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Season 1 Mercury
📍 Norwegian fjords (based out of Ålesund), Norway · 2022 · 7 charters · $131,965 in tips on record
Charter 1 · Eps 1–3
Rick & Sarah
San Francisco-based friends
Caves, cocktails and a cowboy deckhand
The first Norway charter was a booze-heavy group whose caving expedition was overshadowed by deckhand Kyle flirting with stew Kasie in front of them. Mercury's engines failed on the way back, forcing a precarious docking, and Kyle was soon asked to resign.
💸 Tip$20,000 · $1,667 each
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- Caving expedition
- Kyle ate a jellyfish on a dare
- Engine failure before docking
- Kyle asked to resign after the charter
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- ⚓ Kyle Dickard Flirted with Kasie in front of guests; asked to resign after the charter
- 😏 Kasie Faddah Kyle's flirting played out in front of guests
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Charter 2 · Eps 4–5
Lauran & Christy
Southern women friends celebrating new beginnings
Single, ready to mingle, and biking Trollstigen
Lauran and Christy's group flirted with the short-handed deck team and grew impatient when many of their food requests couldn't be sourced in Norway. Nathan led a bike ride down the Trollstigen road and served shirtless at night, while Jess burned herself at breakfast.
💸 Tip$15,000 · $1,364 each
😤 ComplaintsFrustrated that preferred foods couldn't be sourced in Norway.
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- Bike ride down Trollstigen (the Troll Road)
- Nathan's shirtless 'Chippendales' service
- Captain Kerry ferried the guests himself
- Five-star picnic prepped with the captain's help
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Charter 3 · Eps 6–7
Heather Gay's group
Heather Gay and friends
⭐ Heather Gay (The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City)
A Real Housewife in the fjords
RHOSLC's Heather Gay and friends wanted the deckhands shirtless from the start and went ziplining with Lewis and Nathan. Their fire-and-ice final dinner pushed Jess to try a new dessert, and they left the season's biggest tip.
💸 Tipkr 250,330 (≈ $25,000) · $2,083 each
😤 ComplaintsElite, demanding service requests stretched the short-handed crew.
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- Ziplining
- Fire-and-ice themed dinner
- Elite, demanding requests had Faye pull Nathan out of bed
- Nathan fell down the stairs during the charter
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Charter 4 · Eps 8–9
Mike & Stefanie
Married entrepreneurs and friends
Paragliding and an obstacle-course showdown
Mike and Stefanie's group had a Viking Oktoberfest dinner, marred by a plate mix-up that Jess called out in front of them, and went paragliding with Faye. They also asked for afternoon games, and Lewis built an obstacle course where guests raced the crew.
💸 Tip$20,800 · $1,767 each
😤 ComplaintsA plate mix-up that ignored preferences.
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- Viking Oktoberfest dinner
- Paragliding
- Guests vs. crew obstacle course
- New deckhand Seth's first charter
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Charter 5 · Eps 10–11🎈 engagement
Shelby & Jodie
Engaged Colorado couple and friends
Helicopter, abseiling and hair in the food
The engaged couple's group took a helicopter up a mountain and abseiled down. Guests found hairs in their food and chips went missing at the abseiling picnic, and Faye's attempt to keep the hair issue from Captain Kerry backfired.
💸 Tipkr 139,800 (≈ $16,165) · $1,347 each
😤 ComplaintsHair found in food; missing picnic items.
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- Helicopter ride and abseil down a mountain
- Abseiling picnic missing its chips
- Hair-in-food incident
- Captain Kerry outran bad weather
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- 🔥 Faye Clarke Tried to hide the hair-in-food issue from the captain
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Charter 6 · Ep 12
Arianna's group
One-night charter with college friends
Horseback riding and a cancelled lunch
Arianna's college friends came for one night and rode horses in the Sunnmore Alps. Faye and Jess disagreed over how much food to pack, and the guests were unhappy when lunch was cancelled.
💸 Tip$15,000
😤 ComplaintsUnhappy about the cancelled lunch.
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- Horseback riding in the Sunnmore Alps
- Cancelled lunch
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Charter 7 · Eps 12–13👥 6 guests
Carol's group
Fashion designer and friends (6 guests)
Fashion shoot in the fjords
The final charter, headlined by fashion designer Carol, filled water pistols with tequila and asked stews to model her dresses. Faye made her modeling debut at a photo shoot while Jess cooked a seafood extravaganza.
💸 Tipkr 170,800 (≈ $20,000) · $1,666 each
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- Tequila water pistols
- Stews modeled the primary's dresses
- Underground cave picnic
- Seafood extravaganza
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