Changes

* [http://findacrew.net Find a Crew] is by far the largest website for finding crew and boats, and you can stay a Free member for as long as you like without paying a steep fee (AU$75/month). The main things you can do as a Free member are pretty much the same as Premium members except exchange personal messages with other matching Free members. To protect your privacy you can send a "wave request" to captains without having to disclose your personal details - 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, maybe, or decline to express their mutual interest, or to stop you from upgrading to Premium if they declined. You also do not have to hope that captains using the site to find a crew will find your detailed profile, because rather Rather than relying that someone will randomly spot your profile , you keep simply focus on keeping your own profile up to date. The as the more accurate your profile , the better your chances, as your . Your profile will then automatically be matched with the thousands of members who have signed in during the last 45 days only, and they will be notified about your profile with a match percentage. So even if you’re heading out 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.