BELOW DECK’S CAPTAIN SANDY YAWN AND HER SISTER MICHELLE DUNHAM ANNOUNCED AS THE SHIP’S GODMOTHERS
MIAMI, Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrity Cruises®, the award-winning premium cruise line pioneering resort travel at sea, is thrilled to unveil the Godmothers for Celebrity Ascent, launching this November. Today, Celebrity Cruises announces that Captain Sandy Yawn, best known for her appearance on Bravo TV’s hit series, Below Deck, alongside her sister Michelle Dunham, founder of the Jacksonville School for Autism (JSA), have been selected as co-Godmothers of the upcoming ship. The sisters will now join the industry’s first brother Captains, Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzis, who were announced earlier this year as the chosen duo to jointly take helm of the new vessel.
Captain Sandy Yawn, renowned for her appearance on Bravo TV’s hit series, Below Deck, will be joining forces with her sister, Michelle Dunham, founder of the Jacksonville School for Autism (JSA), as the co-Godmothers of Celebrity Ascent
Captain Sandy, the new co-godmother of Celebrity Ascent, is the embodiment of resilience, surviving a life-threatening accident, cancer and struggles with addiction before launching her career in the yacht industry
Michelle Dunham, the new co-godmother of Celebrity Ascent, is the co-founder of the Jacksonville School for Autism (JSA)
Celebrity Ascent will be the newest ship based in South Florida for the 2023-2024 Caribbean season. Cruising out of Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale from December 2023 to April 2024, the stunning new ship will transport guests to some of the Caribbean’s most desired destinations like the Bahamas, Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands, before departing to Europe for a summer of bucket-list Mediterranean cruises in Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain and France
