Why are Below Deck fans calling Captain Sandy “toxic” for her behavior towards Fraser and Alissa?

Fraser Olender, Captain Sandy Yawn, and Alissa Humber from Below Deck 2023
Fraser Olender, Captain Sandy Yawn, and Alissa Humber from Below Deck 2023 (Image via belowdeckbravo/Instagram)

Episode 12 of Below Deck Season 10 aired on Monday and featured Captain Sandy Yawn slamming Fraser Olender and Alissa Humber.

Captain Sandy accused the two cast members of insubordination and could not let go of the tiny mistakes made by the interior team. She took a dig at Fraser in front of the entire crew during a beach volleyball exercise and was furious at Alissa throughout the episode.

Below Deck fans felt that Sandy was being a “toxic” boss who was shaming her crew members and trying to pit them against each other.

The captain gave warnings to Fraser and Alissa on different occasions that she would not hesitate to fire the two if they disrespected the hierarchy again. Episode 12 ended on a cliffhanger.


Fans think Captain Sandy’s “ego was bruised”

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In Below Deck Season 10 Episode 12, Captain Sandy was annoyed at the interior team, especially at Fraser and Alissa.

She felt stew Alissa disrespected the captain’s position after she overheared the latter badmouth her behind her back. Captain Sandy later had a chat with her, who was speaking to her with an attitude, and while leaving, the stew said:

“Okay Sandy, Captain Sandy!”

The captain claimed that Alissa did that intentionally and was therefore unable to let go. The episode ended with Sandy calling in Alissa to the bridge and addressing the incident, indicating serious action against the stew.

Below Deck fans felt that Captain Sandy was not treating her staff fairly and the reason was that her “ego was bruised” by Alissa. Take a look at their reactions:

In Episode 12, she first threatened Fraser that she would fire him if she heard any gossip from his interior team. She then gave the same warning to Alissa, which ended with the latter calling the captain by her name and not mentioning the rank by mistake.

Although she corrected her error, Captain Sandy felt it was intentional.


Will Captain Sandy fire Alissa from Below Deck?

Below Deck Season 10 Episode 12 ended on a cliffhanger. The final scene showed Captain Sandy calling bosun Ross McHarg and asking him to be her witness.

She then called Alissa and said:

“Yesterday, when you said, ‘Yes Sandy, I mean captain,’ that was the f**k you to my face. Your insubordination and lack of respect for this [captain] position is insurmountable.”

The episode ended on this note. In the upcoming installment, Captain Sandy might ask Alissa to leave as the mid-season trailer featured a new stew onboard.

In an interview with eonline, Alissa shared her opinion on Captain Sandy and how she favors the deck team over the interior crew. The stew said:

“You don't say good job to one team when there's other separate departments. It's rude. She’s [Sandy] actually part of the deck team, she leads them, she gives them their plan. With the interior, she just sits down at the dinner table and says this isn't good enough.”

She further stated that she was shut down whenever she raised a concern to Captain Sandy. If the next episode features her firing Alissa, it won’t be the first time this season that she would be letting go of Captain Lee Rosbach’s crew members.

Within a few days of Sandy’s arrival, she fired deck stew Camille Lamb. Only time will tell whether Captain Lee will support Captain Sandy’s decision of firing the interior team's members.


Below Deck Season 10 airs new episodes every Monday on Bravo at 8:00 pm ET.

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Edited by Sushmita Sen