It is always 50 for sailor limit in the active waiting area. However you can use the Headquarter (HQ) section to store additional sailors and ships. You can purchase HQ expansions to give yourself more space permanently to put more sailors in there.

-JPhoenix

you can use a HQ expansion to store your extra sailors if i am right you get one page free then half a page if you have
premuim.

Ah, ok, thnx.