Captain Lee Rosbach Returns To ‘Below Deck’ Before The Season Ends

Captain Lee Rosbach Returns To ‘Below Deck’ Before The Season Ends

Captain Lee Rosbach made a return to Below Deck at the end of season 10 to “finish what he started.”

Captain Lee, 73, opened up in earlier episodes of Below Deck about his health issues that left him feeling numb on the left side of his body. The nerve damage in his left leg meant that he couldn’t captain the yacht properly. Due to his condition, Lee thought it was a good idea to leave the crew until he gets better. Before leaving the yacht, Captain Lee told his crew, “My mind’s there, my heart’s there, my body just won’t cooperate. I’ve never quit, and this time, I have to.”

In an interview with PEOPLE, Captain Lee said he promised his crew to return to the yacht unassisted before the season was over. “I’m happy to say that I was able to fulfill the promise. That was a very proud moment for me. I wanted to be able to finish what I started,” he said.

Rosbach also revealed that walking away from his job was a very hard thing for him to do.

“That’s something I’ve never done in my life.” The Below Deck OG went on to say, “I’ve never quit. I’ve never had to say I quit. And it was really, really hard to admit, especially to myself, that there’s something out there that kicked my ass. That was a hard pill to swallow.”

Lee Rosbach also said that he was touched to see his crew tear up when he was giving his speech.

“It was palpable. You could taste it. It was in the air and it was just raw emotion on both sides of that fence. I was close to tears because it just means that much to me. And to be able to instill that in other people, that same sort of caring, and see it take place, it’s like, ‘Yeah, I’ve done good.’ To have to walk away from that was just harsh.”

The Bravoleb said that he had to focus on getting his muscles stronger because he had “atrophy where his muscles had been weakened due to underuse.”

Lee Rosbach said that, at one time, he had to go to physical therapy as often as six times a week. Lee admitted to getting discouraged at times, but he had to be patient with the healing process. The captain said that he was specifically thankful to his wife Mary Anne for her tremendous support and to the fans for all the love they’ve shown him. 

 

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