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Inside Below Deck Sailing Yacht ’s Crash, and the Dramatic Aftermath

By Julie Miller

Below Deck viewers have survived kitchen fires, nightmare charter guests , dramatic dismissals, drug scandals , and soured romantic relationships. But Monday’s episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht, “Total Ship Show,” is unprecedented in franchise history, in terms of its sheer disaster quotient. Within the first five minutes of the episode, the Parsifal yacht crashes into a stone dock in high winds, destroying the end of the vessel and totaling Captain Glenn Shephard ’s already-dented ego. (Last week, Parsifal suffered a less serious collision. We hope the sailing yacht is not cursed.) The rest of the episode unravels like a high-paced thriller set aboard an out-of-control luxury yacht.

The villains: the shrill, gluten-free charter guests, who are too self-involved to notice the Parsifal ’s jacked transom door. The dramatic B-plot: the chef screwing up a five-course meal by serving steak after dessert. As if this were not enough action for a single episode, there is also an STD scare that forces an otherwise respectable woman to reckon with an indiscretion.

“It was almost like an embarrassment of riches,” said Below Deck executive producer Courtland Cox, of the chart-topping chaos in Croatia. “It’s amazing that this was all happening, but it’s also difficult to tell all of these stories in an interesting way within a limited amount of time per episode.” Some viewers complained that the season was starting off too smoothly, but Cox trusted the process and knew that such interesting cast members would yield climactic story lines. “With any great narrative structure, you want to have peaks and valleys that eventually crescendo into something interesting…. The yacht crashing, guests being crazy, and Jean-Luc [Cerza Lanaux] being worried about getting an STD, all that stuff is the seasoning.”

Ahead, Cox and Parsifal chief stew Daisy Kelliher take us behind the scenes of Monday’s bombshell episode to answer all of our burning questions—about everything from the crash to the onboard romances, including Dani’s pregnancy announcement.

Executive producer Cox was tucked away in a tiny control room on the Parsifal during both accidents, where he was able to watch what was happening from three different camera vantage points, and hear what was happening from the walkie-talkie dialogue on deck. Cox said that he knew that the Parsifal was going to hit the dock about five seconds before it happened—when first mate Gary King began calling out the shrinking measurements between the yacht and the dock, but the boat, because of the intense wind and swell, kept hurtling toward the dock at full speed. Because of a mechanical error that short-circuited the thrusters, Captain Glenn was not able to propel the vessel in the reverse direction.

As the ship sped toward the dock, the Below Deck producer juggled a contradictory range of concerns: the fear of a captive passenger aboard an out-of-control vessel; worry for his fellow shipmates; heartbreak for Captain Glenn, who was about to bite it in front of multiple cameras; and, conversely, the shark-like instincts of a reality-TV producer keen to capture the chaotic melee in all of its gruesome glory.

“The human part of me, my heart aches for Glenn,” Cox told Vanity Fair. Still, he continued, “My job is to capture what’s actually happening—so we told our camera operators, ‘Stay on Glenn.’ We don’t push right up in his face or get in his way, but the story in the moment was that Glenn hit the dock. How was he going to rectify the situation?”

In addition to seeing the crash, viewers also witness Captain Glenn’s spirit breaking close up—as the sweet Parsifal pilot realizes, in devastatingly real time, that he has not only incurred thousands of dollars in yacht damages, but has done so with a camera trained on him.

“I probably watched this episode 15 times in various incarnations, and every time I see Glenn’s face in the immediate aftermath of hitting that dock, I still get very emotional,” said Cox. “It’s a catastrophic moment for any yacht captain when you do damage to a boat. It’s the worst possible thing. And I also know that that’s compounded by a factor of a million because there are TV cameras on you.”

Cox has produced 16 seasons’ worth of Below Deck, and called the crash “the second-most intense moment ever on the series.” (The first-most intense was a near-death accident in 2018 during which deckhand Ashton Pienaar was pulled overboard after his ankle was caught in ropes.) “As a producer, it’s amazingly compelling. But as a person onboard, it’s terrifying…. But Glenn is a consummate professional. He didn’t try to deflect or make excuses or try to tap dance his way out of it. He went quickly into crisis mode, damage mode.”

Parsifal chief stew Daisy Kelliher said that watching the crash in the episode was worse than living it, “because I was downstairs when it happened. I have never seen a boat that crashed the dock or been in a boat that crashed the dock.”

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Speaking about Glenn, Kelliher said, “He was pretty upset at the time, but you quickly calm down. It was an accident, and the main thing is nobody got hurt. It’s like banging your car. You get the insurance sorted. You learn from it. And you move on.”

How quickly did the episode’s events happen in real life?

The unfolded over the course of about 72 hours, according to Cox. “The boat hits the dock, it looks terrible, and Glenn’s like, ‘Well, the guests are getting here in four hours.’… The crew did a great job at kind of compartmentalizing, and putting the dock behind us as these charter guests come on. And the story becomes about J.L.’ s anxiety about the STD, and [chef] Natasha’s anxiety about these guests having crazy demands that are emotionally taxing on the heels of a traumatic event…. It’s exhausting for them.”

What did producers make of another unprecedented plot twist: J.L.’s on-camera concerns about a potential sexually transmitted disease?

This twist surprised even Cox. “I’m a fossil who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s,” said Cox. “What was going through my head was, ‘There’s a very easy way he could have prevented this—by using some kind of protection. If you roll the dice, you kinda gotta accept what happens to you. I’m not a heartless monster TV producer. I don’t want anyone to ever suffer or go through something they have an existential crisis over. In that moment, you’re hoping that it’s at least one of the lesser STDs that is easily treated.”

When did producers discover that Dani was pregnant? (The cast member revealed her pregnancy on Instagram last month.)

“Dani brought it to our attention when we were pretty far into the postproduction process,” said Cox. “Even once Dani found out, I think she kind of wanted to sit with [the news] herself. Then she let us know and said, ‘Hey, just so you know, I’m pregnant.’ We said, ‘Okay, great.’ I left that up to her and how much information she wanted to give us. My first reaction was, ‘That’s fantastic. Congratulations.’ Because she made it clear throughout the season that she wanted a family. The rest of that is for Dani to figure out.”

“I really don’t ask Dani much about it,” added Kelliher in a separate phone call. “I’m very aware that that she probably feels like she’s explaining herself to a lot of people. So I try and respect her privacy. We’ve spoken a little about it, but I figure the less I know the better.”

Do Daisy and Natasha eventually get to a place of mutual understanding and respect?

“I didn’t mind her,” said Kelliher. “On the show it looks like we hated each other. We were very civil with each other, and would laugh and sit with each other. It wasn’t constant arguing—that only came when it was time to serve meals…. At that stage, I had kind of given up, because I had tried everything. She didn’t want my help. She didn’t want to communicate with me…. I’m asking you if you’re serving five courses, you’re telling me no. I could stand here and keep arguing, but I wasn’t going to win in this.… We have a good relationship now. I have respect for her. But that [tension] never changes.”

What is Daisy’s read on the love triangle tensions between Gary, Sydney, and Alli?

“I wish I had been there for some of the conversations [between the three of them], because I don’t think they would have escalated as much,” said Kelliher. “I do think Sydney was pretty intense. I knew she was upset and understood why she was upset. If you’re a girl, it’s embarrassing if somebody chooses someone over you…. But some of the things she said were quite mean to Ali, and I didn’t really like that. If I had been there, that wouldn’t have happened because I wouldn’t have allowed it.”

“I’ve definitely seen love triangles. I’ve been involved in love triangles. This was intense because it escalated so quickly. I didn’t really get it. I guess maybe we’re all intense people—maybe that’s why you do a TV show about yachting. But I did find the whole thing a bit weird from all sides. I was like, ‘We’ve known each other [for] like three weeks…and don’t even know each others’ last names.’ Settle down.”

Below Deck Sailing Yacht airs on Bravo at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Below Deck Sailing Yacht ’s Boat Crash Was Worse Than It Looked in All Those Clips

The collision between Gary and Daisy during the Below Deck Sailing Yacht crew ’s day off had nothing on what was to come. May 10’s episode finally brought the boat crash that Below Deck Sailing Yacht had been teasing since before the season started, and somehow, it was even worse than it seemed in all those clips. The problems began on a particularly windy morning, hours before the crew needed to pick up guests for their next charter. Soon after deckhand Sydney Zaruba noticed the wind was turning the boat, the stern started scraping against the dock. To get away, the crew had to unplug the yacht from shore power on the dock — which became a problem of its own once the boat was away from the dock, but unable to move in the wind. With chief engineer Colin Macrae off the boat on some chief-engineer business, first mate Gary King had to figure out Parsifal III ’s generator system to get the yacht power. But their worries didn’t end once Gary got power to the boat — the deck crew then had to get the anchors up after they’d been dragging. And you thought sailing was stressful!

After the yacht got safely away from the dock, the crew surveyed the boat’s scratches. “It could’ve been a lot more serious damage,” Captain Glenn Shepard said in a confessional. “Like a season-ending kind of damage.” “Someone could lose their life in a situation like this,” reflected deckhand Jean-Luc Cerza-Lanaux. And once Colin got back on board, he added that “it would’ve been a totally different situation” if Gary hadn’t been able to turn on the generator. “I think Gary saved our ass.”

As it turned out, though, the crew wasn’t out of the woods. When they headed back to the dock to pick up guests, they ran into more issues with the strong winds. “Here we go again, with the wind blowing us into the dock,” Gary said in a confessional. “We literally cannot catch a break.” As the crew began docking the boat, Parsifal III ’s bow thrusters stopped working in the wind — sending the boat right into the dock for a second time, in the even-worse crash that we saw in the season’s trailer.

Will this one be the “season-ending kind of damage” Captain Glenn talked about? While the episode closes on a particularly stressful “To be continued …” Glenn shared on a pre-season Reddit AMA that it still “could have been a lot worse. “A repair like that would probably run $10k-$20k,” he wrote, adding that the boat already needed to be repainted. “That is always covered by insurance,” he added. “The boats are well insured.”

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The Real Cause Of Below Deck Sailing Yacht's Scary Boat Crash

Below Deck Sailing Yacht fans can't get over season two's bombshell moment — a.k.a. that terrifying boat crash at the center of it all. Although the latest season is jam-packed with all the nautical drama, both below and above deck, the crash is what we can't stop thinking about. Luckily, Captain Glenn Shephard gave all the details on the accident to E! News , and to be honest, it's still pretty scary!

In the moment that has our hearts racing, the Parsifal III can be seen crashing into a docking wall, all the while Captain Glenn yells out expletives. While the Captain is known to be calm, cool, and collected, the alarming incident was enough to make him lose it.

As Captain Glenn explained to E! News , the crash was "the first time that's happened." As he explained, it is "fortunate it's the first time, but unfortunate that it happened." Adding to his regret, the Captain is also sorry for his use of curse words — but adamant that the event warranted it. As he told the outlet, he is "a sailor" after all, and that he "swear[s] occasionally." He stated, "obviously I get frustrated and things happened ... when something like that happens, it's pretty big."

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The Captain told Showbiz Cheat Sheet his cursing was due to thinking the crash was much worse. He explained, "In the end, it's not quite as bad as I feared. So I may have overreacted ... but yeah, it's pretty serious."

So what caused the crash in the first place? As the sailor described, it was all due to a "throttle malfunction." He continued, "there is a computer in between the throttles and the propeller to manage the load on the engine ... I was using a maneuver mode that I don't usually use, and I think my normal actions, in that mode, was a bit too much for the computer" (via E! News ). Not used to the mode at hand, the boat soon slammed into the dock – which was a bit embarrassing for the seasoned expert.

As the Captain stated, "I've avoided [crashing] all my career and, of course, now with the cameras rolling it happens." That being said, he isn't letting it get to him, and we're here for it! Although he made it clear that "hitting the dock like that can be a season-ending incident," he reminded everyone that these "things do happen." But haters are of course gonna hate, and Captain Glenn knows he will "take a lot of flak" for the incident.

Although not sailing experts ourselves, we're more than a bit addicted to this new season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht  — and no, as promised by Captain Glenn himself, he didn't just crash "for the drama." Whew!

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Below Deck Sailing Yacht 's Boat Crash Was More Intense Than We Could've Imagined

Dock drama.

On tonight, May 10's episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht , the drama that's been teased all season finally occurred. We're, of course, talking about the moment mega-yacht Parsifal III made contact with a docking wall . Yet, the new episode revealed that there were two mishaps involving docking.

The initial accident, which occurred towards the latter half of the episode, certainly came out of nowhere. In the moments leading up to the problem, Captain Glenn Shephard noted to first mate Gary King that the wind was blowing 25 knots and advised his deckhand team to ease out one of the lines and place more fenders on the dock.

Although some fenders were already in place, deckhand Sydney Zaruba began to panic when she noticed the ship heading "really far to starboard." As Sydney called out to Gary, fellow deckhand Jean-Luc Cerza Lanaux scrambled to grab more fenders.

"We might need to startup, Glenn," Gary radioed to the captain.

Despite Glenn racing to start up the ship, Parsifal III found itself making contact with the dock.

"We're rubbing on the dock, Glenn," the first mate told the captain. "We're rubbing on the dock."

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The situation was certainly a dire one as Sydney was heard saying "f--king hell" while trying to place fenders. To make matters worse, the port anchor was dragging during all of this.

Captain Glenn then ordered his crew to disconnect the ship from the shore power and tried to kick ahead. "We need to get a generator online," the captain informed Gary. "I don't have any thrusters."

He then ordered everyone aboard to get as far away from the dock as possible. Not only was Sydney seen jumping onto the ship, but the crew also faced lines snapping off as they pulled away.

They weren't out of the woods just yet as they needed a generator turned on and chief engineer Colin Macrae was missing in action . Thankfully, Gary was able to turn on one of the generators.

Colin, who raced back to the ship in a tender, noted in a confessional, "If Gary didn't know how to start that generator, we wouldn't have been able to pick up the anchor, Glenn would have no steering and it would've been a totally different situation. I think Gary saved our ass."

After inspecting the stern, Glenn declared it "was a lot better than I was imagining." To the camera, Glenn noted there could've been "a lot more serious damage, like, a season ending kind of damage."

Unfortunately, this wasn't the only collision of the episode as, at a different dock, the ship faced a malfunction and full on collided with the wall. Yep, you read that correctly. "I'm f--king going ahead, but I've lost it," Captain Glenn said to himself as his crew shouted at him to slow down. "F--k me. God damn it. F--k."

The captain addressed the incident with E! News back in February, calling the situation "very serious."

"It's just something you want to avoid," he said at the time. "I've avoided it all my career and, of course, now with the cameras rolling it happens."

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Captain Glenn Shephard teases cause of Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 2 boat crash

Captain Glenn Shephard has teased the cause of the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 2 boat crash featured in the trailer. It’s an OMG moment that appears to do an extensive amount of damage to the Parsifal III.

The usually calm captain can be seen swearing up a storm. Bravo executive Matt Reichman spilled that viewers should expect to see the wrath of Captain Glenn in the moment.

Fans have seen a 180 in the Below Deck spin-off between Season 1 and 2. Some viewers are still on the fence regarding the new season. However, everyone can agree the new crop of yachties is sex-crazed party animals.

The love triangle of Gary King, Alli Dore, and Sydney Zaruba has been teased as a key focus of the season. Plus, the serious drama between chef Natasha De Bourg and chief stew Daisy Kelliher is gearing up to be a hot story too.

What did Captain Glenn say about the boat crash?

In an E! News interview, the captain got real regarding the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 2 boat crash. The accident was a first for Captain Glenn on and off-camera.

“That’s the first time that’s happened. Fortunate it’s the first time but unfortunate that it happened,” the captain expressed.

Fans are anxiously waiting to see how the crash unfolds. Thankfully, Captain Glenn shared some insight to keep fans satisfied until the moment plays out on the small screen.

“So, there is a computer in between the throttles and the propeller to manage the load on the engine. I was using a maneuver mode that I don’t usually use, and I think my normal actions, in that mode, was a bit too much for the computer,” Captain Glenn shared.

The propeller doesn’t respond, and the Parsifal III slams into the dock. Yes, it’s a technical explanation, but fans can rest assured the accident will be full of drama when it airs.

Captain Glenn dishes his frustration with the accident

Like many in his situation, Captain Glenn explodes into a cuss-filled rant. The captain addressed his reaction during his E ! News interview explaining he doesn’t swear very often.

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However, in the light of the events, Captain Glenn unleashes some expletives due to his frustration.

“Hitting the dock like that can be a season-ending incident. It can be very serious,” the captain stated. “It’s just something you want to avoid. I’ve avoided it all my career and, of course, now with the cameras rolling it happens.”

Thanks to his laid-back nature Captain Glenn Shephard was able to find humor in the Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 2 boat crash long after it happened. He knows once the scene plays out onscreen, the captain will get a lot of flak for his reaction.

Captain Glenn promises neither his response nor the crash was for reality television purposes. They were authentic.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht airs Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo.

Below Deck Sailing Yacht 's Sydney Zaruba Teases Aftermath of Boat Crash

In an exclusive chat with e news, below deck sailing yacht 's sydney zaruba discussed the docking drama that sent the crew into action. see what she had to say..

The drama is just getting started.

In an exclusive chat with E! News, deckhand Sydney Zaruba teased the aftermath of the boat crash that occurred in the May 10 episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht . As E! News readers well know, the latest episode of the Bravo hit featured the mega-yacht Parsifal III making contact with a docking wall twice .

"Let's just say, when a super yacht hits a dock it's never a good thing," she teased. "The first damage was going to be expensive, the second damage is gonna be exponentially times that."

While Sydney stayed relatively tight lipped on the situation following the crash, she did note that this was something "you never want…to happen." Although, the deckhand did reveal that docking drama isn't uncommon in the industry.

"There's three types of captains, I like to say," she explained. "There's captains who have hit the dock, captains who have yet to hit the dock and captains who have lied about hitting the dock."

For those who missed last week's episode, Parsifal III first incurred some damage after strong winds caused it to scrape against the dock. Later on, at a different dock, a malfunction with the ship caused it to fully collide with the docking wall.

Still, Sydney called the incident "another day on the boat," before adding, "If you're in the industry long enough, you're gonna see it."

Although the episode's second crash appeared to be pretty disastrous, Sydney was still "really proud" with how the crew handled the first incident. Fans of the show will recall that, during the initial collision, it was Sydney who spotted that the ship was heading "really far to starboard."

"In the moment, it's a bit like, heart-stopping," she recalled. "As a sailor, I knew the anchor was dragging, and you sense something's wrong before you actually know something's wrong."

However, Sydney made it clear that the handling of the first incident required a team effort, shouting out Captain Glenn Shephard , Gary King , Colin Macrae and Jean-Luc Cerza Lanaux .

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"For a worst-case scenario situation, it went down the best way possible I think," she concluded. "On our side, we did the best anybody could've asked us to do."

As for how they handled the second collision? You're gonna have to watch tonight's episode to find out.

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‘Below Deck Down Under’ Hit With $9 Million Lawsuit, Here’s Why

Below Deck Down Under premiered earlier this month on Peacock. It’s the latest spinoff series in the ever-growing Below Deck franchise. Fans have already been raving about the new series. But someone issued a $9 million lawsuit. They sued the producers for the damages made to the Thalassa superyacht known as the Keri Lee III.

Captain Jason Chambers has a new crew and a new superyacht. He had to get hands-on with his job to ensure nothing terrible happens. In a confessional, Jason revealed a time when he crashed a superyacht into a marina that was next to a group of diners. According to recent court documents, it sounds like something happened with this new superyacht.

Below Deck Down Under producers responsible for damages made to 55-meter vessel

Starcasm obtained the court documents on Monday, March 28. The filings reveal the Below Deck Down Under producers are in a lawsuit with the owner of the My Thalassa, which has changed its name to the My Keri Lee III. Australian native Trevor Lee and his wife, fashion designer Keri Craig-Lee are the owners of the superyacht.

They sued the producers for over $9 million in damages made to their yacht. They claim the damage is with Mountain View Productions, LLC, which produces Below Deck Down Under . The dispute took place in front of a judge in an Australian federal court. The court made the filings public.

The estimate could include the repainting of the exterior. It makes sense since Captain Glenn Shephard crashed the Parsifal III in Season 2 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht . He ended up with a $20,000 bill and a bruised ego. It’s possible that the My Keri Lee III ended up in a worse wreck.

Did Captain Jason Chambers crash the superyacht?

The Below Deck Down Under star is no stranger to boat crashes. Jason was the captain of the 45.6-meter superyacht Moatize when it crashed into a Queensland marina in 2019. He made international headlines when it crashed into an outdoor dining area. Some of the guests scrambled for their life.

Jason spoke to an Australian news outlet to reveal what happened. It’s unclear if Jason was responsible when the My Keri Lee III sustained damage in the lawsuit. The Below Deck Down Under trailer didn’t hint about a potential crash in the preview trailer. What are your thoughts on this lawsuit? Sound off below in the comment section.

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Below deck: season 2 boat crash resulted in $20k worth of damage.

Below Deck: Sailing Yacht's season 2 boat crash into the pier resulted in $20,000 worth of damage to the yacht and one angry Captain Glenn.

It has been one heck of a season for the  Below Deck Sailing Yacht  crew, thanks to Covid-19 restrictions, and a costly boat crash is also now coming to light. The incident, which occurred in season 2, resulted in $20,000 worth of damage to the yacht and one angry Captain Glenn.

Bravo and  Sailing Yacht  fans have been teased all season regarding a mighty crash that is set to happen. The film crew can be seen scurrying to catch the impact of the boat against the concrete pier and the charter guests' response . The crew was not only worried about the damage to the boat, but also about the concrete structure. Viewers thought the only drama they would see would be aboard the boat in the crew's quarters, but it seemed the Parsifal III yacht wanted some screentime of its own.

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Captain Glenn took some time to cool down and chat with fans on Reddit, which is where he revealed that the boat collision cost $20,000 to repair. The seaworthy captain also revealed that the Bravo production crew got a break in the actual price, so it ended up not being as pricey as it usually would have been. He said they were "lucky" the paint company owed them a respray.

The captain shared an inside look with fans, saying that a repair like that could have easily cost the owner between $10,000 and $20,000. Fans are aware the damage could have been a lot worse, but  Captain Glenn made sure to let nautical lovers know that the boats are always "well insured." Even though Captain Glenn was at the helm, he revealed he felt embarrassed that the incident occurred, but was happy no one was injured.

The boat already needed a new paint job after last week's ding, where the small vessel lost paint after it broke down. Crew and fans had never seen the captain so angry, and cameras caught him storming off amid using curse words. Mechanical issues have always haunted the captains of the franchises, and Glenn was no exception. But like the pro he is, the captain stands by and takes full blame for the incident. Fans are looking forward to a bit of smooth sailing on the next episode.

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Captain Glenn Shephard Reveals the Surprising Cost to Repair the Yacht Crash Damage

There's been a recent development in what actually caused the Below Deck Sailing Yacht accident.

The Below Deck Sailing Yacht crew gathered virtually to discuss the biggest moments of Season 2 during Part 1 of the reunion on Watch What What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on June 21. So, of course, that included a look back at the crash into the dock , the biggest boat crash in Below Deck history.

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As you may recall this season, after hitting the dock earlier in the day, the Parsifal III  smashed into the dock a second time when it malfunctioned and the vessel continued to move backward, even as Captain Glenn Shephard tried to propel it forward. The yacht totally uprooted the dock's concrete blocks in the crash, but fortunately, the boat only really incurred cosmetic damage to the transom.

Captain Glenn wasn't 100 percent certain what caused the crash immediately following the accident or even in the months after . However, he recently learned what actually led to the malfunction, thanks to Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 1's chief engineer Byron Hissey . "I kind of understand what happened now. I talked to Byron a couple days ago, and he had a very similar problem. When you're in high revs, when you're maneuvering, and you go under a stern, it gets stuck sometimes, and it's exactly what happened. I didn't realize it until I spoke to him," Captain Glenn shared. "He spoke to the manufacturer of the, it's a controllable pitch propeller, and he said it's a known issue. I didn't know about it. I wish I had. I wouldn't have used the higher revs."

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Even though the damage to the stern of the boat looked pretty nasty after the accident, it actually wasn't that costly to repair, Captain Glenn revealed during the reunion. "The people who painted the boat just prior to this season owed us a free transom paint job," he told host Andy Cohen during the sit-down. "So I think it was a couple grand just to fill it."

Captain Glenn explained that they were fortunate that the transom hit the dock in the way that it did. "It was just filler that was damaged, which we were really lucky," he said. "Those stones lifting up and riding up the back, that was like a massive shock absorber, and it saved us."

As for the cost to repair the dock, Captain Glenn said, "I think it was five, six grand. Our insurance took care of that."

All in all, it sounds like the real damage was done to Captain Glenn's ego. "Yeah, I mean, that stuff doesn't happen, doesn't happen. And it happens, and of course, it's on film, so that's even better. Everybody I've ever worked with is gonna see that," Captain Glenn said of the crash during the reunion. "So, yeah, it's not fun."

The one good thing that came out of this incident is that it showed Captain Glenn just how skilled of a deck crew he had in Gary King , Sydney Zaruba , and Jean-Luc Cerza-Lanaux as they did an "exemplary" job of handling this emergency situation, according to the Parsifal III boss. "They were amazing. I mean, I don't see it 'til after because Gary and Sydney and JL, they're sorting out this problem at the back. I'm like 35 meters away trying to control what the boat's doing," Captain Glenn said. "Everybody did amazing."

The Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 2 reunion continues with Part 2 on Tuesday, June 22 at 9/8c.

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