Terms & Conditions
Effective: 5 May 2026. This is the first version of these terms.
These terms are an agreement between you and Daron Pritchard(sole operator, Jersey) about your use of the Lifeboat Trainer mobile app ("the app"). Please read them. By creating an account or using the app you agree to be bound by them.
1. The service
Lifeboat Trainer is a study and self-test tool that helps RNLI crew learn the layout of their station's boats. It is a training aid. It is not a substitute for the official training, assessment, or operating procedures of the RNLI or any other lifeboat organisation, and it is not a tool for use in a real emergency.
The app is RNLI-themed because it is designed for RNLI crew, but it is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
2. Your account
- You must be at least 16 years old to register an account.
- You must give us truthful information when you sign up — a real email address, a real display name, and your real station affiliation.
- You are responsible for keeping your password and any multi-factor authentication device secure. Tell us straight away if you think someone else has accessed your account.
- One person, one account. Don't share login details.
3. Acceptable use
You agree that you will not:
- Scrape, mass-download, or otherwise extract layouts, photos, or other content from the app for use outside the app.
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it.
- Use bots, scripts, or other automated tools to interact with the app.
- Attempt to gain access to anyone else's account, or to data or features you're not authorised to see.
- Probe or attack the app's security without our written permission. (If you spot a security issue, please report it to daron_pritchard@yahoo.co.uk — we appreciate it.)
- Upload content that is unlawful, infringes someone else's rights, or that you don't have permission to use.
4. Content uploaded by station administrators
Station administrators may upload photos of their boats so the app can show layouts to their crew. By uploading a photo, the administrator confirms that:
- They have the rights or permission needed to use the photo in this app, and
- They grant us a non-exclusive licence to host, copy, and display the photo through the app for as long as the layout is in use.
If you believe a photo has been uploaded without proper rights, email us and we will investigate and remove it if needed.
5. Disclaimer — training aid only
The app is provided to help you learn. We make every reasonable effort to keep the content accurate and up to date, but boats, equipment, and procedures change. Always deferto your station's official training and current operating procedures, and to the boat in front of you, rather than to anything the app shows.
Do not rely on the app for decisions during a real shout, exercise, or any safety-critical situation.
6. Intellectual property
The app itself — the code, the design, the icons, and the non-station-specific content — belongs to Daron Pritchard. Boat photos and layout content remain the property of the station that uploaded them, used in the app under the licence in section 4.
You may use the app for your own personal, non-commercial training. You may not copy, redistribute, or build a competing product from it.
7. Limitation of liability
The app is provided "as is". To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties, conditions, and other terms that would otherwise be implied — including warranties of accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, and uninterrupted availability.
We do not exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot be limited or excluded by law.
Subject to that, our total liability to you arising out of the app in any 12-month period is limited to £100. We are not liable for any indirect or consequential losses, lost data (beyond reasonable recovery efforts), or losses you would not normally expect from using a free training app.
8. Termination and account deletion
You can delete your account at any time from within the app, or by emailing us. Deletion is subject to a 30-day grace period as described in the Privacy Policy.
We can suspend or terminate your account if you breach these terms, if we're required to by law, or if we discontinue the service. Where it's reasonable to do so, we'll tell you first.
9. Governing law and jurisdiction
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising from them is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The operator is resident in Jersey.
Nothing in this section takes away rights you have as a consumer under the law of the country where you live.
10. Changes to these terms
If we update these terms we'll change the effective date at the top and, for material changes, notify you in the app or by email. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated terms.
11. Contact
Daron Pritchard, Jersey. Email: daron_pritchard@yahoo.co.uk.