Captain Jason Chambers has been maintaining with all of the Under Deck franchise drama — and he has loads of scorching takes.

“I’ve been watching Under Deck Mediterranean for certain [since] Aesha [Scott] is on it. I don’t normally watch Med that a lot. I would simply slip in and get some bites of it,” Jason solely informed Us Weekly whereas selling his partnership with J&J Imaginative and prescient Acuvue Oasys Max. “I don’t thoughts watching Crusing. I like watching Captain Glenn [Shephard] and I watch Captain Kerry [Titheradge] on Under Deck and I like watching [Chief Stew] Fraser [Olender] work. This season I’ve been watching the entire Med as a result of Aesha is on it.”

Season 9 of Under Deck Mediterranean introduced many obstacles for Captain Sandy Yawn, together with points with Chef Johnathan Shillingford. Jason defined to Us why he additionally sided with Johnathan, who refused to rise up late at night time to make meals for the company.

“One constitution or two charters in, you simply rise up and get into it after which alter afterwards. They made the best adjustment. I noticed in later episodes that he was prepping some meals previous to going to mattress so he made the changes; he looks as if an excellent chef that method,” Jason famous. “He can simply alter to what’s occurring. He’s had some low durations however has discovered to rise as much as the occasion.”

Whereas he understood why Sandy defended Johnathan, Jason admitted he would have gotten as much as assist with the request. Jason weighed in on Under Deck drama as properly after Captain Kerry’s cabin checks in the latest season raised questions on how essential or commonplace these inspections had been within the trade.

“It’s a month-to-month factor that needs to be accomplished. It’s a requirement from the official logbook. You must simply do a fast cabin test,” he defined. “The captain doesn’t should do it however the first officer or somebody has to do it.”

Jason identified that Kerry was doing a “month-to-month requirement,” including, “You must truly simply search for basic hygiene, cleanliness and that’s what it’s about.”

Whereas reflecting on his experiences, Jason opened up about his strategy to firing staffers — together with on Under Deck Down Underneath.

“In the actual world, we need to try to maintain them and enhance them to the purpose that they succeed. That makes us really feel higher as captains that we’ve truly achieved what we’ve set out. However relating to these franchises, we do solely have 9 weeks. We don’t have a yr or six months so we need to attempt to see a consequence.”

A shorter constitution means much less time to attend for somebody to enhance.

“If we as captains don’t see that consequence truly popping out on the finish of 9 weeks, we’ll decide. As a result of we need to see successful story,” he added. “We come to the boat and we don’t know the boat or the crew. We need to put that crew collectively and stroll away with the very best final result..’”

With Under Deck Down Underneath coming again for a 3rd season, Jason is happy to be again on the helm. That’s why Jason has partnered with J&J Imaginative and prescient Acuvue Oasys Max after watching himself wrestle together with his contacts (with Aesha helping him) on the present. He has now been correctly match for a pair of contact lenses, been skilled methods to correctly put within the lens and made this part of his routine.

“It was a wrestle. Throughout season 1, I had my glasses for the primary time. I’m 53 now and it was solely in my late 40s that I began to put on glasses. I didn’t actually suppose I wanted them. I assumed I used to be invincible there for some time,” he recalled. “Then I used to be doing season 1 and I simply went, ‘I want glasses.’ So I began carrying glasses and I simply couldn’t discover them. I used to be leaving them on the bridge. I ended up shopping for three pairs of glasses for each boat that I labored on and the crew would simply carry ’em again to the bridge.”

Since getting examined for contact lenses, Jason doesn’t have the identical points.

“I went into a neighborhood store after which they simply did slightly take a look at for 2 seconds. That’s after I had these contacts. I used to be by no means proven methods to put them in and by no means actually proven in the event that they had been the best contacts,” he continued. “I didn’t even know methods to put them in and it was a wrestle. After that, Acuvue reached out, and I went for an eye fixed examination. I truly discovered about eye well being and discovered methods to put them in correctly.”

Jason added: “I’ve had so many individuals message me saying, ‘I’ve the identical drawback.’ Not solely have I bought the best understanding of eye well being however I had the best contacts for me too.”

With reporting by Justin Ravitz