All About the Yacht Katina, in Below Deck Down Under Season 3

The Beneath Deck franchise that has targeted on Australia for the previous two seasons is making a change. Truly, it’s making two switches. Beneath Deck Down Underneath season 3 includes a new vacation spot and a brand new motoryacht. The Seychelles is the setting for the drama aboard the yacht Katina, which is additional the biggest one to this point for the present.

Season 2 of Beneath Deck Down Underneath, which completed airing in 2023, featured the motoryacht Northern Solar (beneath). The 167-footer (61-meter) took viewers across the Whitsunday Islands of Australia. Australia was additionally the main focus of season 1. Initially, Northern Solar was an ice-classed marine-research vessel in Japan within the late Nineteen Seventies. Personal homeowners based mostly in Hong Kong acquired her in 2005 and had her transformed over a number of years for yacht service. They stored the ice-strengthened hull, too, particularly intending her to be an explorer yacht. Though the season earned excessive viewership, followers weren’t thrilled with Northern Solar’s aesthetics.

The producers haven’t revealed why they switched vessels, or places. Regardless, filming started aboard the yacht Katina in February of final yr. The 197-footer (60-meter) has spent vital time within the Med, following her supply in 2015 from Croatia-based Brodosplit. The truth is, chartering in Croatia was the preliminary motivation behind constructing her. She relocated to the Indian Ocean for chartering amid the Seychelles and Maldives for winter seasons previous to filming starting.

A number of facilities set the megayacht other than different massive motoryachts for constitution. As an example, two VIP suites—amongst six whole staterooms—are on the higher deck. Moreover, every has a fold-down balcony. Whereas the recent tub aboard is elevated, purposely to offer terrific views, the yacht Katina is very adept at internet hosting events. The truth is, a part of the sundeck—the identical stage as the recent tub—can host a crowd for a personal disco. She even has her personal lighting system for dazzling visuals complementing the very good sound. If visitors want considerably extra sedate experiences, they’ll get pleasure from smokes and sips from the cigar and whiskey room.

Additional facilities embody a gymnasium, a sauna, an elevator connecting all the decks, and a plethora of watertoys. General, the quantity of 1,212 gross tons makes for ample areas.

Beneath Deck Down Underneath premieres February 3 on Bravo, with Capt. Jason Chambers (beneath) on the helm once more. The present will start streaming on Peacock the next day. Within the meantime, the yacht Katina is again in Croatia. She’s out there this summer time for as much as €320,000 (about $391,000) per week, plus bills, by means of the foremost constitution brokerage companies.