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→Dedicated Websites: It's not necessary or appropriate to put a "TM" symbol after the name. Wikipedia doesn't do that, newspapers don't do that. That's something for companies to do in their own promotional materials
* [http://crewbay.com CrewBay] has much fewer boats than Find a Crew, but is super easy to use with very simple search options and you can share and see most contact details for free, some even as a visitor. It does have some premium paid features (only £1.63/week subscription), but you can easily get by without them as they are not that useful. Crewbay is by far the best crew site to get going quickly for hitchhikers and professional crew alike. [[User:Treefrog]] found a boat from Florida to Panama this way, and his crewmates also found the boat using free CrewBay accounts.
* [http://crewseekers.net Crewseekers] is the oldest crew site of them all with many boats as they don't have to pay to register or use the site, but there is a fee for crew to register to make sure they are committed to finding a boat. Many captains and their boat are UK based, but there are some in other places too.
* [http://findacrew.net Find a Crew™Crew] is by far the largest website for finding crew and boats around the world, but very difficult to use with complex, unnecessary search options, privacy filters, safety features, and very expensive if you want to become Premium (starting at AUD75 for 30 days only, less if you pay for a longer period in advance, down to AUD28/month if you pay for one year but why would anyone want to do that). A lot of members also have their Personal Identity Verified (PIV) and many of them don't allow you to contact them unless you verified your identity too. As a free member you can't do anything then "wave" to 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 with a "yes", "maybe", or "decline" message but no additional text. The site also provides some ways for captains in search of crew to find you, but unless you have sailing experience or the captain is attracted to you, this is probably a very long shot ([[User:Treefrog|Treefrog]] had no luck with this after several months with a free account).
* [http://www.vogavecmoi.com Vogue avec moi ]
* [http://www.bourse-aux-equipiers.com Bourse aux Equipiers], in french.
