Captain Lee
Chris Haston/NBCCaptain Lee Rosbach revealed some interesting details about how much charter guests spent – or notably didn’t spend – during the first season of Under deck.
“When we first started the series, it was so unknown,” he said Under deck alum, 74, recalled during the Thursday, April 25, episode TJ Holmes And Amy Robach’s “Amy and TJ” podcast. “I’m not saying no one knew what they were doing, but no one had filmed charter guests on a moving boat with all the crew, camera crew and audio techs and everything we had to have on board. This had never happened before.”
Because the experience was so new, potential guests had the opportunity to charter the boat for free. “We actually didn’t charge anyone for the charter,” Lee revealed.
This decision quickly led to problems for the crew. “Then we ran into a problem because we weren’t charging anyone for the charter fees,” Lee noted. “If they had no stake in the game, they would find a bigger, better deal at the last minute and not show up.”
He continued: “Then we have to fill four days without guests. We started charging – they got a heavily adjusted rate. It was really a great offer for them.”
Xandi Olivier on Below Deck.
Fred Jagueneau/BravoThe captain also revealed where the guests actually stayed before and after their stay on the Honor, noting that the guests had an all-inclusive booking that also included a stay at the villa.
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Lee was temporarily replaced by Below deck Mediterranean‘S Captain Sandy Yawn before returning later in the season, which will air in 2022. Us weekly broke the news that Lee would be replaced Adventures below deck‘S Captain Kerry Titheradge for season 11.
The former reality star has since admitted he had no plans to leave Under deckexclusively narrative Us in May 2023: “That came straight out of left field. I didn’t see that coming at all.”
Ben Willoughby and Sunny Marquis in Below Deck.
Fred Jagueneau/BravoLee claimed at the time that he had received no justification for the decision.
“‘We’d like to go in a new direction,'” Lee recalled the network telling him. “But I mean, that’s kind of a cliché that everyone uses when they’re in a situation where they’re letting someone go. “I’m going in a new direction.” “We want to freshen it up a little.” [They are] tired clichés that are overused.”
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Lee continued to work with Bravo on his project Trainer talk with Captain Lee and Kate. Earlier this year, Deadline announced that Lee would be the host of a new Oxygen true crime series titled Deadly waters. He has also moved into podcasting with Salty With Captain Lee, which he hosts Sam DeCavalcanti.
Despite his new professional ventures, Lee wouldn’t rule out returning Under decktell Us in May 2023: “If they realized they needed me back on the show, I would go back. I’ve been doing this for 10 years and – if I leave – I would like to do it under different conditions.”