Changes

* [http://findacrew.net Find a Crew™Crew] is by far the largest global crew website for finding crew and boats worldwide, and but you can stay a Free member for as long as you like barely do anything without paying a steep fee (starting from AUUS$75 for 30 days, and a 20% discount when renewing, but thankfully no recurring charges70/month). You can also pause your Premium once for free, for up to 18 months. The main things thing you can do as a Free free member are pretty much the same as a Premium member, except exchange personal messages with other matching Free members. To protect your privacy you can send a is "wave request" to any matching boat members without having to disclose your personal details captains - if they have a paid account, they can then start a message conversation with you; if they have a free account like you, they can reply 'yes' or 'maybe' to express their mutual interest, or 'decline' to stop you from upgrading to Premium because of themonly "wave" back. Because nobody is asked or forced to be Premium You can also just hope that captains scouring the platform regulates itself with the kind of members who are using it. Rather than relying upon someone who site for crew will randomly spot find your (rather detailed) profile, but unless you simply focus on keeping your own profile up to date as the more accurate your profile, the better your chances. Your profile will then automatically be matched with the thousands of members who have signed in during serious sailing experience or the last 45 days only, which you can check anytime with your 'QuickFind', and they will automatically be notified within 24 hours about your profile with a calculated match percentage that captain is recalculated all the time with every change any member does. So even if you’re heading out attracted to sea for a week or two, your profile keeps working for you on your behalf, and lets you know who registered and who viewed your profile while you were out of reach. As they state on their home page 'Find this is pretty much a Crew aims to be here for anyone, anytime, anywhere – without trying to be everything to everyone'. Find a Crew’s popularity and its longevity with the same consistent business model probably speaks for itselflong shot.* [http://crewbay.com CrewBay] is another probably the most useful free dedicated crew siteas of 2020. Much fewer boats than that Find a Crew, but it's free to exchange personal messages, but limits profile presentation and interactions. It does have some premium paid features (with an automatic monthly subscription unless cancelled - which becomes expensive if you forget about it), but you can easily get by without them, but which of course doesn't help the webmaster who is providing this site for you if you're using it. [[User:Treefrog]] found a boat from Florida to Panama this way, and his crewmates also found the boat using free CrewBay accounts.

* [http://www.crewscene7knots.com CrewScene™ - Destination portal7Knots]* [http://www.floatplan.com Floatplan]