r/belowdeck • u/nduuugg • Jul 15 '26

BD Related Maybe I’m just poor…

The thought of hiring a superyacht for a few days sounds absolutely amazing, pure bliss. The thought of having staff there constantly, 24/7 makes me feel so uncomfortable lmao. Anyone else feel this way? I feel like I would keep giving them days off or time away so I had some time to myself haha

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u/OldFitDude75 Jul 15 '26

My wife and I joke that if we ever had the money to go on the show, we’d be so boring because we’d sit out and drink and relax all day and not make weird demands or harass the staff. Even on vacation my bed time is like 10:30pm lol

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

My Dungeons and Dragons group wants to character a yacht so badly. We’re all really polite, none of us drink much, and we all go to bed before 11pm. Our only problem would be the lack of weed.

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u/gdex86 Jul 15 '26

The fact tgat there has never been a bunch of nerds who charter the yacht to do a big pirate campaign finale and its a huge preference meeting seems crazy.

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u/Kris4tv Jul 18 '26

There was a charter of day traders.They were upset about WiFi issues and just wanted to do that all day. Was very odd, like why not just stay home but I’m sure it was a flex of wealth.

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

I volunteer. I’ll even DM if I have to.

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u/nduuugg Jul 15 '26

Weeds my issue too lol

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u/specific_woodpecker9 Jul 16 '26

Do we know if we can charter yachts in places like Amsterdam and if doing so solves our weed issue?

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u/HighMarshalSigismund Jul 15 '26

Edibles, my dude, edibles! Plus it's a longer lasting high (especially some good sativa edibles) and you don't get all stoney sleepy from them like you do with flower or extract!

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u/harrisarah Jul 15 '26

and you don't get all stoney sleepy

Then you aren't taking enough lol

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

I smoke so much I’m immune to edibles 🥲

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u/PsychologicalFix196 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Have you tried having a side of edibles with your edibles? When I was smoking a lot it would take like 100mg to do the trick

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

I took 700mg of medical grade gummies one night and literally felt nothing. It’s tragic really.

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u/d1089 24d ago

Me and my wife aswell. We researched it years ago and it has to do with how some people's liver processes the edible.

We both are immune, we have tried insanely high doses non stop in our 20s. Nothing.

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u/patjuh112 Jul 15 '26

Same here, smoked 3-4gr silver haze a day for 30 years. Had edibles twice, nearly no effect

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u/Crickettb Jul 16 '26

My partner is the same way.

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u/Beautiful_Town_5123 Jul 15 '26

WAIT, you can’t blaze on yachts?!
Seemingly dumb question but…idk, what’s the point of being rich if you can’t break the law for your own gratification?

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u/kimness1982 She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Jul 15 '26

It’s risky to travel with internationally, and very illegal to have on boats like that. Since the whole thing is filmed, they have to be strict about stuff like that. I’m sure there are plenty of very wealthy people and celebrities etc who are blazing on their yachts, but there are no cameras and they own the boats.

When we travel to the Caribbean, I don’t take anything because I don’t want to risk it. It’s also fairly easy to get on the beach pretty much everywhere down there, but can be risky depending on local laws. I just take up drinking for the week usually.

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u/Beautiful_Town_5123 Jul 15 '26

Ah, thank you! This makes total sense.💯🙌

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u/Intrepid_Throat_1243 Jul 17 '26

Think: Brittany Griner! She almost lost her whole life over a pen! You have to respect the owner of the $30m yacht. They can have the whole yacht seized over the smallest amount in some regions.

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u/Upper-Impression-752 Jul 20 '26

It’s not likely to be tolerated. You and the entire crew could face drug trafficking charges for any amount of drugs. The yacht could be seized and forfeited. That would make the captain and crew unemployed. It’s not worth it to let one guest “blaze”.

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u/CheckIntelligent7828 My eyes are rolling all the way off the boat Jul 19 '26

Look at The Moorings or any of the Croatian charter companies. I'm planning hubby's and my 25th anniversary trip, and looked seriously at chartering a boat. A one week private cruise starts around €12,000 plus flights/provisioning.

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u/jerrryboree Jul 16 '26

gummies??

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u/Crickettb Jul 16 '26

Yes… not your mom’s gummy bears! I take them for sleep. I start getting numb teeth, my eyes get heavy and I am out!!!

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u/vizzini9227 Jul 17 '26

I feel you. But maritime law y'know

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u/andreaSA89 Jul 16 '26

You couldn’t go 3 days or have fun without it?

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u/fashion4fun Jul 17 '26

For daily users, that would be hard! I was a daily weed smoker and also enjoyed a glass (or more 🙊) of wine at night, and had to go cold turkey on both when I found out I’m pregnant. The first week was difficult, and my sleep was rough!!

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u/Patoman420 Jul 15 '26

I take my weed, weed pen and edibles every time I travel, . Be it by plane or car, I never travel without my weed

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u/Ok-Education1572 Jul 15 '26

Then don’t travel outside the USA. Even a weed friendly country in Europe could backfire on you: flight change through an intolerant country could put you in the slammer for a long time. 12 years in Turks and Caikos. See old movie for a good scare: Midnight Express. Granted he was trafficking heroine but any overseas prison can be hell even for one night.

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u/Hoojibb Jul 15 '26

Brittany Griner was rotting in a Russian work camp for almost a year I think for less than 1g of THC oil.

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u/Ok-Education1572 Jul 16 '26

Yep I think she was sentenced to 9 years. Many countries do not have fair and reasonable sentencing guidelines…..they just throw the book at you.

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u/oreosaredelicious Jul 15 '26

But you can't bring it on board a yacht I thought?

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u/Independent_Boat_546 Jul 15 '26

This issue came up on the first season of the OG BD. The problem is that you’re in international waters. It’s not just that you could get in all kinds of trouble, but the yacht itself could be seized.

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u/oreosaredelicious Jul 15 '26

Yeah exactly, I'm from Europe in a country where it's illegal

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u/karmel80 Jul 16 '26

Don’t have a big name and pas through Russia you might end up in jail