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Captain Lee Rosbachis sailing off into the sunset after 10 years onBelow Deck.
When asked what the past 10 years have meant to him, he said, “The world.” Added Rosbach, 73: “When I started this whole crazy-ass ride it was just, ‘I’m just a captain that gets filmed doing his job.’ For it to have morphed into what it is today with the spinoffs and everything else, it’s really been humbling.”
Of the show’s impact on the yachting industry, Rosbach said, “It truly has changed the face of the industry. We were struggling to find people to get into the industry because people in Iowa had no clue that jobs on yachts — what’s a yacht?”
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Rosbach wasBelow Deck’s first captain when it debuted in 2013 and has been with the OG franchise for the last decade while its spun off multiple series includingBelow Deck Mediterranean,Below Deck Sailing YachtandBelow Deck Adventure.
After intensive rehab, he returned in time to captain the last few charters of the season ahead of his final voyage.
“I made a promise that I would come back,“he said. “That’s a promise that I delivered. I want people to look at the job that I’ve done and go, ‘He set the bar high, and he kept it high.’ God d—, what a ride.”
He concluded, “I don’t know what’s gonna happen in the future, but the ocean’s always gonna be part of me. I’ve still got the best god d— job in the world.”
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Below Deckis available to stream on Peacock.
source: people.com
