01 What GO / NO-GO is — and is not
GO / NO-GO provides weather and sea-condition guidance for recreational powerboaters. It is a decision-support tool only. It is not a navigation system, not a certified safety service, and not a substitute for proper seamanship, local knowledge, or professional maritime advice.
Every verdict is generated automatically using third-party forecast data. No verdict constitutes permission, clearance, or a professional recommendation to launch or remain ashore.
The skipper's judgement is always final and always sole.
02 Disclaimer of liability
⚠ Use at your own risk
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, GO / NO-GO and its developer(s) accept no liability whatsoever for:
(a) any injury, death, loss, or damage arising from decisions made using this application;
(b) inaccurate, delayed, or missing forecast data;
(c) failure or unavailability of the application or any connected data source;
(d) conditions that differ materially from those forecast.
You use this application entirely at your own risk.
03 Data sources & third-party providers
Forecast data is obtained from independent third-party providers including Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com) and the Copernicus Marine Service. GO / NO-GO has no control over their accuracy or availability. All data is provided "as received" without modification. To fetch a forecast the app sends those providers the latitude and longitude you are asking about, and nothing else.
04 No warranty
This application is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Marine forecasts are inherently probabilistic. Conditions can and do change faster than any model can predict.
05 Privacy
The app on your device
From version 1.4 onwards the app needs a free account, so it sends us your name, email address and account ID — see Accounts & creator programme below for exactly what we hold and why. There are no analytics, no crash-reporting SDKs, no tracking and no advertising in the app.
Your boat profile and app settings stay on your device. They are never sent to any server, so there is nothing of that kind for us to lose or hand over.
Location. When you let the app use your position, or when you pick a marina, those coordinates are sent to the forecast providers Open-Meteo and the Copernicus Marine Service to retrieve the forecast for that spot. That is the only reason they leave your phone. We do not store your position or build any history of where you have been, and the coordinates are not linked to your account. You can refuse the location permission and still use the app by choosing a marina yourself.
This website gonogoboatapp.com
If you join our launch list, we store the email address you enter so we can send you occasional news about the app and new features. Alongside it we record the referral code you arrived with, if any, and your browser's user-agent string, to spot abuse. We never sell that data, share it, or use it for advertising. You can ask us to delete it at any time by emailing the address below. This website uses one optional analytics cookie (Google Analytics) only if you accept it in the cookie banner — it measures anonymous, aggregated traffic so we can see which pages are useful. It is never used for advertising or profiling, and if you decline, no analytics cookie is set.
Bank details creators & referrers
If you earn commission, you give us a bank account in your own name so we can pay you. We store the full details encrypted, using a key held separately from our database; we keep only the last four digits, the account holder name, country and bank name in readable form so we can show you which account is on file. We use these details only to pay you and to meet legal and tax obligations, and share them only with our bank or payment provider to make the transfer. Only authorised staff can view them, and each time they do it is logged. You can update or remove them in your dashboard at any time, and they are deleted with your account (subject to records we must keep by law). We may also hold the tax residence or tax number you choose to give us.
Update checks the app
When the app opens it asks our server which version is current, so it can tell you when an update is available. This request contains no account details; our server sees the usual connection information (such as your IP address) for security and to run the service.
Accounts & creator programme gonogoboatapp.com
When you create a free account — in the app or on this website — we store your name, email address, a securely hashed password, the terms version you accepted, your referral code and who referred you. We use these to run your account, your free trial and Premium subscription, and to pay referral commission. If you tick the box, we also use your email to send offers and news; you can untick it any time by emailing us, and we never sell your data. Payments are handled by Apple’s App Store and Google Play; we do not see or store card numbers. Creators who apply give us their name, email, links and a short bio so we can review the application. Creators see only anonymous numbers about the people they refer: never names, emails, exact dates, locations or boat tracks. You can delete your account at any time and your personal data is removed.
06 Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Cyprus and, where applicable, European Union law including the GDPR.
Who processes data for us. We use Cloudflare (website and API hosting), Neon (database, hosted in the EU, London region), Resend (email we send you), Apple (App Store payments) and Google Play (Android payments). Each acts on our instructions only. Where a provider processes data outside the EEA, it does so under the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
07 Contact
For any questions, or to have your launch-list email removed, contact support@gonogoboatapp.com.
To close your account and erase your data, see Delete your account — it lists the steps, what is deleted and what we have to keep.