Terms & Conditions

Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using Nautical Solver, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions and any applicable laws. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must discontinue use of the site.

Nature of the service

Nautical Solver provides web-based calculators and reference material related to naval architecture and marine engineering, including hull design, resistance, propulsion, power, stability, fuel consumption, and operational estimations. The site is provided as an informational and computational aid.

Educational & preliminary use only

All calculators are intended for educational purposes, research, concept exploration, and preliminary engineering assessments only. Results are not certified, class-approved, or guaranteed to meet regulatory, statutory, safety, or contractual requirements.

Users are solely responsible for independently verifying all results using appropriate professional methods, approved software, classification society rules, and/or qualified engineering judgment before applying them to real-world projects.

Accuracy & no warranty

While reasonable care is taken to implement recognized formulas and commonly used industry methods, Nautical Solver makes no warranties or representations regarding accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, or suitability for any specific purpose.

The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Nautical Solver, its operator(s), and contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, including loss of profit, data, business interruption, operational impact, or other losses arising out of or in connection with use of the site or reliance on its outputs.

User responsibility & acceptable use

You agree to use the site responsibly and only for lawful purposes. You must not misuse, disrupt, overload, or interfere with any part of the service, nor attempt unauthorized access to systems or data.

Automated, abusive, or excessive access (including scraping, excessive crawling, or high-frequency requests) may be restricted or blocked to protect site availability and other users.

User eligibility

Nautical Solver is intended for users who are at least 13 years of age (or the minimum age required by applicable laws in your jurisdiction). By using the site, you confirm that you meet this requirement.

Intellectual property

The site layout, calculator logic, text content, and branding are the intellectual property of Nautical Solver unless otherwise stated. You may reference results, screenshots, or exported outputs for academic, professional, or personal use, provided appropriate attribution is maintained. Unauthorized reproduction or redistribution of site content may be restricted.

Analytics

Nautical Solver may use lightweight analytics tools to understand general site usage (such as pages viewed and basic technical information) in order to improve performance and usability. No personally identifiable information is intentionally collected.

External libraries

Certain features rely on third-party libraries and frameworks (including but not limited to Bootstrap, jsPDF, and html2canvas) distributed under their respective licenses. Use of these components is subject to their own license terms.

Changes to the service

Calculators, methods, and site content may be modified, expanded, suspended, or removed at any time to improve accuracy, usability, or scope. No guarantee is made regarding long-term availability of specific tools or features.

Changes to these terms

These Terms & Conditions may be updated periodically. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Governing law

These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with applicable law in the operator’s jurisdiction. Any disputes arising from use of the site shall be handled under the relevant legal framework.

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