Well, Bravo knew, of course, when they premiered the maiden episode in July of 2013.
No show has made more people want to charter a superyacht thanBelow Deck.
Sailing the open seas
Vulturereports that the genius idea was thought up by a yachtie-turned-reality-television-producer.

If she was mesmerized just by the tidbits she overheard, imagine what viewers would think.
She said, “It wasBelow Deckunfolding before my eyes” (viaBoat International).
Originally, the producers wanted Taldykin to captain the vessel, but Rosbach won out.

But getting a yacht broker to allow any sort of filming was no easy feat.
