Below Deck: Is Brooke Laughton replacing Kate Chastain as chief stew?

Now that Kate Chastain has announced her departure from Below Deck, is Brooke Laughton replacing her on the next Below Deck Mediterranean season?

Kate Chastain has sailed on to greener pastures now that she is done with Below Deck, but has Brooke Laughton been chosen as Kate’s replacement?  Brooke has been traveling lately and recently updated her Instagram bio to say “Superyacht Chief Stewardess.”  During her time on Below Deck Mediterranean, Brooke was the second stewardess under Hannah Ferrier.

Brooke’s entire storyline during season three was about chasing Joao Franco and trying to keep Joao so Kasey Cohen couldn’t have him.  Then, when Hannah tried to warn Brooke that Joao wasn’t worth her time, she turned on Hannah.

Joao went on to be bosun during season four and told viewers that Brooke cheated on him after filming ended and broke his heart.  Or something like that.

There are rumors that the cast is in Antigua filming for the next season, but so far the rumored cast seems to be posting from Instagram in other places.  Joao was in Zimbabwe as of four days ago and Brooke has been posting with her boyfriend, while Hannah was in Los Angeles.  Of course, such posts could be just to throw us off.  Of course, those posts could also mean they are home and aren’t filming.

Eddie Lucas, who was a deckhand for Below Deck season one and bosun for seasons two and three has also been tossed around as a possible crew member.

It will be interesting to see who ends up being on the crew for the next season.  It seems like the network is in the mood to shake things up with all of the shows.  Who is going to be captain?!  Who would you like to see as captain?

Below Deck Sailing Yacht is on Mondays at 9 PM ET.