Batten down the hatches! Captain Lee Rosbach is formally exiting Below Deck — and shall be changed by one other member of the Bravo household, a number of sources solely inform Us Weekly.
In response to the insiders, Captain Kerry Titheradge of Below Deck Adventure will take the place of Lee, 73, for season 11 of the nautical sequence, which is able to start filming in Grenada later this week.
The information of Lee’s exit comes just some months after Captain Sandy Yawn stepped in to interchange the Michigan native throughout Beneath Deck season 10.
“Capt Sandy got here in a [d] bailed me out in a tricky scenario and I appreciate her efforts,” Lee, who has starred on Beneath Deck since its debut in 2011, tweeted about his untimely farewell on the time.
Through the December 2022 episode, viewers watched as Lee stated goodbye to his crew earlier than heading again to the U.S. to cope with ongoing well-being points.
“I’m gonna return to the [United] States, get this straightened out — and as quickly as I do — I’ll be on the primary airplane again right here and inform whoever’s on board to get the f—k off my boat,” he quipped to his costars as he broke the information.
Whereas the captain famous that he deliberate to return to the constitution to complete out the season — and referred to his airplane ticket as “roundtrip” — he instructed his fellow castmembers that he wanted “do right” by them by stepping apart.
“As you guys know I’ve been struggling with my mobility, and it’s been onerous and I’ve allowed you to guys down and for that, I apologize. So I’ve decided to go away the boat,” he defined. “One of my greatest issues now could be I’m not capable of observing. I don’t know who’s doing what, it’s my job,” he added. “They anticipate that out of me. There comes a degree if a captain is de facto being goal, he ought to be placing the perfect pursuits of his crew first.”
Forward of his departure from St. David, Lee solely instructed Us that his well-being points have been bettering.
“Again surgical procedure got here out nice, it actually did,” he solely instructed Us in December 2022. “You’ll discover this season that I do one thing that I’ve never, ever done before in my career or in my life. And there’s gonna be numerous conditions the place you’re gonna go like, ‘Wow, didn’t see that coming in any respect.’ And never solely will or not it’s true for the viewers, [but] it was additionally true for myself and the crew.”
The explanations for Lee’s official exit have but to be shared, however, the seasoned vet would probably give Kerry his stamp of approval.
Whereas the Australia native — who has starred in Beneath Deck Journey because it premiered in November 2022 — is a Bravo newbie, he solely opened as much as Us final month in regards to the recommendation Captain Lee gave him whereas the 2 paired up for a spherical of golf.
“‘Be yourself. Be that very same man I used to be taking part in golf with,’” Kerry recalled Lee telling him. “After which I requested him about social media and the way to do this. I stated, ‘I heard I ought to get somebody to do it, so I don’t get caught up in it.’ He goes, ‘No, do your personal social media. Don’t let anybody try this.’”
Kerry additionally revealed that he then bumped into Lee as soon as once more at BravoCon in October 2022, the place the previous restaurateur gave him phrases of encouragement forward of the Journey premiere.
“The present hadn’t been out but, however, we acquired a chat and he’s like, ‘Man, you’re gonna do nice. You’re gonna do actually good. I can see it.’ He says, ‘You’re gonna do unbelievable on this franchise.’ After which he chatted with my daughter. It was cool.”
Season 10 of Beneath Deck is presently airing on Bravo Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.