Reality television crews are prepared for the unexpected: two cast members may spontaneously begin fighting each other, a contestant may become injured, etc. But when the Parsifal III, the ship that serves as the setting for Bravo’s popular “Below Deck: Sailing Yacht,” suffered engine failure 24 hours before the season’s first charter, the cast and crew had to scramble to find a solution.
The drama played out in the first three episodes of Season 4, which are now streaming on Peacock. But there wouldn’t have been a season at all if it weren’t for the quick thinking and expertise of chief engineer Colin Macrae.