Beneath Deck Mediterranean star Captain Sandy Yawn and her fiancée, Leah Shafer, tied the knot on Saturday, Could 11.

“Captain Sandy TIES THE KNOT 💕,” Yawn, 59, introduced by way of Instagram on Tuesday, Could 14. “On Could eleventh , we formally grew to become Mrs Sandy & Leah YAWN. I Married the love of my life.”

The couple met by way of Fb in 2018 when Shafer reached out to Yawn. “She despatched me a pleasant message that mentioned, ‘I got here throughout your present, congratulations, many blessings,’” Yawn instructed Cheat Sheet in 2019.

After attending to know one another by social media messages, Yawn and Shafer met in individual in Los Angeles and formally struck up a romance.

Yawn popped the query to Shafer in September 2023 after 5 years collectively. “It’s official! I requested Leah to marry me, and she or he mentioned YESSSSS,” Yawn captioned Instagram pictures from the beachfront proposal on the time. “We’re engaged! Keep tuned for wedding ceremony 💍.”

After sharing the information with the world, Yawn opened as much as E! Information in regards to the particular second.

“I’ve been fascinated by marrying Leah for years,” she gushed in September 2023. “I knew from the minute I met her, however the timing needed to be proper. I needed to verify we may actually do life collectively first.”

Yawn ensured that Shafer had a “fairy-tale” proposal. “I deliberate a ship experience to a gorgeous cove. I had it embellished with flowers with a path to a small desk accompanied by three violinists the place we may sit and have a small date,” she defined.

Yawn in the end determined to ask Shafer to marry her as quickly as they arrived on the location. “I actually couldn’t wait!” she recalled. “I shared my imaginative and prescient checklist of affection I had written and needed — then obtained on one knee. Then, she mentioned ‘sure!’”

“The look on her face was priceless, and my coronary heart exploded! It was stuffed past capability of something I may ever think about,” she continued. “One way or the other, I really feel nearer than I did earlier than, and I can’t clarify it. There may be an vitality that I’ve by no means skilled in my life. I really like her past; as Leah says, Yawn past.”

In November 2023, Yawn shared particulars in regards to the pair’s impending nuptials. “The marriage planning is all on Leah’s lap,” she instructed Individuals. “She’s figuring all of it out, thank God — the situation, the flower preparations, all of it.”

Yawn revealed that the duo’s wedding ceremony can be held on a brilliant yacht that belongs to a pal, that means solely 55 folks may attend the ceremony.

Along with the visitor checklist, Shafer was additionally charged with deciding on Yawn’s ensemble, although Yawn had one situation. “I’ll by no means put on a costume,” she mentioned. “Not in one million years.”

Since their engagement, Yawn emphasised how her bond with Shafer had grown. “Leah and I couldn’t be happier or nearer,” she raved. “It took us to the following degree. I adore it.”

Shafer was beforehand married to Ross Shafer for 20 years, and the exes share daughter Lauren.