‘Below Deck’ Yachties Take Isolation in Stride – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

While the planet experiences massive amounts of cabin fever, many Below Deck yachties view isolation as another day at the office.

A few yachties have discussed on social media that being locked down is pretty similar to a charter season. Essentially, you are out to sea on a yacht with a small group of people. Yacht chefs need to order provisions for what could be up to a month at sea. Plus the crew is required to maintain the yacht and keep it germ-free throughout the charter. Sound familiar?

A few Below Deck crew members have shared their thoughts on quarantine and reflect on how they compare lock-down to being on charter.

Below Deck chief stew Adrienne Gang tweeted, Most of you have never been stuck on a boat for 28 days and longer and it shows. Chef Adam Glick from Below Deck Sailing Yacht shared a photo cooking on the beach. Fluent in isolation tactics, he wrote. Someone replied, Ive been doing this social distancing thing for years. Glick responded, Thats what I was going to caption it with . He also revealed that his photos are taken by either a tripod or a drone too.

Yacht crew members know how to do this. Paget Berry and Ciara Duggan from Below Deck Sailing Yacht were working on a yacht in Italy when the pandemic struck. The couple seemed relatively unphased by lockdown and continued to work. Now that we are in the thick of the quarantine how is everyone coping? I know that people who work on yachts are in a pretty fortunate situation, working on a boat is a little like quarantine anyways! You get used to it! Berrycommented on Instagram.

Duggan shared her own thoughts on Instagram too. Day 18: Were still in Italy, self-isolating as best as we can. No more supermarket runs now that we found a provisioning company to deliver once a week to us. Military presence is strong, no more leaving the zone youre in or going outside unless its for an emergency really. But honestly it feels like time is flying because were still working and able to socialise within our crew. Thankfully we work with some awesome people and we have plenty of gin so that helps. . She is also taking an online class.

Three Below Deck yacht chefs dished with Food and Wine about how cooking on a yacht is pretty similar to being on lockdown. I keep telling people Ive been doing this for years, chefAdam Glick fromBelow Deck Sailing Yachtsaid. This is just like another day in the galley, like Im quarantined on a boat with a lack of new food and supplies.

Some insider tips include purchasing robust produce like root vegetables and use proper storage techniques to make produce last longer. Also, eat fresh food before you dig into your frozen supply. And if having to disinfect groceries is annoying, keep in mind yacht chefs do this on a regular basis. Boxes have to stay on the dock because cockroaches can lay eggs in cardboard and the last thing you need is a bug epidemic aboard your yacht,chef Ben Robinson from Below Deck Mediterranean said.

Glick added you should use the smell test instead of tossing food according to best used by date. The biggest thing I can impart on someone, you need to smell it, he said. 99% of germs stink. When it comes time and its gone bad, it will smell bad.

Chef Matt Burns from Below Deck says being on lockdown it pretty similar to being on charter. I am paying attention to everything, he said. Its been two-and-a-half weeks since we did any type of shopping. This is definitely like a charter.

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