Coboaters BLOG POSTS

Create successful crew skipper relationship? A comprehensive guide for Crew and Skippers to have good relationship. Sailing and boating is fun when it is shared with friends, family, partners and fellow sailors or boaters. But we all know that it is not always easy to create successful crew skipper relationship. There are a few basic […]

What are the 12 best ways to find someone to sail with? There are hundreds of thousands of sailors in the world. How many of them have their own boats? It is very hard to find out the exact number but what we know is that there are a lot of sailors without boats. The […]

Most skippers experienced challenges to find the right crew, and this article is a selection of the 11 Tips for skippers to find right crew. Best practices and advice collected while talking to boat owners and skippers in North America, Canada and even worldwide. The 11 Tips for skippers to find crew: Plan in advance […]

We all agree that the excitement of sharing time on a boat with new people and strangers is exciting. But is it safe for women to sail with strangers? If the first encounters on a boat between “good guys” are easily done, we regularly respond to crew and skippers and especially sailing women who wonder […]

Many captains who want more crew tell us that they are not necessarily looking for experienced crew members, quite the contrary. Why is that? Do you need to be experienced join a sailboat The majority of captains and skippers you will meet on Coboaters or elsewhere are comfortable taking care of their boats by themselves. […]

The boater duffel bag: What to pack? How to pack your boater duffel bag before a sailing or boating trip? It is never easy to pack your bag for any travel or destination. It may be even more difficult to pack your duffel bag for a sailing trip especially if you have never done it […]

The inspiration behind Coboaters is something you may have seen at your local yacht club or marina, and that you may be very familiar with – a notice board. You can read and find notices with our search tool. You can do basic searches but also advanced searches by defining many parameters such as type […]

Updated: May 27, 2022 Coboaters.com is a passport to new boating adventures for curious and sociable enthusiasts. Take advantage of your vacations to spend time on the water thanks to coboaters.com! Coboaters.com is the network of boater’s enthusiasts: crew members and boat owners who sail all over the world. By becoming a member of the club, […]

A few people have asked us why Coboaters is a paid service. In this post, we provide answers to the most frequently asked questions on this subject. 6 good reasons why Coboaters is a paid service The design is modern with a lot of functionalities The site is always maintained with regular new releases No […]

Updated: May 30, 2022 We received this message some time ago: “Hello Team Coboaters, I do not want to be a Coboaters member anymore because I met a charming sailor who became my companion. He owns a beautiful boat that allows us to spend fantastic times in Florida (Thank you!). I would like to delete my […]