Captain Glenn Shephard Unpacks That Terrifying Below Deck Sailing Yacht Incident

If you're still reeling from the latest episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht, just know that Captain Glenn Shephard is too.

Viewers were hit with a "to be continued..." message on March 21 just as the crew began to realize that Parsifal III and everybody on board were in danger. Now, Capt. Glenn is looking back at what exactly went so wrong.

"The whole thing was such a nightmare," he exclusively tells E! News, explaining that the boat encountered a squall, a sudden storm that seems to come out of nowhere. Wind speeds ramped up extremely fast, and "the person who was supposed to be keeping an eye out [was] a massive disappointment," Glenn said.

He's talking about deckhand Tom Pearson, who was on anchor watch at the time, but rather than focus on his shortcomings, Capt. Glenn instead commended the rest of the crew for stepping up: "Everybody else pretty much—especially Gary [King] and Colin [Macrae]—did an amazing exemplary job."

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Viewers will have to tune in to see how exactly the group handles the situation, but without giving too much away, Capt. Glenn reveals that the storm was so bad, it threatened "the charter, the season and the boat."

"It's as serious as it gets," he adds. "I mean, there are boats, similar boats, who have been in the same situation where they didn't recover."

Capt. Glenn says that he's had plenty of "scary experiences" in his over 21 years in the industry, but the incident aboard the Parsifal III "was one of the worst" he's ever faced.

The Below Deck Sailing Yacht saga continues Mondays at 8 p.m. on Bravo.

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