Luka Brunton‘s mistakes caught up with him on Below Deck Mediterranean when Captain Sandy Yawn called him out for not properly planning his team’s schedule.
Throughout a brand new episode of the Bravo sequence, which aired on Monday, December 4, Captain Sandy questioned Luka’s talents as a frontrunner after noticing that he was the one one working from the deck crew.
“We only have you on deck? That’s not OK. We need help with service. We always have two people on deck. This isn’t OK,” Sandy instructed Luka after he despatched deckhands Lara Du Preez, Haleigh Gorman and Max Salvador on their respective breaks.
Earlier within the episode, Luka remained on board whereas Lara, Haleigh and Max joined the company on an tour. The bosun despatched his fellow crew to their cabins after they returned, which induced an issue when Tumi Mhlongo wanted assist with dinner service and Luka was the one one nonetheless awake however not round.
Luka stepped off the boat to drive a mentalist — who was employed as leisure for the company — again to shore. In consequence, Captain Sandy wasn’t thrilled with Luka for failing to assume forward about what his absence meant for the inside crew.
“It is important to have at least two deckhands on board in case of an emergency. I have to be able to maneuver [and] I have to hall anchor. Not only is it safety but we have guests on board. It is about service,” she defined to the cameras. “The deck team is there to support the interior because now it is all about the food and service [since] there’s no water sports. We can’t only have one person. I need two. I’m not happy.”
As soon as Luka returned, Sandy expressed her frustration, including, “I’m not very happy. The priority is the food. Get Max up. This is the stuff that makes me mad. You have to figure your schedule out.”
Luka tried to defend himself by mentioning that his crew “didn’t get their breaks” earlier within the day, which is why they had been all off on the similar time. Sandy, nevertheless, anticipated Luka to have a greater deal with on the state of affairs.
“When [Tumi] called and called, the deck crew needed to f—king answer. I’m f—king mad,” she instructed Luka because the episode got here to an finish.
Throughout season 8 of Under Deck Med, Luka has candidly mentioned the teachings he has but to be taught as a bosun. He was initially introduced on to the Mustique as a deckhand earlier than changing into a provisional bosun when Ruan Irving‘s paperwork was known as into query. Luka, who appeared on season 2 of Under Deck Down Underneath as a lead deckhand, was subsequently supplied the bosun place by Sandy as soon as Ruan stop his job.
“I am usually an engineer so in the past I have never had to do any kind of paperwork. But I do cater the work schedule more toward Max and Haleigh,” Luka admitted on Monday’s episode. “I can always rely on Lara to not give me s—t if she breaks late and that’s definitely why she got the lead deckhand position. Because she’s happy to just push through.”
In a confessional, Lara admitted she wasn’t truly thrilled along with her schedule as a result of Luka wasn’t taking her under consideration. For Lara, being the crew member that Luka relied on essentially the most meant she had much less time to relaxation, which didn’t appear truthful to her.
Sandy didn’t solely remind Luka to prepare his crew’s schedule higher. The captain additionally used Monday’s episode to convey up Luka’s different obligations that had been slipping by means of the cracks. Whereas the group was on their evening out, Sandy observed that the deck crew wasn’t retaining the crew mess as clear as she anticipated.
“Even though this is Luka’s first time at being a bosun, it isn’t his first or second or third charter. He knows my expectation,” she famous. “Being a bosun on a charter yacht isn’t just about throwing lines and calling distances. It is about making sure that your schedule is working well.”
Sandy concluded: “Although Luka is doing an amazing job, I don’t want him to get complacent and take his eye off the ball.”
Under Deck Mediterranean airs on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.