Terms of Service

Effective Date: September 1, 2026

Welcome to Velico.net.

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of Velico.net, including its articles, guides, calculators, tools, checklists, downloads, interactive features, and other content or services made available through the website.

By accessing or using Velico.net, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the website.

1. About Velico

Velico.net is an independent sailing reference and tools platform that provides educational and informational content related to sailing, seamanship, boats, navigation, marine weather, safety, cruising, equipment, passage planning, and related topics.

Velico.net is not a maritime authority, navigation provider, coast guard organization, sailing school, certification body, weather agency, marine engineering firm, or emergency service.

2. Educational and Informational Use

The content provided on Velico.net is intended for general informational and educational purposes only.

Nothing on the website should be considered a substitute for:

  • Professional sailing instruction
  • Official navigation information
  • Current marine charts
  • Official weather forecasts
  • Local regulations
  • Vessel manuals
  • Manufacturer instructions
  • Professional marine services
  • Emergency guidance
  • Qualified legal, medical, engineering, or safety advice

You are responsible for determining whether any information provided on Velico.net is appropriate for your vessel, crew, location, equipment, experience, and circumstances.

3. Sailing and Marine Safety

Sailing and boating involve inherent risks.

Conditions may change rapidly due to weather, wind, sea state, tide, current, visibility, traffic, vessel condition, equipment failure, crew capability, and other factors.

You agree that you are solely responsible for your own decisions and actions while boating or sailing.

Velico.net does not guarantee that any technique, checklist, calculation, recommendation, or article will be appropriate or safe in every situation.

Always follow applicable laws and regulations and use appropriate safety equipment.

4. Calculators, Tools, and Estimates

Velico.net may provide calculators, estimators, converters, checklists, and other interactive tools.

These may include, but are not limited to:

  • Hull speed calculators
  • Anchor scope calculators
  • Passage time calculators
  • Wind speed converters
  • Distance calculators
  • Sailboat ratio calculators
  • Apparent wind tools
  • Planning checklists

All results are estimates provided for informational purposes only.

Calculations may rely on simplified formulas, assumptions, averages, or user-supplied information. Actual conditions and results may vary.

You are responsible for independently verifying any result before relying on it for navigation, safety, equipment selection, passage planning, or other important decisions.

5. Navigation and Weather Information

Velico.net does not provide official navigation services or official marine weather forecasts.

Any material relating to routes, distances, bearings, charts, tides, currents, weather, or passage planning is educational in nature.

You should always use current and appropriate official navigation and weather resources for the area in which you are operating.

Never rely on Velico.net as your sole source for navigation, weather, emergency, or safety information.

6. Eligibility and Acceptable Use

You may use Velico.net only for lawful purposes.

You agree not to:

  • Use the website for unlawful activities
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems
  • Interfere with the website’s operation or security
  • Introduce malware, viruses, or harmful code
  • Scrape or extract content at an abusive or disruptive scale
  • Circumvent technical protections
  • Impersonate another person or organization
  • Use the website to distribute spam
  • Attempt to manipulate tools or services in a way that harms the website or other users
  • Reproduce substantial portions of Velico.net without authorization

Reasonable access by legitimate search engines and standard web browsers is permitted.

7. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, content published on Velico.net, including text, original graphics, diagrams, branding, page designs, tools, and other original materials, is owned by Velico.net or used under appropriate permission or license.

You may access and use the website for personal, non-commercial informational purposes.

You may not reproduce, republish, sell, license, distribute, modify, or commercially exploit substantial portions of Velico.net content without prior permission, except where permitted by law.

Brief quotations may be used where legally permitted and appropriately attributed.

8. User Submissions

Velico.net may allow users to submit messages, feedback, corrections, comments, suggestions, or other information.

By submitting content, you confirm that:

  • You have the right to provide it
  • It does not violate applicable law
  • It does not infringe third-party rights
  • It does not contain malicious code
  • It is not intentionally misleading or abusive

Unless otherwise agreed, you grant Velico.net a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, reproduce, adapt, and display submitted material as reasonably necessary to operate, improve, or promote the website.

Personal information will be handled in accordance with the site’s Privacy Policy.

9. Product and Equipment Information

Velico.net may publish articles or comparisons involving boats, sailing equipment, safety gear, electronics, books, courses, apps, or other products and services.

Product specifications, prices, availability, performance, standards, and manufacturer information may change.

You should verify important details directly with the manufacturer, seller, service provider, or relevant authority before purchasing or using a product.

Velico.net does not guarantee the suitability of any product for a particular vessel or purpose.

Velico.net may contain advertising, sponsored content, or affiliate links.

If you purchase a product or service through an affiliate link, Velico.net may receive a commission without increasing your purchase price.

Commercial relationships do not transfer responsibility for third-party products or services to Velico.net.

Where appropriate, sponsored or affiliate relationships may be disclosed separately.

11. Third-Party Websites

Velico.net may link to third-party websites for additional information, products, services, regulations, forecasts, research, or other resources.

Velico.net does not control third-party websites.

We are not responsible for their:

  • Content
  • Accuracy
  • Availability
  • Security
  • Privacy practices
  • Terms
  • Products
  • Services

A link to a third-party website does not necessarily indicate endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or affiliation.

You access third-party websites at your own risk.

12. Third-Party Trademarks

Names, trademarks, logos, products, organizations, and brands mentioned on Velico.net may belong to their respective owners.

References are generally made for identification, educational, editorial, or informational purposes.

Unless expressly stated, such references do not imply sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, or affiliation.

13. No Warranties

Velico.net is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Velico.net makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding:

  • Accuracy
  • Completeness
  • Reliability
  • Availability
  • Fitness for a particular purpose
  • Security
  • Error-free operation
  • Suitability of any information or calculation
  • Continuous availability of tools or services

Content may contain errors or become outdated.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Velico.net and its owners, operators, authors, contributors, editors, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages arising from or related to:

  • Use of the website
  • Reliance on website content
  • Use of calculators or tools
  • Sailing or boating decisions
  • Equipment purchases
  • Navigation decisions
  • Weather-related decisions
  • Loss of data
  • Website interruptions
  • Third-party websites
  • Errors or omissions

This includes, where legally permitted, losses involving property, equipment, business, data, personal injury, or other damages.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

15. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Velico.net and its owners, operators, contributors, and affiliates from claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, or expenses resulting from:

  • Your misuse of the website
  • Your violation of these Terms
  • Your violation of applicable law
  • Your infringement of third-party rights
  • Content you submit to the website

16. Availability and Changes

Velico.net may modify, suspend, remove, or discontinue any page, feature, tool, or service at any time.

We do not guarantee that:

  • The website will always be available
  • Tools will always function without interruption
  • Particular content will remain published
  • Any specific feature will continue indefinitely

Maintenance, technical problems, security issues, or other factors may affect availability.

17. Corrections and Updates

Velico.net may update articles, calculators, terms, policies, or other content when new information becomes available or errors are identified.

We reserve the right to correct errors without prior notice.

If you identify a possible factual error, you may contact Velico.net through the Contact page.

18. Privacy

Your use of Velico.net may involve the collection or processing of certain information.

Please review the Privacy Policy for information about how personal data, analytics, cookies, and related technologies may be handled.

19. Termination or Restriction of Access

Velico.net may restrict or terminate access to the website when reasonably necessary, including where a user:

  • Violates these Terms
  • Attempts to compromise website security
  • Abuses website infrastructure
  • Engages in unlawful activity
  • Interferes with other users

Termination of access does not eliminate provisions of these Terms that are intended to survive termination.

20. Changes to These Terms

These Terms of Service may be revised from time to time.

The updated version will be posted on Velico.net with a revised effective date where appropriate.

Continued use of the website after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

21. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.

22. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and any other policies specifically referenced on Velico.net, constitute the agreement governing use of the website.

23. Contact

Questions regarding these Terms of Service may be submitted through the Contact page on Velico.net.

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