Will Below Deck’s Fraser Olender Break St. David’s Biggest Rule? (He’s Attracted To The Primary)

Summary Fraser on Below Deck season 11 struggles to keep his interior crew in line and must navigate personal conflicts with his stews.

Despite past difficulties managing stews, Fraser mostly follows superyacht rules, except for his attraction towards a guest.

Fraser's flirtation with primary guest Alex hints at potential rule-breaking, setting the stage for future drama.

Below Deck season 11’s Fraser Olender has been struggling with his interior crew all season, but will he be the one aboard St. David to break the superyacht’s biggest rule? Throughout Below Deck season 11, Fraser has been dealing with struggles in managing the interior crew. After the departure of Cat Baugh early on in the season, Fraser’s relationship with Barbie Pascual and Xandi Olivier changed entirely. While he got closer with Xandi and new stew Paris Field, his relationship with Barbie suffered as Fraser worked to isolate her from the rest of the interior team and push her out.

Though Fraser has been part of the Below Deck franchise for years, his experiences working aboard superyachts throughout the various series have been met with differing results. While Fraser has been good at his job in a technical way, understanding the duties of the interior team, he’s found it difficult to manage his stews throughout his time as the Chief Stew. During his first outing as the interior lead on Below Deck season 10, Fraser’s stews got into such difficult arguments that they left St. David early. Throughout Below Deck season 11, Fraser’s issues have called his judgment into question.

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Fraser Has Been Struggling All Season Long

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Early on in Below Deck season 11’s charter season, Fraser explained that he had no interest in repeating the actions of the previous season. After dealing with the drama between Camille Lamb and Alissa Humber that left Camille fired and Alissa leaving St. David, he wasn’t looking forward to dealing with crew drama. Fraser, who is in a position of power aboard St. David, struggled to maintain his authority over the stews working for him. There were moments when it felt like they didn’t have a manager, let alone one aboard the St. David itself. Fraser didn’t want history repeating.

During Below Deck season 11, things have gotten even worse for Fraser as he’s been a passive manager yet again. Somehow, this charter season things have been even more difficult for the Chief Stew, as he’s been working to isolate one of his stews due to the personal issues he has with her outside of their working relationship. While Fraser has been able to manage somewhat more effectively, he’s struggled with his relationship with Barbie after realizing that he wasn’t a fan of her behavior. Rather than keeping his feelings to himself, Fraser has publicized his personal issues with Barbie.

Yachties Working Aboard St. David Aren’t Supposed To Fraternize With Guests

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Although Fraser’s time aboard the St. David has been difficult in terms of managing his employees, he’s been able to abide by the rules of the superyacht in most other ways. Keeping his personal and professional life separate outside of his issues with Barbie, Fraser hasn’t had issues in bringing personal experiences to his work with the guests. While Fraser has been able to avoid conflict of interest with superyacht guests, managing to stay away from the biggest issue between yacht crew and personnel. On superyachts, the crew is typically banned from fraternizing with the guests, except in extreme cases.

Fraser’s Expressed Attraction Toward The Primary

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In the most recent episode of Below Deck season 11, Fraser shared that he found the primary attractive. Alex, the primary of the current charter, boarded St. David with a large group of friends who were mainly interested in documenting their charter online. While Fraser was showing them around St. David, it was clear that he was flirty with the primary guest and Alex didn’t appear to be rejecting his advances. Though nothing has happened between the two yet, it was heavily implied earlier in the season that Fraser could get caught breaking one of the yachties biggest cardinal rules.

Will Something Happen Between Fraser And Alex?

Though the pair has yet to actually heavily interact, Fraser and Alex’s flirting was obvious during the most recent episode of Below Deck season 11. The pair appear to be interacting even more in the coming episode, and as shown in the trailer, things may be heating up. Both Fraser and Alex seem to speak up about the fact that they’re attracted to one another, and with a Christmas-themed dinner service for the charter guests, Fraser may get stuck beneath Alex’s mistletoe. Though Fraser’s had a difficult charter season, things on Below Deck could get steamier, which could prove problematic.

Below Deck airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EDT on Bravo, then streams the following day on Peacock.