Discovering The One! Under Deck Mediterranean‘s Captain Sandy Yawn has been open about her love story with girlfriend Leah Shafer.
The couple met in 2018 when the gospel singer reached out to the fact star on social media about her hit Bravo sequence.
“She despatched me a pleasant message that mentioned, ‘I got here throughout your present, congratulations, many blessings,’” the captain recalled in an interview with The Cheat Sheet in 2019, noting that the time period “many blessings” rapidly caught her consideration.
Forward of her romance with the Under Deck star, Shafer was married to entertainer Ross Shafer for 20 years. They welcomed daughter Lauren earlier than their break up.
For Leah, making her relationship with Sandy public in 2019 felt like the right subsequent step of their romance. “It was undoubtedly sudden,” she shared with the outlet on the time. “It simply occurred, whenever you meet one other soul that you just join with at such a deep degree, it’s unexplainable and so stunning.”
The pair continued to supply glimpses of their blossoming connection through the years. In honor of their anniversary, Sandy gushed about her companion, writing through Instagram in November 2020, “2 years in the past I met this unbelievable soul, my real love. It’s so true {couples} that play collectively keep collectively. Yep that is Leah’s thought of enjoyable, detoxing the pores and skin with a charcoal masks!”
The Bravo star later hinted that she and Leah weren’t ruling out a stroll down the aisle, telling Bravo in July 2021, “Yeah, , actually, gradual and regular wins the race. So, I do. I do [see marriage in the future]. I imply, who is aware of? Like, it’s solely been two years. Just below two years, so let’s see.”
Whereas issues had been easy crusing for Sandy in her private life, her profession ups and downs had been on full show on Under Deck Mediterranean. The TV character, who joined the Under Deck spinoff in 2017, beforehand broke down her distinctive method to operating a ship.
“Typically you bought to be in and get your arms soiled. That’s why I would like [my team] to really feel supported as a result of I’ve a excessive expectation,” Sandy solely informed Us Weekly in July 2022. “I’m going in with an perspective of, ‘It’s new. We’re going to have an enormous studying curve.”
The Be the Calm Or Be the Storm creator continued: “I really like giving individuals new alternatives. So sure, after all, whenever you’re underneath stress, issues aren’t actually going your method as a result of the crew possibly don’t have the expertise they are saying they do. I might moderately have previous crew which have expertise which have labored with me in an ideal setting. Nevertheless, that might be [selfish] on my half as a result of I’m not giving different individuals alternatives. Somebody gave me a chance, so I like to combine the brand new with the outdated. A pleasant steadiness.”
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