If you've ever thought that the Below Deck Mediterranean yacht looked a little cramped at times, that's because it was. According to chief stew Hannah Ferrier, the boats featured on the show — the Sirroco, for example, which measures an impressive 154 feet — simply wasn't designed to hold all of the people that make the TV show happen. She told Forbes, "The difference with having a film crew is that there are fingerprints everywhere. There are 30 or 40 extra people stepping on an off every day." Basically, all of the extra bodies make a ton of extra work for the stews. Former deckhand Bobby Giancola agreed with Ferrier's assessment and told Forbes, "Yes, there are six or seven camera guys, the microphone guys, the control room, a lot of the producers are there."
Fans of the show will have noticed the camera operators breaking the fourth wall occasionally, when a staff member or guest is in trouble, for instance. But according to Ferrier, there have been plenty of times when members of the crew can't help but come into contact with production staff. As she told Forbes, "You find yourself almost hoping you don't have a sexual harassment claim from a camera guy. You're like, my butt is too big to squeeze by without touching him." Sounds as though there's a lot of action behind-the-scenes, which viewers don't get to see.
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