Needing help making boat private

[soft marten]

people already joining my ship and taking everything in the storage so now i have nothing in it and I've been trying to figure out how to make it to be able to sail by myself.

[plain aurora]

is it related to your Private status? is it on Friends only?

[neat sedge]

yes

[gusty linden]

so if you set your private to friends people cant just join your boat?