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Quite the shindig underway for Sindalahs inauguration. Its looking like St Barths at New Year! #superyachts #Sindalah #NEOM

Quite the shindig underway for Sindalah's inauguration. It's looking like St Barth's at New Year!

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𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨; “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?” This is one of the topics explored by Marina Hyde and Richard Osman in today’s Q&A edition of the excellent podcast, ‘The Rest Is Entertainment’. A listener posed the question, “Apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a yacht charter on Below Deck? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and TV crew swarming all over the boat?” Listen to the 5-minute segment here, with highly entertaining insights into the making of Below Deck and why anyone would be mad enough to sign up, let alone pay for the privilege! Listen here 🔈: https://bit.ly/THIE_BelowDeckGuests Alternatively, read the conversation transcript below. 👇🏻 . . . . MH: Okay, welcome back everybody and Im just going to have to go straight into a question that Ive so wanted to know the answer to. Its from Chris Cowan and its about Below Deck, that absolute zenith of reality television. I often find myself watching one of the many series and spin offs of Below Deck, currently Below Deck Mediterranean. By the way, these are set on superyachts and theyre about the crew on superyachts. Im curious, apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a charter on a boat with the show, which are superyachts, by the way? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and crew swarming all over the boat? RO: This show is a new obsession in my house. My daughters watched it for ages now. My wife is watching it and therefore I am watching it and its really good. Good. I mean, its really, it sort of feels almost like end times. No, not in times. I love it. The producer gets less involved in this than they would want on certain other shows. MH: Funnily enough, my daughter was asking exactly this question, which is why are people doing it? Are they getting it cheaper or not? The sums for these boats are absolutely enormous. RO: Sometimes when we go on holiday in Corfu, lots of them come past and were always like looking at them with binoculars and then immediately googling how much it costs to rent a week. And its insane. Its like hundreds of thousands of pounds. It really is absolutely mad. And so the show, you know, people charter it, you get like eight or 10 people, therell be like family groups or, you know, work groups or something like that. And so the crew. Always there. So you follow, you know, the captain, you follow the engineers, you follow the, you know, the people working on the ship. And its just each new episode, theres a new group of people coming in. So youve got the soap opera of the crew, but youve also got every week new people to judge. Yeah, which I think is the story of the week, the joy of the show story of the week, exactly that. Now, Mark Cronin, who created Below Deck, so he says this, and you know what? Genuinely, what I said to my daughter is, no, itll be free. Theyll get it for free. The production will pay. And maybe be paid. Yeah, exactly. Because theyll just, are you an interesting group of people? Lets put you on the ship. But that is not the case. Mark Cronin, the creator, says guests get a 50 percent discount on the three day charters and get their flights paid for. But guests still have to pay for all of their food, any excursions, and of course, The all important tip, which is a big deal on Below Deck. Twelve grand the guy gave him on the one I was watching last night. And that is expected to be 15 to 20 percent of the total cost. So for the honour of being a side character for one episode of Below Deck, youll be paying about £45,000 for three nights. MH: For your holiday. Its just so mind blowing. People really want to be on TV, dont they? Yeah. And they will risk paying 50 grand to look like an utter arsehole. Youre gonna have to explain it to me. RO: I suppose if you are interested in hiring a super yacht anyway, Then you might have a certain personality type. MH: Do you think they dont realize theyre arseholes? So they dont realize theyre paying 50 grand. Well, a lot of arseholes dont realize that theyre arseholes, do they? No, theyre paying 50 grand to be themselves. RO: Thats the very point of it. So I think that, honestly, I think if you are trying to impress a group of people, or if you do have a family holiday, imagine if youre sitting down now, so the whole familys got to get together. Weve got ten of us, and what should we do? Weve got to have a week somewhere. And, three or four of you watch and like Below Deck. Actually, if you said, well, why dont we go on Below Deck? Well, were gonna spend some money anyway on our holiday. Were stupidly rich anyway, and we waste our money anyway. This might be a fun way to waste that money. Oh my god. People like to be on TV. MH: But they dont realise what TV involves. But a lot of them come across quite badly. Probably because theyre so annoyed theyve had to do the same thing. You know, lets be honest, this is like, managed reality. So theyve probably had to do the same scene asking for the espresso martini about five times. There must be cables everywhere, tripping over them all the time. I mean, I just dont understand. RO: But they also leave in all the bits where every single guest tries to sleep with every single member of the crew. Yeah. Like every night at the end when theyve had a few drinks. I think thats mandatory. MH: Yeah. But its like, you just think, you know, that theres a camera looking at you when you do that, you understand that all I knew about below deck in the olden days was that Kate from US traitors was in it and what she is a monster. Yeah, but shes my monster. Yeah, shes very good at her job. I would say that. RO: So yeah, people are paying an awful lot of money, and the tip is for real, and all that kind of stuff, and the people whove seen it know the tips can often be absolutely huge. You know, and the crew is real, and all that stuff. I have, as I say, has a new convert to it. I dont believe its End Times, I quite think its quite an enjoyable bit of television. But very expensive, it turns out, to be on. There cant be many other shows that youre paying to be on. God, what a sucker. I dont think theyve won, these people, but they havent. Theyve lost. Well, it depends what game theyre playing. MH: Is the game, I Look Like a dickhead, on television? In which case, theyve aced it. RO: If you havent watched Below Deck, I hope By the way, do watch it. Yes. Its mesmerizing. Laugh at people paying to look like this on television. Well, thats the thing, I can now go and watch this and go, Wow, hang on Womble on every minute. Yeah. I mean, they must have a lot of money. Like, a lot. Yes. Not anymore. MH: And not much sense. Yeah.

𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨; “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?”

This is one of the topics explored by Marina Hyde and Richard Osman in today’s Q&A edition of the excellent podcast, ‘The Rest Is Entertainment’.

A listener posed the question, “Apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a yacht charter on Below Deck? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and TV crew swarming all over the boat?”

Listen to the 5-minute segment here, with highly entertaining insights into the making of Below Deck and why anyone would be mad enough to sign up, let alone pay for the privilege!

Listen here 🔈:

Alternatively, read the conversation transcript below. 👇🏻
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MH: Okay, welcome back everybody and I'm just going to have to go straight into a question that I've so wanted to know the answer to. It's from Chris Cowan and it's about Below Deck, that absolute zenith of reality television. I often find myself watching one of the many series and spin offs of Below Deck, currently Below Deck Mediterranean.

By the way, these are set on superyachts and they're about the crew on superyachts. I'm curious, apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a charter on a boat with the show, which are superyachts, by the way? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and crew swarming all over the boat?

RO: This show is a new obsession in my house. My daughter's watched it for ages now. My wife is watching it and therefore I am watching it and it's really good. Good. I mean, it's really, it sort of feels almost like end times. No, not in times. I love it. The producer gets less involved in this than they would want on certain other shows.

MH: Funnily enough, my daughter was asking exactly this question, which is why are people doing it? Are they getting it cheaper or not? The sums for these boats are absolutely enormous.

RO: Sometimes when we go on holiday in Corfu, lots of them come past and we're always like looking at them with binoculars and then immediately googling how much it costs to rent a week.

And it's insane. It's like hundreds of thousands of pounds. It really is absolutely mad. And so the show, you know, people charter it, you get like eight or 10 people, there'll be like family groups or, you know, work groups or something like that. And so the crew. Always there. So you follow, you know, the captain, you follow the engineers, you follow the, you know, the people working on the ship.

And it's just each new episode, there's a new group of people coming in. So you've got the soap opera of the crew, but you've also got every week new people to judge. Yeah, which I think is the story of the week, the joy of the show story of the week, exactly that. Now, Mark Cronin, who created Below Deck, so he says this, and you know what?

Genuinely, what I said to my daughter is, no, it'll be free. They'll get it for free. The production will pay. And maybe be paid. Yeah, exactly. Because they'll just, are you an interesting group of people? Let's put you on the ship. But that is not the case. Mark Cronin, the creator, says guests get a 50 percent discount on the three day charters and get their flights paid for.

But guests still have to pay for all of their food, any excursions, and of course, The all important tip, which is a big deal on Below Deck. Twelve grand the guy gave him on the one I was watching last night. And that is expected to be 15 to 20 percent of the total cost. So for the honour of being a side character for one episode of Below Deck, you'll be paying about £45,000 for three nights.

MH: For your holiday. It's just so mind blowing. People really want to be on TV, don't they? Yeah. And they will risk paying 50 grand to look like an utter arsehole. You're gonna have to explain it to me.

RO: I suppose if you are interested in hiring a super yacht anyway, Then you might have a certain personality type.

MH: Do you think they don't realize they're arseholes? So they don't realize they're paying 50 grand. Well, a lot of arseholes don't realize that they're arseholes, do they? No, they're paying 50 grand to be themselves.

RO: That's the very point of it. So I think that, honestly, I think if you are trying to impress a group of people, or if you do have a family holiday, imagine if you're sitting down now, so the whole family's got to get together.

We've got ten of us, and what should we do? We've got to have a week somewhere. And, three or four of you watch and like Below Deck. Actually, if you said, well, why don't we go on Below Deck? Well, we're gonna spend some money anyway on our holiday. We're stupidly rich anyway, and we waste our money anyway. This might be a fun way to waste that money. Oh my god. People like to be on TV.

MH: But they don't realise what TV involves. But a lot of them come across quite badly. Probably because they're so annoyed they've had to do the same thing. You know, let's be honest, this is like, managed reality. So they've probably had to do the same scene asking for the espresso martini about five times. There must be cables everywhere, tripping over them all the time. I mean, I just don't understand.

RO: But they also leave in all the bits where every single guest tries to sleep with every single member of the crew. Yeah. Like every night at the end when they've had a few drinks. I think that's mandatory.

MH: Yeah. But it's like, you just think, you know, that there's a camera looking at you when you do that, you understand that all I knew about below deck in the olden days was that Kate from US traitors was in it and what she is a monster. Yeah, but she's my monster. Yeah, she's very good at her job. I would say that.

RO: So yeah, people are paying an awful lot of money, and the tip is for real, and all that kind of stuff, and the people who've seen it know the tips can often be absolutely huge. You know, and the crew is real, and all that stuff. I have, as I say, has a new convert to it. I don't believe it's End Times, I quite think it's quite an enjoyable bit of television.

But very expensive, it turns out, to be on. There can't be many other shows that you're paying to be on. God, what a sucker. I don't think they've won, these people, but they haven't. They've lost. Well, it depends what game they're playing.

MH: Is the game, I Look Like a dickhead, on television? In which case, they've aced it.

RO: If you haven't watched Below Deck, I hope By the way, do watch it. Yes. It's mesmerizing. Laugh at people paying to look like this on television. Well, that's the thing, I can now go and watch this and go, Wow, hang on Womble on every minute. Yeah. I mean, they must have a lot of money. Like, a lot. Yes. Not anymore.

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Quite the shindig underway for Sindalah's inauguration. It's looking like St Barth's at New Year! #superyachts #Sindalah #NEOM

Quite the shindig underway for Sindalah`s inauguration. It`s looking like St Barth`s at New Year!

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𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨; “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?” This is one of the topics explored by Marina Hyde and Richard Osman in today’s Q&A edition of the excellent podcast, ‘The Rest Is Entertainment’. A listener posed the question, “Apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a yacht charter on Below Deck? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and TV crew swarming all over the boat?” Listen to the 5-minute segment here, with highly entertaining insights into the making of Below Deck and why anyone would be mad enough to sign up, let alone pay for the privilege! Listen here 🔈: https://bit.ly/THIE_BelowDeckGuests

𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨; “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?”

This is one of the topics explored by Marina Hyde and Richard Osman in today’s Q&A edition of the excellent podcast, ‘The Rest Is Entertainment’.

A listener posed the question, “Apart from the draw of being on TV, what is in it for the guests to book a yacht charter on Below Deck? Do they get a discount for possibly being portrayed as a nuisance and TV crew swarming all over the boat?”

Listen to the 5-minute segment here, with highly entertaining insights into the making of Below Deck and why anyone would be mad enough to sign up, let alone pay for the privilege!

Listen here 🔈: https://bit.ly/THIE_BelowDeckGuests ...

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Oct 15

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Take a quick look at the slide reel from our End of Season Party on 4th October! Too fast? Check out the full length reel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWqFGEnGfc&ab_channel=ESTELAYachtingPalma

Take a quick look at the slide reel from our End of Season Party on 4th October!

Too fast? Check out the full length reel here:
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Oct 4

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It’s TONIGHT, 18:30 til late, Port Adriano. Gonna be a good one!! https://estelashipping.es/the-countdown-to-estelas-end-of-season-party-is-on/ #superyachts #crew #party #PortAdriano #fancydress

It’s TONIGHT, 18:30 til late, Port Adriano.

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ESTELA’s END OF SEASON PARTY IS THIS FRIDAY - AND YOU'RE INVITED! The date is Friday 4th October from 18:30h 'til late, and the place is *DiQue, Port Adriano* The fancy dress theme is… Poseidon’s Underwater Kingdom In keeping with the Greek theme of this year’s edition of ‘The Y Yachting Itineraries’, we are celebrating the god of the sea, Poseidon, aka Neptune. Many of you will long have ‘crossed the line’ and been initiated into the court of King Neptune, but this night we shall all enter as Pollywogs and emerge as Shellbacks! Raid your ‘Davy Jones’ locker and rustle up any old subaquatic costume. Come as the mythical kraken, a mermaid, Aquaman, Jaws (yes, we know the shark’s name was actually ‘Bruce’), SpongeBob, or any person, object, or creature from the deep. Let your imagination swim wild, and there will, of course, be PRIZES for the best costumes on the night! See you there!! > Friday 4th October, 18:30h – late > Venue: DiQue (formerly Blue Nest), Port Adriano > Book your place on the coach from STP – Port Adriano – STP at https://bit.ly/ESTELA_Party2024

ESTELA’s END OF SEASON PARTY IS THIS FRIDAY - AND YOU`RE INVITED!

The date is Friday 4th October from 18:30h `til late, and the place is *DiQue, Port Adriano*

The fancy dress theme is…

Poseidon’s Underwater Kingdom

In keeping with the Greek theme of this year’s edition of ‘The Y Yachting Itineraries’, we are celebrating the god of the sea, Poseidon, aka Neptune.

Many of you will long have ‘crossed the line’ and been initiated into the court of King Neptune, but this night we shall all enter as Pollywogs and emerge as Shellbacks!

Raid your ‘Davy Jones’ locker and rustle up any old subaquatic costume. Come as the mythical kraken, a mermaid, Aquaman, Jaws (yes, we know the shark’s name was actually ‘Bruce’), SpongeBob, or any person, object, or creature from the deep.

Let your imagination swim wild, and there will, of course, be PRIZES for the best costumes on the night! See you there!!

> Friday 4th October, 18:30h – late
> Venue: DiQue (formerly Blue Nest), Port Adriano
> Book your place on the coach from STP – Port Adriano – STP at https://bit.ly/ESTELA_Party2024 ...

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Sep 12

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Bonjour from Cannes! #superyachts #boatshow #CannesYachtingFestival

Bonjour from Cannes!

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Sep 11

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ESTELA's END OF SEASON PARTY! Mark your diary now, the date is *Friday 4th October*, the place is *DiQue, Port Adriano* And the fancy dress theme is... Poseidon’s Underwater Kingdom ESTELA End of Season Party In keeping with the Greek theme of this year’s edition of ‘The Y Yachting Itineraries’, we are celebrating the god of the sea, Poseidon, aka Neptune. Many of you will long have ‘crossed the line’ and been initiated into the court of King Neptune, but this night we shall all enter as Pollywogs and emerge as Shellbacks! Raid your ‘Davy Jones’ locker and rustle up any old subaquatic costume. Come as the mythical kraken, a mermaid, Aquaman, Jaws (yes, we know the shark’s name was actually ‘Bruce’), SpongeBob, or any person, object, or creature from the deep. Let your imagination swim wild, and there will, of course, be PRIZES for the best costumes on the night! > Friday 4th October, 18:30h – late > Venue: DiQue (formerly Blue Nest), Port Adriano For details and to book your place on the STP - Adriano shuttle bus, visit bit.ly/ESTELA_Party2024

ESTELA`s END OF SEASON PARTY!

Mark your diary now, the date is *Friday 4th October*, the place is *DiQue, Port Adriano*

And the fancy dress theme is...

Poseidon’s Underwater Kingdom

ESTELA End of Season Party

In keeping with the Greek theme of this year’s edition of ‘The Y Yachting Itineraries’, we are celebrating the god of the sea, Poseidon, aka Neptune.

Many of you will long have ‘crossed the line’ and been initiated into the court of King Neptune, but this night we shall all enter as Pollywogs and emerge as Shellbacks!

Raid your ‘Davy Jones’ locker and rustle up any old subaquatic costume. Come as the mythical kraken, a mermaid, Aquaman, Jaws (yes, we know the shark’s name was actually ‘Bruce’), SpongeBob, or any person, object, or creature from the deep.

Let your imagination swim wild, and there will, of course, be PRIZES for the best costumes on the night!

> Friday 4th October, 18:30h – late

> Venue: DiQue (formerly Blue Nest), Port Adriano

For details and to book your place on the STP - Adriano shuttle bus, visit

bit.ly/ESTELA_Party2024 ...