On “Deadliest Catch,” a crew can only be as successful as their boat will allow. The Lady Alaska was a difficult boat to sail for most of its run. Gallagher was open to discussing the issue on Reddit AMA.
One Redditor, u/Kirsten137, asked, “Is the Lady Alaska a lemon or was all the mechanical problems with the boat exaggerated at all?” It certainly wouldn’t be out of the question for a reality series to try to up the ante by overplaying a ship’s viability. Gallagher says they had real problems with the boat. They downplayed the boat’s problems for the cameras, if anything. As he stated, “I [wouldn’t] call it a lemon, we knew what [we’re] getting into. Crab boats were never meant to sit for 20 years. Zero exaggeration. Actually I would say it was even worse [in real life] but of course not everything can be shown.”
Lady Alaska has had its fair share of problems, including Having issues while the crew is on the ocean
. It was rescued by several ships, which shows that not all drama in reality television is fake.
