《Below Deck》船长Kerry Titherage返航遇联邦登船检查：发动机接连故障、护照被查约一小时后获放行
据 Page Six 报道，真人秀《Below Deck》船长 Kerry Titherage 近日驾驶一艘属于一名 NBA 球星的游艇、结束 Bahamas 九日航程返回 Miami 途中，在海上与联邦执法人员经历了一场紧张对峙。
据知情人士向 Page Six 透露，航程中游艇四台发动机先有一台发生故障；行至距 Florida 海岸约 10 英里处，第二台发动机也告失灵，海况同时转坏。Titherage 致电拖船服务公司 Towboat US 求援，等来的却是两艘联邦船只——一艘隶属移民与海关执法局（ICE）、一艘隶属海关与边境保护局（CBP），两船合计约 12 名人员，其中一船载有七八名戴面罩的人员。
据报道，联邦人员要求游艇减速以便登船，有 30 多年航海经验的 Titherage 起初拒绝，理由是当时海况下减速有危险。两艘联邦船尾随游艇近两小时，直到他能够安全减速，执法人员才登船。
登船人员搜查了游艇是否藏有违禁品，并逐一查验乘客护照，其中一名外籍女乘客的签证被细查了约一小时。检查结束后，游艇获准继续航行靠岸。Titherage 的代表对 Page Six 表示：「我们庆幸事态没有升级，所有人都平安离开。」ICE 未回应 Page Six 的置评请求。
Titherage 于 2022 年凭《Below Deck Adventure》首次亮相该系列，2024 年接替长期担任船长的 Lee Rosbach，成为《Below Deck》旗舰节目的船长并任职至今。
'Below Deck' Captain Kerry Titherage Meets Federal Boarding on Voyage Home: Engines Failed, Passports Checked for an Hour Before Release
'Below Deck' captain Kerry Titherage had a tense encounter with federal agents at sea while bringing a yacht owned by an NBA star back to Miami from a nine-day trip in the Bahamas, Page Six has learned.
According to a source speaking to Page Six, one of the vessel's four engines failed during the return trip, and about 10 miles off the Florida coast a second engine failed as waters grew rougher. Titherage called the towing service Towboat US for help, but was instead approached by two federal vessels — one operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the other by U.S. Customs and Border Protection — carrying roughly 12 officers between them, including seven or eight masked officers on one boat.
Agents demanded that he slow down and allow them to board, Page Six reported. Titherage, who has more than 30 years of experience working on boats, initially refused, worried that reducing speed in the rough conditions would be dangerous. The federal boats tailed the yacht for almost two hours until he could slow down safely and the agents boarded.
The agents searched the yacht for contraband and examined passengers' passports, spending about an hour scrutinizing the visa of a female foreign national on board, before allowing the vessel to land. A representative for Titherage told Page Six: 'We are glad the situation didn't escalate and that everyone left safely.' ICE did not respond to Page Six's request for comment.
Titherage made his reality TV debut on 'Below Deck Adventure' in 2022 and took over from longtime star Captain Lee Rosbach on the flagship 'Below Deck' in 2024, a role he has held since.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：停泊在Miami的超级游艇Fountainhead，Godsfriendchuck摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons（资料图，非涉事游艇）
