Why did privateering make it harder to recruit sailors for Continental Navy ships?

During the American Revolution, recruiting sailors for the Continental Navy was difficult primarily because privateering offered significantly better financial inducements.1

While Continental Navy service was essential to the war effort, privateering allowed sailors to cruise for their own profit, with crew members receiving portions of the value of any cargo or shipping they captured. Because privateers were essentially privately owned, armed vessels commissioned to attack enemy commerce, they provided a lucrative alternative to the often underfunded and administratively challenged Continental Navy. Consequently, many of the best available sailors chose to join privateer crews rather than enlist in the national naval force, which contributed to a shortage of trained and disciplined personnel for Continental ships.213