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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Meredith Blake

'Below Deck' was just 'a terrible idea.' This salty captain turned it into reality TV gold

At a sceney hotel in the Meatpacking District, Capt. Lee Rosbach glances disapprovingly at the waiter, who sports a severe undercut.

"How do people walk out of their house in the morning, look in the mirror and think, 'This hair looks good'?" Rosbach says once the server has delivered his coffee and is out of earshot.

This brand of unvarnished honesty has endeared Rosbach, a.k.a. "The Stud of the Sea," to fans of "Below Deck," now in its 10th season. Like a real-life hybrid of "The Love Boat" and "Downton Abbey," Bravo's compulsively watchable reality show follows the hard-partying crew members and entitled guests aboard luxury yachts in stunning locations around the world — and has introduced millions of viewers to terms like "aft deck" and "bosun."

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