (set to air on August 19), Captain Sandy Yawn and the Mustique crew face a big hurdle that the captain fears could be extremely detrimental to the boat.
"We have another leak in the forward cabin," Sandy says on the yacht during a heavy rainstorm. "This is not good."
With about two-and-a-half hours before the next charter, Sandy reaches out to bosun Iain Maclean to investigate the situation. "How is it getting in the bosun's locker?" she questioned him over the radio.
"It's been closed all morning," he responds, then checking out the locker to see if he missed anything.
Upon further investigation, Iain and Sandy see the locker door is closed but a "major leak" is getting in.
"When you take on this much water, it could sink the boat," Sandy explains in an interview confessional. "We can't go to sea if we're taking on water; that will end our season."
We'll have to stay tuned to see if the captain and crew can get the situation under control.
Captain Sandy Discusses Mustique's Anchor Issue
A leak on the Mustique isn't the only issue the Below Deck Mediterranean crew has faced this season.
On Season 9, Episode 6, which aired on July 8, the yachties encountered a "f-cking expensive" problem on the last day of their charter.
While the guests were enjoying a delicious breakfast from chef Johnathan Shillingford, deckhands Nathan Gallagher and Joe Bradley gathered to pull up the anchor and sail back to port. they ran into an issue, however, when the windlass, a mechanical device that helps raise and lower the anchor on a boat, wasn't functioning.
A windlass is like a spool of thread," Sandy shared in a confessional interview. "It has a clutch so you free it from the teeth that haul the anchor. This starboard windlass ... it isn't grabbing, so we're having a difficult time trying to haul the anchor."
After second engineer, Luka, came to the bridge to tell Sandy the windlass was likely "disengaged from the shaft," the crew came up with a plan to use the other windlass on the port side of the boat with a line to help bring up the chain and anchor.
"To use a port windlass you have to release the clutch, pop the drum up, wrap the line around it, and then haul in a little bit at a time," Sandy explained. "Worst case scenario, if I can't get the anchor off the bottom, I have to leave the anchor."
Luckily, the team triumphed and got the charter successfully back to port.
Press play on the video above to start watching Below Deck Med Season 9, Episode 12.
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