# Timeline & Your Crew

_ReadyHelm Owner app guide, chapter 12 · Last updated 2026-10-28 · https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/owner/timeline-and-crew.html_

Two fleet-wide pages under **Crew Corner** in the sidebar, alongside My Trips, Safety & Certs (see [My Account, Plans & Upgrading](https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/owner/my-account-and-plans.html)), and Float Plans (see [Float Plan](https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/owner/float-plan.html)).

## Timeline

A single chronological view merging everything with a date across your whole fleet: to-dos, maintenance tasks on a day-based schedule (not engine-hour ones), trips, and expirations — insurance, registration, ratings, and your own credentials. It's scoped to whatever you can already see: your own boats and anything shared with you, never anyone else's.

Switch between a **list** view and a **calendar** view, and filter by type, vessel, status (overdue/upcoming), date range, or search. Items show as "X days overdue," "Due in X days," or a plain date; trips show "Past" or "Upcoming" instead. Clicking an item — or **+ Add** — takes you straight into the real screen where that record actually lives (To-Do, Captain's Log, Vessel Records, and so on), rather than showing you a read-only copy.

## Your Crew

Everyone with access across your fleet, by name. These are the same people who show up individually on each boat's Sharing tab (see [Vessel Records](https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/owner/vessel-records.html)), gathered into one fleet-wide list. People who joined through a crew request show as **Crew**, which has the same read-only access as a Viewer.

### Approving crew requests

When someone asks to crew on one of your boats, the request appears under **Pending crew requests**. A red badge on **Your Crew** in the sidebar shows how many are waiting, and you'll get a notification. Approve or reject each one. **💬 Discuss** opens a conversation with the requester first if you want to ask them something, and you can pull any of your Editors into that conversation with **Loop in an Editor?**

> Crew requests use crew sharing, which is included on every plan (see [My Account, Plans & Upgrading](https://app.readyhelm.com/guide/owner/my-account-and-plans.html)).

### Finding a boat to crew on

To crew on someone else's boat, search by **boat name or owner email** and click **Request Access**. Your pending requests show as **⏳ Waiting on approval**, which you can cancel, and boats you're already on show **✓ Already crew**. You can **💬 Discuss** a pending request with the owner.

Owners can hide their boat from crew search, so not every boat will appear.

### Inviting a boat owner to ReadyHelm

If the boat you're looking for isn't on ReadyHelm, click **Invite them to ReadyHelm** and enter the owner's email. You'll see "Invite logged — we'll email them." They receive an invitation to join. When they sign up and add their boat, they're asked to **connect** you as crew to it, or to decline. ReadyHelm sends at most one follow-up reminder. To prevent spam, you need to verify your own email address first, and repeat invites to the same person are limited.

If *you* receive one of these invitations and already have boats, you'll see **Someone wants to connect** when you sign in. Pick the boat and click **Connect as crew**, or decline. Anyone who gets an invite email can opt out of future invites using the link in the email.