She also shared how she manages tensions with crewmates and deals with pushy guests.
Travel, first of all, and the money.
I really feel like I can do anything I put my mind to.
I bartend, I already work in hospitality.
I’d be like, “Oh my God, are you okay?”
And then it’s like, “Oh shoot, I can’t talk to you.”
Aside from that, I did my job exactly how I would on any boat.
There’s a little bit of added pressure, but I forgot the cameras were there half the time.
It looks like, when you’re watching, that it’s already really close quarters.
That was the part where you’re like, “Ph, excuse me.
I’m going to squeeze right past ya.
I got somewhere to go.”
It’s three of us in this tiny cabin and a huge camera.
Did you have any privacy at all while you were on the show?
There is no privacy in yachting.
There is no privacy in boating.
You’re like, “Whatever.
It is what it is.”
It’s like living with your entire family in a one-bedroom apartment, where it’s so intimate.
It’s such an intimate setting, and you get to know people so fast.
Time moves differently on yachts.
You go from zero to a hundred.
You make friendships quicker.
You fall in love quicker.
You hate people quicker than you normally would.
It’s a Petri dish for drama.
Did you feel like you bonded pretty quickly, or got to know everyone really fast on the show?
The other crew members?
I bonded right off the bat with Tom [Pearson].
I love people that make me laugh, and he’s hysterical.
Everything that comes out of his mouth is funny.
She’s down to earth, gorgeous, super smart, also very funny.
She is very sweet and sensitive.
I really, really fell in love with Tom and Kelsey right off the bat.
It was like, “This makes sense.”
I don’t do anything half-assed.
It’s like, go big, [or] go home.
If I’m going to be dramatic, I might as well do it on television.
What were your expectations going onto the show?
Parsifal III is the largest yacht I’ve worked on.
I was really nervous about the job.
I wasn’t thinking about the show.
[It’s] the busiest charter boat I’ve worked on.
I was really nervous about performing well, so I didn’t really have any expectations.
I expected to make friends, make money and have a good time.
Was there anything about the experience that surprised you?
Everything’s new, and you’re able to’t even imagine what anything like that would be like.
I was very impressed by production and all of the moving parts of making a show like this.
That was the most eye-opening getting to see behind the scenes and how this works is like mind-boggling.
These people are really good at what they do.
That was the most surprising.
I’m really impressed with them.
No, not for me.
It’s like bartending; it’s muscle memory at this point.
The intimidation I had working on a boat of this size wore off immediately.
I’m like, “I know what I’m doing.”
I’m opening cabinets and finding out where things are.
The size doesn’t matter."
Is yacht life really as dramatic as it seems?
Is that normal just in life [on a yacht]?
Oh, the million dollar question.
you’re able to’t make this s*** up, honestly.
There are boat-mances that get really messy.
There are power dynamic struggles.
What you see on the show is exactly what happens off-camera on yachts.
It’s regular yachts, [but] they’re discreet.
What happens on this boat usually stays on the boat.
You said you’d be like eating popcorn, watching it.
Are you usually kind of more of an observer?
I want everyone to be happy.
If everyone’s happy, I’m happy.
I’m usually trying to give advice and speak life into people.
“What do I say here?”
I’m never a Switzerland.
I’m never neutral.
I also don’t pick sides.
I’ll break it down, tell you the truth and tell the other person the truth too.
To answer your question, yes, I get involved.
The long-winded way of saying that, but yeah.
Is the show accurate to what really happened?
What’s it been like for you seeing the episodes back now?
Is it kind of playing out how you remembered?
[Even though] they have to edit it into shorter time frames, obviously.
I’m biting my nails off.
What I’m seeing, I’m like, “Yes, that wasn’t in my head.
That was happening.”
Everything is playing out exactly how I remembered it, 100%.
I know what’s going to happen on the next episode.
I’m like, “Oh, this is making more sense.”
It’s really [about] answering a lot of questions for me and reassuring my experience.
I have a pin that says “polite as f***.”
I am polite as f***.
The guests shouldn’t be able to tell what any of the yacht crew is feeling.
If they’re pissed off or hungover or anything, it’s our job to keep this veneer.
Gary (King) would say, “Stew Face on.”
It’s really difficult being sexually harassed.
What do you do?
It wasn’t me talking.
you should probably go to bed."
It was very easy for me to do that, despite how uncomfortable I was.
You have to find sneaky ways to make what you’re saying sound nice.
It’s a skill.
It’s an Olympic sport.
It’s mental gymnastics.
And you’re like the gold medalist.
Like, where’s my gold medal?
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Maintaining interpersonal relationships with your crew.
On yachts, I like the fact that it’s very straightforward.
That’s the hardest part.
Everything else to me is a piece of cake.
“Oh, you want a cocktail?
You want me to make a charcuterie board?
I don’t want to wake up chef.
Want me to set up a jet ski?
I can do all of that stuff quite easily.
Do you feel like you have any like philosophy for how you go about that?
Girl, I am still trying to figure it out.
I am quite an emotional person, and sometimes there’s no room for feelings on a yacht.
It’s like, “No one cares.”
And I’m like, “But, but, but.”
I’m still figuring it out.
It doesn’t ever end well.
Would Gabriela come back for another season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht?
Absolutely, hands down.
I would like to explore the option of maybe being a deckhand, because I do both.
I would excel on outside.
I think I’m equally both on interior or exterior.
I hope you come back for Season 4.
Season 3 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
