Crew of the Dead

You animate all dead humanoid creatures within 60 feet of you to act as a crew for a ship or boat.  Treat the animated corpses as zombies or skeletons, as appropriate.  They have a +8 bonus on skill checks related to crewing the ship, but they are incapable of doing anything else.  You can issue verbal commands (no action required) to the crew.

The undead crew cannot fight, even if commanded to do so.  If instructed to do anything other than operate the boat, they stand in place, doing nothing.