On Find a Crew™ you can have your messages noticed, read and replied to by some of the most amazing people you will meet from around the world, and experience adventures to last you a life time.
Welcome to Find a Crew™, the world's largest international online marine crew & boat network.
Are you a boat owner, captain, skipper or a owner's representative looking for recreational, professional or commercial crew? Find a crew for your boat here.
Are you looking for a position as a recreational, professional or commercial crew? If you have plenty, little, or no experience at all, find a position here.
Like to know more before you join? Read more
How long can I be a Free Member for?
You can be a Free member forever!
As a Free member, you can send a wave to any matching members, but you can only exchange contact details with matching current Premium members who 'Contact' or 'Reply Yes/Maybe' to you.
Must I become a Premium Member?
You do not have to become a Premium Member. You can use, trial, send waves, and familiarise yourself with the Find a Crew™ network for as long as you like without being a Premium Member. However, as a Free Member you can only exchange contact details with Premium Members who you 'Contact', or who 'Reply Yes' or 'Reply Maybe' to you.
How long does it take to register my profile?
Registration is a 4 step process and should take less than 10 minutes, even with moderate internet experience.
Step 1 - Your email address and password to create either your boat or crew member account.
Step 2 - About you - your details and your location information.
Step 3 - About the position - details of your availability and what you are looking for.
Step 4 - 'Dear Shipmates' - extra information, write in your own words to tell more about yourself.
How old do I have to be to register with Find a Crew™?
Age is no constraint with Find a Crew™. If you are young or seasoned, we welcome you to our network as we can't check how old you are anyway. For your own safety we suggest that you enter your real age rather than pretend to be 19 when you're 17, or 65 instead of 85 for that matter.
However, you are certainly allowed to write in your 'Dear Shipmates' section if you are 80 going on 25!
Most Premium members pay their fee by credit card , and hence are most likely over the age of 18 anyway.
Boat members who take crew members under the age of 18 aboard should assure to have parental permission!
If you are under 18 years of age and wish for an opportunity to go day sailing we encourage you to do so provided your parents know you have registered with Find a Crew™! Crew members under the age of 16 are not included in the automated matching but can still be viewed by members, or contacted by boat members.
When will my profile be live on Find a Crew™?
As soon as you complete your profile, it will be live on Find a Crew™. Profiles do go through an automated monitoring process to ensure that no-one misuses or abuses the system, and to keep the quality of our member profiles at a high standard. This process also helps us to detect any fraudulent or spammer attempts to misuse Find a Crew™. Most of these attempts are stopped before they go live, and if they do, are usually detected within a few hours.
- No contract fees, no registration fees, no recurring fees, and no placement fees
- Suspend or delete your account any time you want
- Registration, listing, searching and initial contacting and replying is free
- Start contacting members in less than 10 minutes as a Free member
- Premium members can exchange contact details with as many matching members as they like
- All members are Free Members by default and only upgrade to Premium when ready to exchange contact details.
- Only one party, either crew or boat, is required to be a Premium Member to exchange contact details.
- Free Members can send a 'Contact', 'Reply Yes', 'Reply Maybe' or a 'Reply No' wave at any time.
- You can keep your Free member profile for as long as you like, and only upgrade to Premium when it suits you.
- Your profile automatically remains listed for 45 days from your last sign in, keeping the network current.
- You can update, suspend, delete or make your profile invisible at any time - you are always in control.
- If you wish you can create a boat and crew profile, but you have to use a different email address for each profile.
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Keep in mind that Find a Crew™ is an online introduction network and not a social networking website, therefore crew cannot contact other crew, and boats cannot contact other boats. It's all between boats and crew, and crew and boats!
