{"id":124116,"date":"2024-09-10T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/below-deck-med-reveals-captain-sandys-sweet-nickname-for-wife-leah\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T02:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:00:16","slug":"below-deck-med-reveals-captain-sandys-sweet-nickname-for-wife-leah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/below-deck-med-reveals-captain-sandys-sweet-nickname-for-wife-leah\/","title":{"rendered":"Below Deck Med Reveals Captain Sandy’s Sweet Nickname for Wife Leah"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Leah Shafer and Captain Sandy Yawn<\/span> Kristy Sparow\/Getty Images for LVMH x Vogue x NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just when Below Deck Mediterranean<\/em><\/a> fans thought Captain Sandy Yawn<\/strong><\/a> and wife Leah Shafer<\/strong> couldn\u2019t get any sweeter \u2014 they prove Us<\/em> wrong.<\/p>\n

During the Monday, September 9, episode of the hit Bravo series, Sandy, 59, called Leah, 50, before she arrived in Greece.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited that you\u2019re coming tomorrow! I\u2019m so happy,\u201d the captain told Leah, who sounded equally as thrilled. \u201cI will be on charter when you land and I will see you when I get back from my charter. I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, viewers saw that Sandy\u2019s contact name for her then-girlfriend was \u201cLeah My Love.\u201d Their sweet onscreen conversation, however, only made Sandy more anxious as she prepared to pop the question.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m nervous that Leah is coming out to see me for the first time ever,\u201d Sandy said in a confessional. \u201cYou could put me out in the middle of the storm, I don\u2019t really get that nervous. Proposing to Leah? I\u2019m shaking from the inside out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Leah Shafer and Captain Sandy Yawn<\/span> Fred Jagueneau\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trailer for season 9 of Below Deck Mediterranean<\/em> showed chief stew Aesha Scott<\/strong> and the rest of the Mustique crew helping Sandy pull off an epic engagement<\/a>. Off screen, meanwhile, many fans already know that Sandy and Leah have since exchanged vows.<\/p>\n

The couple started dating in 2019 when Leah reached out to Sandy on social media about Below Deck Med<\/em>. Sandy and Leah have documented every milestone of their relationship \u2014 including their nuptials. After their wedding ceremony, Sandy and Leah exclusively opened up to Us Weekly<\/em> about what was next for them.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAt this stage of our lives \u2026 every moment we have together, we make it into a honeymoon,\u201d Leah shared in May. \u201cLike, it doesn\u2019t have to be set days. Even yesterday, we\u2019re walking around Tampa and we just saw this little green two-seater boat and we\u2019re like, \u2018Let\u2019s take it out.\u2019 You know, every second is a honeymoon for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cWe\u2019re just so lucky to find this kind of love at this stage in our lives and to have the acceptance by our family and friends. It really is a beautiful love story and celebration, and that\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe cast of\u00a0Below Deck\u00a0and its spinoff series will do just about anything for love \u2026 or at least to have a fun crew hookup. After seven seasons of the Bravo series \u2014 with more than 100 episodes \u2014 there have been plenty of romances to watch unfold. Add in the\u00a0Below Deck Mediterranean\u00a0flings and\u00a0Below Deck Sailing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Leah was also excited about her plans to change her last name<\/a>, adding, \u201cFor me, [getting married] was so surreal. Sandy was telling everybody that she didn\u2019t realize how marriage felt so amazing [and] to know that I\u2019m actually going to take her name \u2014 and I\u2019m in the midst of changing my name to Leah Rae Yawn \u2014 [and] to not be a girlfriend anymore, it just feels good to be like, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m her wife.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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