Advancement through the Crew Rating Log is optional, though performing the tasks required to earn an official Half Moon crew shirt typically coincides with the skills needed to qualify for the rank of Lichtmatroos or Volmatroos. Like the Task Matrix, the reward is the individual sailor's sense of pride in his or her accomplishments — but unlike the Task Matrix, crew members can take their copy of the Crew Rating Log home with them!
Click here or on the cover to the right to download a .pdf of the Crew Rating Log for yourself (along with a cover you may wish to print out on heavier cardstock or a different color of paper). To access this file, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this free program, you can download it here (external link).
The Crew Rating Log/Bemanning Rang Log was written by Captain William Reynolds. Editing/design by John W. Mangrum. Dutch translation by Janine Oosterloo with Ewout van Grondelle.