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'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' Season 1 Star Jenna MacGillivray Is Engaged

Published Aug. 16 2022, 12:39 p.m. ET

Jenna MacGillivray and her fiancé, Dave Cartmill.

Wedding bells are officially ringing for Below Deck Sailing Yacht alum Jenna MacGillivray !

The yacht chief stew, who starred on the debut season of the Below Deck spin-off series, announced her engagement to longtime beau Dave Cartmill on her Instagram page on Aug. 13.

In the caption of her engagement announcement, Jenna referred to her fiancé as the "best person."

As BDSY fans will remember, Jenna's boatmance with Chef Adam Glick was a central storyline on Season 1 of the Bravo series, but the pair broke up after the charter season wrapped up (but before the reunion aired in June of 2020).

Though her relationship with the chef did not work out, Jenna has clearly found a lasting connection with her now-fiancé. Who is Jenna's husband-to-be, and what has she been up to since viewers last saw her on the show? Keep reading to find out.

Dave Cartmill and Jenna MacGillivray.

'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' alum Jenna MacGillivray is engaged. Who is her fiancé?

Following her public romance with Chef Adam, Jenna noted on her Instagram feed in September of 2021 that she didn't want to "post pics of the men in [her] life that she date[s]."

That changed with her now-fiancé, Dave.

The chief stew first shared a photo with Dave, on the app in February of 2022, though it's unclear when exactly the two started dating. Dave's own Instagram feed is set to private, so not much is publicly known about his life and career.

About six months after Jenna went public with Dave, she confirmed that the two were set to wed.

"It took me a long time to find true comfort and happiness with myself independent of anyone else. I'm forever thankful I loved myself enough to stay alone long enough to wait for the best person I could have ever imagined for me," Jenna wrote in the caption of her Aug. 13 post on Instagram. "Exploding."

After Jenna confirmed the exciting news with a snapshot of her and her fiancé and a photo of her emerald-cut ring, several stars from the various shows in the Below Deck franchise sent along their warm wishes in the comments' section.

"Omg congratulations!!!!!! So so happy for you!!!!" Jenna's BDSY Season 1 co-star, Ciara Duggan, wrote.

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Below Deck Med deckhand Colin Macy O'Toole added a "Congrats girlie!" comment under the post, and BDSY Season 2 personality Dani Soares shared a simple "Congratulations," along with two red heart emojis.

Jenna's former boss (and the captain of Parsifal III ), Glenn Shephard, added, "So happy for you guys."

It does not appear that Jenna's one-time co-star and now-ex, Chef Adam, has publicly commented on the news.

What is Jenna from 'Below Deck Sailing Yacht' doing now?

Though she didn't return to the show for Seasons 2 or 3 of BDSY (Daisy Kelliher has been the chief stew on those seasons), Jenna has kept fans updated about her life on her Instagram page.

Once her time on the show wrapped up, Jenna did a lot of traveling, and she has shared the details of her various adventures on her Instagram profile. She did work on another boat in the Bahamas, and she co-hosted the Wild Loner podcast until the spring of 2021.

Now, the Canadian may be getting ready to plan her wedding!

You can catch up on the first three seasons of Below Deck Sailing Yacht on Peacock now.

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Below Deck Sailing Yacht  Recap: Bride to be Onboard

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I have a sick fascination with wedding culture. I scroll through #weddingtok, analyze registries, and click around on personalized wedding websites (Side note: it’s shocking how many people don’t password protect these?). To be clear: This obsession doesn’t translate into my personal life. I never want to be a bridesmaid. I can’t fathom spending upwards of a thousand dollars to visit a “destination” like Scottsdale for a bachelorette party. I  will,  however, spend upwards of a thousand hours consuming content about it. So when last week I learned that the final charter of the season would feature a wedding officiated by none other than Captain Glenn, I was ready. After watching? I’m disappointed.

For the record, I did shed a single tear while Allegra and Gabe said their vows and proclaimed their love to each other, but during most of the set-up and ceremony, I was cringing.

The soccer pop-up tent? The crowded beach? The tacky fake flower aisle that Ashley claimed was her version of stepping up? Sweet Captain Glenn officiating in his  Parsifal  polo and bright green sunglasses? And the bride’s dress was gorgeous (shout out to Kleinfeld Bridal of Say Yes to the Dress fame) but completely inappropriate for the venue? Much too formal! Maybe I’m being too harsh. I have snobbish tendencies! But maybe I’m just pissed off that production didn’t simply buy a wedding cake and instead made Marcos bake one that was three tiers and gluten-free in the tiny galley kitchen. How dare they do this to Marcos when he’s grieving and struggling? Even Kelsie points out that baking a wedding cake seems a little over-the-top. In a confessional, Colin remarks he hasn’t seen Marcos like this throughout the entire season. He’s worried about Marcos, and so I am.

I’ll get back to Marcos in a minute — and what he said about moist cake — but first, I need to tie back my personal wedding tangent to this piece. Like any good recapper, I googled the bride and groom. What I discovered, dear readers, might shock you. Allegra and Gabe  already got married!  In Sedona, according to Instagram! The year before!

I know, I know. The pandemic has flopped the entire wedding industry on its head and couples are having Zoom weddings and micro weddings and then doing it big a year or two later. That’s all fine and dandy. But making Marcos bake this cake? When they’ve already had a wedding? Oy. Captain Glenn says weddings give him a rash, and I agree.

For your pleasure, this is Marcos on moistness: “Somehow I have to bake this gluten-free cake moist. So I’m going to treat this cake like a woman with a lot of love, a lot of passion, a lot of touching here, touching there.” Then, in Spanish, he says: “Little massage here and there,” before ending in English: “It’s going to make it really moist and perfect.” What do I think about this, readers? [REDACTED]

There’s not much else to say about the guests except that the group had an astrology-themed dinner and the groom refused to let go of the rope swing while hanging over the sea, so he smacked back into a large pillar on deck and had to be hoisted down. In a confessional, Captain Glenn cackles and admits it’s the first time he’s ever seen someone hang on instead of plunging into the water. It’s perfectly fine to be afraid of heights and simply not partake in the rope swing, but I think seeing my future husband dangling over the ocean before swinging back and crashing into a pole would give me a little bit of the ick?

Meanwhile, the love bug bites some crew members onboard. Daisy catches the bouquet, much to the pleasure of the charter guests, and Gary confesses he wants a girlfriend and kids. I’ll admit, he does a good job of moonlighting as an Instagram boyfriend while the charter guests are splashing around in the cave. He even says he wanted to fall in love this season! Unfortunately for him, Scarlett dodges one of his kisses, and the two have a petite lover’s quarrel the night before the final charter. In the background of their bickering, Kelsie once again flosses her teeth with her hair and Barnaby is still in love with Daisy.

Gary bitches to his boys (Colin and Marcos) about Scarlett, and the three of them have quite a tender moment in their cabin. Borderline erotic, even. They’re wrestling and giggling and I never want it to end! Earlier in the night, the group does a round of Hurricane shots, made famous by our Canadian friends last week. Gary spits his water back in Daisy’s face and the girls are slurping shit off Marco’s stomach. Marcos and Ashley even jump off the side of the boat with arm floaties. It’s all very sensual. While Captain Glenn is all curled up, he hears a cry for help: Gary ran out of toilet paper. Captain Glenn comes to the rescue and hands him a box of tissues. Then, back to bed with his headphones he goes.

The next day, Ashley chooses pettiness and tells Scarlett that Daisy and Gary are talking about hooking up (not true, they’re talking about their stances on marriage). Scarlett says she’ll never hook up with Gary and Ashley says the only reason she did is that she was wasted (objectively false, but sure). They laugh and Scarlett says she’s over it. You go, girl! We get a sneak peek of Gary hooking up with someone in the season finale, and even though production is playing it up like it’s Scarlett or Daisy, between us, I think that Smashley wants to make one last mistake.

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Parsifal's First Wedding

Reeling from the news that Parsifal III has a last-minute charter with the hardest preference sheet of the season, the crew try to enjoy their night off. A wild night leads to massive hangovers the next day as Chef Marcos struggles to create a savory but safe menu for the guests based on a complex list of dietary restrictions, plus a three-tiered gluten free wedding cake. Ashley sets her sights on proving to Daisy that she’s ready to be promoted. Scarlett tries to determine if Gary has long-term potential after the charter ends. Pulling off a wedding is the crews biggest challenge yet as they pull out all the stops to end the season strong.

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