CRI+
Crew Rating Index Plus
The industry rates crew.
It's time crew rated the industry.
CRI+ is a transparent, merit-based rating system built for crew, by crew. It recognises the best professionals in yachting — and gives crew the power to rate everyone they work with: owners, brokers, managers, contractors, clients, and more.
This is a vision for where Xplor is heading. CRI+ can only launch when we have enough verified crew on the platform to make the data meaningful and the ratings trustworthy. The more crew who join, the closer we get.
Crew Rate Everyone
In yachting, crew have always been rated — by owners, by managers, by brokers. CRI+ flips that. Verified crew become the raters, and everyone in the industry earns a public reputation based on how they treat the people who do the work.
Yacht Owners
How they treat crew, working conditions, management style, payment reliability.
Management Companies
Responsiveness, transparency, crew handling, contract fairness.
Brokers
Professionalism, honesty, crew communication, charter preparation.
Contractors & Shipyards
Quality of work, timeliness, professionalism, value for money.
Charter Clients
Behaviour, respectfulness, adherence to charter terms.
Training Providers & Suppliers
Course quality, instructor competence, product reliability, service.
Only Verified Crew Can Rate
No anonymous reviews. No fake accounts. Only crew with a verified CRI+ profile can submit ratings — and their reviews are weighted by their own CRI+ tier. A Master-rated captain's review carries more weight than a new deckhand's. This prevents gaming and ensures the ratings reflect genuine industry experience.
Why This Matters
Right now, crew have no structured way to share their experiences working for an owner, a management company, or a broker. Bad actors stay hidden. Good ones get no public recognition.
CRI+ changes that. When crew can rate everyone they work with — and those ratings are public, verified, and weighted by experience — it creates accountability that doesn't exist anywhere else in the industry.
Owners who treat crew well get rewarded with top talent. Managers who cut corners get exposed. The industry improves because transparency forces it to.
Today
Crew are rated and reviewed by everyone above them. They have no public voice, no structured feedback channel, and no way to warn other crew about bad experiences.
With CRI+
Crew rate owners, brokers, managers, contractors, clients, and training providers. Public, verified, weighted by experience. The power shifts to the people doing the work.
How Crew Scoring Will Work
CRI+ also rates crew themselves — objectively, transparently, and based on merit. Everyone starts at 50 and earns their way up through verifiable achievements.
Start Fair
Everyone begins at 50
Earn Merit
Objective achievements only
Stay Accountable
Tenure & behaviour matter
Reward Loyalty
Longevity earns more
Full Transparency
Public & verifiable
Score Tiers
What Builds Your Score
Measurable, verifiable achievements — not opinions or politics.
Qualification-Based Starting Score
Your highest verified certification sets your base CRI+ score. Everything else builds on top.
Longevity matters: Tenure on a vessel adjusts your effective rating for commission distribution. The longer you're onboard before a charter, the higher your share — rewarding loyalty over job-hopping.
How We Get There
CRI+ needs a critical mass of verified crew before the data is meaningful and the ratings are trustworthy. Here's the path.
Build Crew Critical Mass
NowGet enough verified crew on Xplor so CRI+ data is statistically meaningful. This is where we are now — every crew member who joins brings us closer.
Launch Crew Scoring
After critical massActivate CRI+ profiles for all verified crew. Base scores assigned by certification, then built through sea time, charters, and peer endorsements.
Crew Rate the Industry
After crew scoringOpen the 360° rating system. Crew can rate owners, managers, brokers, contractors, clients, and training providers. All reviews verified and weighted by CRI+ tier.
Public CRI+ Portal
FutureLaunch a searchable public index of all rated entities. The industry's first transparent reputation directory, powered by verified crew data.
Commission Weighting
FutureCRI+ scores influence FairSeas commission distribution — higher-rated crew earn a larger share, creating a direct financial incentive for excellence.
What Changes
For Crew
Recognised as professionals, not replaceable labour. Your experience, loyalty, and skill are publicly tracked and rewarded. And for the first time, you have a structured, verified way to share your experiences working for anyone in the industry.
For Owners
Good owners attract the best crew because their rating proves it. CRI+ becomes a competitive advantage — treat crew well and the industry knows.
For Managers & Brokers
Transparent reputation means accountability. High ratings attract clients and crew. Low ratings become impossible to hide behind a polished website.
For the Industry
Yachting transitions to a merit-based trust economy — measurable, public, and fair. Exploitation gets harder. Standards rise. Everyone benefits.
CRI+ Launches When Crew Show Up
The more verified crew on Xplor, the faster CRI+ becomes a reality. Join FairSeas now and be part of building the rating system the industry has never had.
When CRI+ launches, early crew members will have the longest track records and the highest-weighted reviews. Getting in early matters.