I don't much care. My experience last night just reaffirmed my opinion of randoms/random crews...
I was powering through merchant quests yesterday, when I decided to open my fully stocked brigantine (also loaded with chickens, chicken coops, and snake baskets) up for random's to join. When they joined, they instantly turn the ship around and proceeded [to try] to turn the 3 golden chickens in to the wrong outpost. After fighting them with the anchor & sails, I said a few choice words, and they sent me to the slammer. I figured, "Well, this is cool. They'll take my fully-stocked boat and earn some coin. I'll just put the rubber band on the kiddo's xbox controller and..." /Poooof/ they let me out of the brig. They realized their error, turned the ship around, and began traveling back towards the necessary outpost, to turn in the chickens.
We quickly unload, and with no need to gather materials, we all dart back to the ship, and the captain's voyage table. Ignoring all of my work gathering chicken coops and snake baskets, the rando's decide to go on a voyage for 4 or 5 OOS captains. Ugh!
The noobs couldn't land at snake island, because I guess driving in a storm is hard? I took over the helm, and even though they refused to raise sail, I managed to park the ship beautifully between the little & big islands.
They jump off, and go to start fighting skellies...
I went and found a keg, sunk my boat, and logged off.
I assume the two that had joined me were in an xbox party together. They spoke once, when they joined, and never again afterwards. They were working together, essentially hijacking my boat.
The random crew experience is the worst. I keep hoping it will get better, but it never does.