Captain Sandy Yawn on why we're obsessed with Below Deck Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It's lovely to see you. Welcome to London.
00:03I'm sure you've been asked this a lot today,
00:05but how does it feel to be here in the UK,
00:07getting ready to meet all the fans?
00:09It's incredible.
00:10I love being a part of the Hey You family,
00:12and I wouldn't have it any other way.
00:14Also, getting your face wrapped on a taxi, that's cool.
00:19I haven't seen them yet on the cabs outside.
00:22I don't know.
00:23I think I'm arriving in one with my face on it.
00:26Oh, wow!
00:28I know.
00:29That's iconic.
00:30Also, you guys put our faces on buses.
00:32Yes, it's true.
00:33Not me personally, but there is the big red buses.
00:36I'm sure we'll see them now.
00:38Yeah, Hey You.
00:39Not me personally.
00:40I don't have that authority, Sandy.
00:42I'm not at that level yet.
00:43But that's so cool.
00:44Yeah, it's cool.
00:45How do you feel about meeting everybody, all the fans?
00:48Because obviously I know the fan base.
00:50It's incredible because how I found out my face was on a bus
00:52was through a fan of the UK.
00:55They're like, do you know your face is on a bus?
00:57And I'm like, I take that big red bus every time I come here
01:00because I am that person.
01:02Do you not put your face on buses across the pond?
01:06No, they don't do that.
01:07No?
01:08Maybe we need to change that.
01:09Your face should be on all the buses all over the world.
01:11Well, they have BravoCon.
01:13So that's the big face, right?
01:16I love that for you.
01:17So you're on cabs, you're on buses.
01:19We're just going to see so much of you, and we love to see it.
01:21And now we have FanFest.
01:23Now we have FanFest.
01:24I mean, how are you feeling about this?
01:25Because honestly, so many of my friends are giddy about meeting you guys.
01:30I think it's incredible that we're able to do that.
01:33Who thinks of that?
01:34I know.
01:35I mean, it's awesome.
01:37We get to come to London.
01:39We get a nice little hotel.
01:40This is posh.
01:42And taken to a party.
01:44It's pretty cool.
01:45It's just like living the dream.
01:46Aren't you just basically living the dream, Sandy?
01:47Is that what's happening?
01:48Living the dream, yes.
01:50And listen, I remember my first dip into reality TV
01:54was Big Brother and stuff when I was younger.
01:56I'm 32 now.
01:57So I would say over the past 20 years,
02:00reality TV has just become this massive phenomenon.
02:04It's just getting bigger and bigger.
02:06Why do you think we're all obsessed?
02:08You know, I think it's how they...
02:11I think it's relatable for a lot of people.
02:14And I'm sure a lot of people go,
02:17Oh, my gosh.
02:18I actually did that or acted like that.
02:20As far as Below Deck, I think it's a great show.
02:23It highlights a lot of wonderful things as well.
02:26Travel, the boat, the careers,
02:29and they're actually working.
02:33And they get it together somehow
02:35and come upstairs with a smile and continue to do their job.
02:39That's pretty good.
02:40That's resilience.
02:41It's such escapism as well, Below Deck,
02:43because, like you say, the boat, you're on holiday,
02:45but then you do get invested in all the relationships
02:48and what's going on.
02:49How did you first come to get involved with Below Deck?
02:52How did it all happen?
02:53It came to me.
02:54I didn't seek it.
02:56The showrunner messaged me.
02:59So I thought, Why not?
03:01It's giving. I don't chase. I attract.
03:04I didn't even know.
03:06I had heard about the show.
03:08I never watched it.
03:09I was always at sea.
03:11I was working.
03:12We didn't watch TV.
03:13Really?
03:14I suppose you can't when you're in the middle of the Atlantic.
03:17And it was so hard.
03:18We didn't have tracking satellites like we do now.
03:20We put them on the dock and had to track it.
03:22You didn't have TV underway.
03:25I always think, as well,
03:26filming on the water is such a challenge in itself.
03:29Has there ever been a cameraman
03:31that's just went overboard or something?
03:33No.
03:34Oh, my gosh.
03:35Knock on wood.
03:36No, because in films and stuff,
03:38that does happen, obviously, a lot.
03:40Has there been equipment or anything that's fallen over?
03:43Not on our boat.
03:44Is it because you're in charge?
03:46No, it's just that they...
03:48Listen, I'm not in charge of everybody, right?
03:50So they're in charge of themselves to keep themselves safe.
03:53But, yes, I'm in charge of their safety.
03:55We haven't had that happen, thankfully.
03:57And do you just, like, obviously ignore the cameras
04:00because you're very focused on what you're doing, right?
04:03They have the fourth wall.
04:05You know, you'll say, Good morning,
04:07but they'll get in trouble.
04:10So you don't want them to get in trouble.
04:12You want them there to follow the crew.
04:14So then what was that like for you,
04:16kind of adjusting to, like, trying to focus on your job,
04:19but also know that you're a TV star?
04:22How was that adjusting?
04:23I don't think about that.
04:25Because I was a captain before I was on television,
04:27so my natural way of being is what you see on TV.
04:32But you are a star now, Sandy.
04:34Like, people love you.
04:36I don't know if you're ready for the chaos
04:38that's going to happen at this fan fest.
04:40Well, I wish I had the money that stars have.
04:42Well, don't we all?
04:43I know.
04:44That's the story of my life, to be quite honest with you.
04:47What have been some of your kind of highlights, then,
04:50of the whole process?
04:52Working with the people.
04:54The crew, the film crew, the networks.
04:59Working with those people.
05:01It is really, it's about relationships, right?
05:04So you can have these experiences.
05:06You could be alone in London,
05:08or you could be with someone that you don't really want to be with.
05:11It just changes everything.
05:13And when you like the people you work with,
05:15it's cool, it's fun.
05:18I love it.
05:20It's a great group of people.
05:22It's so underestimated.
05:24Having good people and a good team is just incredible.
05:27And then on the flip side of that,
05:29what have been some of the kind of rockiest charters
05:32that you've ever had?
05:34Has it always been just difficult clients, maybe,
05:36that make it challenging?
05:38Really, the clients, not so much as the weather.
05:41So weather really affects the charter.
05:45If the boat's not functioning properly,
05:48the clients we need.
05:50Sometimes they're demanding.
05:52Sometimes an expectation can be seen as demanding,
05:55but it's just an expectation,
05:57which is rightfully so if you pay that kind of money.
05:59Others can be rude.
06:01That's when I step in.
06:03But the majority of the challenge is the weather.
06:06And the crew.
06:08The crew are a lot like the weather.
06:10Unpredictable.
06:12Emotional.
06:14Sometimes scary.
06:17I don't know if I remember Laura.
06:19Listen, I'm obsessed.
06:21She scared me.
06:23For Hannah.
06:25Do you find sometimes you're almost just like a mother as well?
06:28Because sometimes it is like,
06:30the crew are just like unruly teenagers at points.
06:33I look at it as like their coach.
06:35Like a sports team.
06:38Because when it's a parent,
06:40they can get away with it, right?
06:42And they know there won't be consequences.
06:45Sometimes there's consequences, but if it's a coach,
06:47sometimes you get kicked off the team.
06:49Your pay gets docked.
06:51It's so funny when the crew do something.
06:53Even when I'm filming, I'm like,
06:55you know that's coming out of your tip money.
06:57They don't know if it's true or not.
06:59You must have met so many people as well
07:01that come through the crew process as well.
07:03Because obviously some people maybe come and do it for a while
07:05and then go off to do other things.
07:07Of course. There's a lot of that. That's fine.
07:09As long as they do their job.
07:11What does it take to be on your crew then?
07:14What do you look for?
07:16What are the key things that you need to be good at?
07:18Well, if I hire the crew outside of the television show,
07:21character, I hire for character.
07:24And then you need some skill set, right?
07:26So you can teach everything else,
07:28but you want strong character.
07:30See, that's the most important thing.
07:32See, now you've said that,
07:34I don't think I'd be very good at the technical stuff,
07:36but I'm the personality hire.
07:38I feel like character-wise I could maybe get on board.
07:40Excuse the pun. I didn't even mean that.
07:44Sandy's like, absolutely not.
07:46She's not coming on that boat.
07:48You have a great personality. You can learn.
07:50I know, but I don't think I could be calm
07:52when the clients are being rude.
07:54I'm Scottish. I've got a temper. That's the problem.
07:56I think I would need to clap back.
07:58Bite my tongue.
08:00Bite your tongue.
08:01Listen, it's been an absolute pleasure.
08:03Thank you so much.
08:04I can't wait for you to set sail once again.
08:06Oh, thank you.