Crew Finder tracked miles

The number on a Crew Finder card comes from WatchKeeper logbooks, not from anything the sailor typed. Here is exactly what counts.

What a passage needs

1. It is marked Arrived, not archived, with a departure and arrival time.
2. It has a GPS track (a GPX file attached to the passage) or tracker fixes (a Garmin or Iridium device polled by WatchKeeper) inside its dates. Hand-typed log positions and hand-typed distances don't count. A track that implies more than 25 knots between two fixes is rejected as implausible.
3. You were aboard. One of:
   • you own the boat;
   • you're accepted crew and a movement (Crew → Movements) covers the passage dates, give or take a day;
   • you're accepted crew with no movements recorded at all, and you joined before the passage departed.
4. The owner hasn't marked you not aboard for that passage.

Crew-confirmed vs own log

• Crew-confirmed: someone else vouched for you. The boat's owner (or captain) recorded your movement, or you're the owner and a crew member's movement confirms the passage.
• Own log: your own boat with no crew confirmation, or a movement you recorded yourself, or a plain crew record with no movements.

Both are real logbook miles. The split exists because a boat owner could attach any track to their own passage; a second person on the roster is what makes it hard to fake.

Self-reported miles (typed into your profile) are shown separately, in grey, and are never added to either number.

Offshore, coastal, crossings

Passages of 100 nm or more count as offshore; shorter ones as coastal. A passage of 500 nm or more, or three nights or more, is also counted as an ocean crossing.

Who sees what

Before a match, other sailors see the totals and, if they tap "Show passages", the month and distance of each passage. After a match, both sides can see ports, dates and the boat's name. Positions and log notes are never shown.

A passage is missing

Check, in order: is it Arrived? Does it have a track or tracker fixes (Passage → Route file, or a tracker on the vessel)? Are you on that boat's crew with an accepted invite? Is there a movement covering the dates? Has the owner marked you not aboard (you'd have had an email)? Miles refresh within about 15 minutes of a change; a nightly sweep catches passages whose tracker data arrived late.

For skippers: marking someone not aboard

On an Arrived passage's page, "Crew on this passage" lists everyone the passage counts for. Use Not aboard for a roster member who didn't sail that leg; they'll get an email. You can't exclude someone whose movement you recorded yourself. Mark aboard reverses it.

Preview. Tracked miles are rolling out to a small group of accounts first. If your profile still shows a single "verified sea miles" number, you're on the previous calculation; nothing on your card has changed.

Staying visible

Profiles and berth listings only show in the deck while the person behind them is active: they've used Watchkeeper in the last 45 days, their boat is underway or arrived recently, or (boats) the listing's departure window is still ahead. Nothing is deleted; opening the app brings you straight back. Cards show "Active today / 3 d ago / 2 w ago" so you know who'll answer.

Report, block, unmatch

From any match you can Unmatch (closes the chat for both, quietly), Block (they never see you again, and you never see them; nobody is told), or Report. A person reads every report, usually within a few days. If someone you matched with reports feeling unsafe with you, your Crew Finder profile is paused while it's reviewed; the rest of Watchkeeper keeps working. Listings that specify a gender are held for review before going live.