Welcome back to Episode 7 of Below Deck, Season 11. This week’s episode, “Cat’s Out of the Bag,” has Jared pay a price for awakening the captain twice in one night due to his inebriated rudeness.
Ben receives a significant promotion, and Cat reaches a low point that makes Fraser and Captain Kerry concerned about her mental well-being. Here are a few highlights from Episode 7 of Below Deck, Season 11.
Two crew members quit St. David on a single charter: stew Cat Baugh left for personal reasons and bosun Jared Woodin was sacked. The episode that aired tonight, “Cat’s Out of the Bag,” featured Captain Kerry hitting Jared with the boom after he got into a fight with deckhand Kyle Stillie while intoxicated.
However, Jared’s dismissal was due to more than just the contentious debate in the crew mess. Captain Kerry clarified his reasoning for dismissing the bosun in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly.
Recap
He expected to fire Jared, but he wasn’t ready for what he refers to as “the fastest departure in Below Deck history” when Cat had to get off the boat right away.
Below, Captain Kerry discusses how his experience on Below Deck Adventure and his path with mental health have shaped who he is now and have affected his handling of the two crew departures. Right away, like the first day. The problem is that while you may be aware of it, you still attempt to veer off course.
In later episodes, where we were able to work with them and they were approaching breaking point as well, it will become clear about other staff members about whom I had concerns. Thus, I’m not sure. I believe that experiencing anything highly emotional heightens your awareness of other people’s states of being.
Really, that made me awake. Things were becoming really antagonistic. I knew where he was, but again, this happened a long time ago, so there’s only so much we can truly reveal [on broadcast]. With all of my crew, I put pressure on Jared—it’s a yacht.
I am aware that there is a TV show attached to it, but it’s a yacht, and I have expectations, one of which is that there won’t be a mess in the hot tub when I get up. And I’ll be considerate enough to hold off on checking right away. In previous episodes, I’ve witnessed Jared scurrying around in the morning to ensure that [everything is tidy].
He would have left the boat sooner than Cat had if I had smelled it. I had no idea that was happening, therefore. What was actually happening was that you would have a heavy drinking session and then be less functional the next day. And I had no idea that Ben was trying to undermine him.
Thus, he had to maintain his composure while dealing with undermining all the time. He was under pressure from all sides and [couldn’t get through to] his daughter, the work, and me.