Captain Sandy Yawn
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.6 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Today’s very special guest is not only a seasoned sailor but also a true legend of the high seas. She's the captain that keeps it all together on the hit TV series, "Below Deck: Mediterranean”. That's right, today we're setting sail with none other than Captain Sandy Yawn!
Now, if you're a fan of the show, you already know that the show chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a super yacht during charter season and Captain Sandy brings more than just nautical expertise to the table. She's a force to be reckoned with, with a heart of gold and a personality that shines as bright as the sun over the Mediterranean. Today, we're going to delve deeper into her world, beyond the decks and the drama, to get to know more about Sandy. She has been on quite a voyage herself, a voyage of sobriety, a voyage of self discovery, and a new voyage lies ahead as just the day before we spoke, she proposed to her girlfriend, Leah.
Destination Recap:
Holly speaks about Porto Zante Villas & Spa on Zakynthos island, Greece
Captain Sandy:
- The Florida Keys, Florida, USA
- Little Palm Island, The Florida Keys, Florida, USA
- Disneyworld, Florida, USA
- Suwannee River, Florida, USA
- Stepping Stones, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Barcelona, Spain
- Barceloneta Spanish and Mediterranean Tapas Restaurant and Bar, Spain
- Siesta Key, Florida, USA
- St Petersburg, Florida, USA
- The Don CeSar, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
- The Bahamas
- Aspen, Colorado, USA
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Ouray, Colorado, USA
- Thunderball Cave, Staniel Cay, The Exumas, Bahamas
- Treasure Cay, The Abacos, Bahamas
- Long Island, Bahamas
- Cote D’Azur, France
- Alabama Jack’s, Key Largo, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Portofino, Italy
- Alaska, USA
Watch Captain Sandy on the brand-new season of Below Deck Mediterranean on Hayu, now.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm your host, journalist Holly Rubinstein, and here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. |
| 0:19.4 | From their earliest childhood travel memory and the |
| 0:22.5 | first place they fell in love with to their hidden gem and what's at the top of their |
| 0:27.0 | travel bucket list. We'll be uncovering their adventures around the world and the travel |
| 0:31.8 | experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. Hello everyone. How are you? Are you having a good week? |
| 0:40.1 | I hope that you're all keeping well. It's been a really exciting week this end. So great to be back |
| 0:47.0 | and to hear all your great feedback about Shaggy and that you're happy that the podcast is back. |
| 0:52.3 | It's just lovely to feel that I was missed. |
| 0:56.2 | And I missed you guys too. |
| 0:58.2 | It's just lovely to know that we've got a few months ahead of excellent wanderlust and |
| 1:03.7 | interviews. |
| 1:04.4 | It's actually been a really busy week. |
| 1:06.8 | I had a big podcast launch dinner to mark season 10. It was at a venue called The 22, which is a club in Mayfair. It's a hotel and a restaurant that anyone can stay in and then there's like a private members club part. The decor is so cool. It's really worth popping in if you can if you're in that part of town to have a look. |
| 1:32.1 | It's like maximalist and velvets and bright colours and clashing colours and just like very sumptuous. |
| 1:40.4 | And they very kindly hosted us for a dinner, a celebratory dinner in the private dining room there |
| 1:48.5 | when we sat on these like dark green velvety chairs. It really felt like were perfectly curated |
| 1:57.2 | for the podcast artwork. You know, it was like very palm tree very on brand if you want to |
| 2:05.1 | see any photos from it by the way check out my instagram at holly reubenstein because i've been |
| 2:09.9 | sharing a lot because the photos were beautiful i had a lovely um florists do some beautiful pink flowers |
| 2:15.8 | lavender green flowers shout out to you guys did an |
| 2:18.7 | amazing job um so yeah that was really exciting and then no rest for the wicked because the last |
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