After learning about safety equipment and the basic parts of the boat, it is time to learn more about the process of launching and operating a vessel.
This chapter will focus on float plans, pre-departure checklist, the safe ways to launch a vessel, how to perform maintenance on a boat, before and after embarking, and how to check for foul weather and coping when it arises.
This privacy policy is intended to provide information to users of Boater's Academy's websites, and users of the services provided by Boater's Academy, about how Boater's Academy uses, stores, and protects information associated with such users. By using any of the websites or services of Boater's Academy, you represent and warrant that you have read and understood this privacy policy, and agree to its terms.
Effective Date Of Policy
The effective date of this privacy policy is 01/01/2018. Boater's Academy reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, update, change, or modify this privacy policy by posting a new version on this page.
Information Collected By Boater's Academy
When you access Boater's Academy websites, Boater's Academy automatically gathers information that most web browsers automatically make available. This information may include IP addresses, Internet domain names, and types of devices and web browsers accessing Boater's Academy websites. Such information is anonymous and is not meant to personally identify you.
Boater's Academy websites also use cookies, which are files that are placed on your computer when you visit Boater's Academy websites. The purpose of cookies includes identifying you as a unique user of Boater's Academy websites and services, tailoring your experience on Boater's Academy websites, and enabling third-parties (such as Google) to optimize and serve advertisements to you.
If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your computer, you have several options, including: (a) not accessing Boater's Academy websites or using Boater's Academy services; (b) setting your web browser to refuse cookies; and (c) opting out of or customizing the use of third-party cookies through various websites operated by such third parties or by others (i.e., Google, Facebook, and Network Advertising Initiative). Please note that blocking or customizing the use of cookies may affect your experience on Boater's Academy websites or with Boater's Academy services.
If you decide to use certain features of Boater's Academy websites or services (such as ordering a product or service), you will be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information, which can include your name, phone number, email address, mailing address, credit/debit card number and expiration date, and social security number. You are under no obligation to provide such information, but refusing to do so may prevent your ability to use certain features of Boater's Academy websites or services.
How Boater's Academy Uses The Information It Collects
With respect to non-personally identifiable information automatically collected from you when you access Boater's Academy websites and information gathered through the use of cookies, Boater's Academy uses such information to: (1) help diagnose problems with our server and administer our websites; (2) track the usage of our websites so we can better understand who is using our websites and services and how they are using them; and (3) share with advertisers to help them better understand our services and the preferences of our customers.
Boater's Academy may combine certain demographic information obtained from you when you use certain features of Boater's Academy websites or services (such as registering or ordering a product or service) with site usage data to provide profiles, in aggregate form, about our users and their preferences. The aggregate, composite information may be shared with our advertisers.
The personally identifiable information you voluntarily provide to Boater's Academy when you decide to use certain features of Boater's Academy websites or services (such as registering or ordering a product or service) may be used for the following purposes: (1) contacting you regarding Boater's Academy's products or services, including those which you have ordered or requested; (2) billing you for the products or services your ordered or requested; (3) providing the information to third parties such as shipping companies, merchant account and payment gateway service providers, governmental entities, and our product and service distributors to the extent necessary to provide the products and services that you order or request; (4) providing the information to those who assist Boater's Academy with providing its products and services; (5) providing the information when required to do so by law or if necessary to protect the property or rights of Boater's Academy, third parties, or the public; (6) providing the information to a successor of Boater's Academy in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or sale of Boater's Academy's assets; and (7) providing the information to consumer credit reporting services, collection agencies, attorneys, and others in the event you fail to pay any amounts owed to Boater's Academy.
In disclosing your personally identifiable information, Boater's Academy will disclose only so much of the information as is necessary to provide the products and services that you request or order.
Security Of Information Provided To Boater's Academy
Boater's Academy takes security seriously and uses commercially reasonable safeguards to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction or disclosure of any information you provide to us. However, Boater's Academy cannot guarantee that any information provided to us or obtained by us will not be accessed, hacked, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by unauthorized parties.
Children's Privacy
Boater's Academy does not solicit or knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If Boater's Academy obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our database. Because Boater's Academy does not collect personal information from children under the age of 13, we have no such information to use or disclose to third parties.
Parents of minors of any age may contact our Privacy Coordinator at the mailing address or e-mail address indicated below in order to: (1) access personally identifiable information Boater's Academy has collected from their child; (2) correct or modify such information; (3) request to have such information deleted; and (4) request that we no longer collect or maintain such information.
How To Request Changes To The Personally Identifiable Information We Collect
You can review and request changes to the personally identifiable information that Boater's Academy has collected from you by contacting our Privacy Coordinator at the mailing address or e-mail address indicated below.
Do-Not-Track Disclosure
Boater's Academy does not respond to "Do Not Track" signals sent by browsers.
Consent To Receive Communications
By providing your name, email, mailing address, and/or phone number to Boater's Academy, you consent to receive electronic and other communications from Boater's Academy. You may opt out of receiving electronic communications at any time by: (a) following the unsubscribe instructions contained in each communication; or (b) by contacting our Privacy Coordinator at the mailing address or e-mail address indicated below.
Third-Party Websites
Boater's Academy is not responsible for the content of websites operated by third parties to which it may provide links on Boater's Academy's websites or for the websites of advertisers. Such third parties and advertisers may also have privacy policies that are different from this privacy policy. Therefore, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of any websites of third parties or advertisers.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, Boater's Academy websites, or Boater's Academy products and services, please contact our Privacy Coordinator at the mailing address or e-mail address indicated below:
Boater's Academy
Attn: Privacy Coordinator
P.O. Box 5143
Virginia Beach, VA 23471
support@boatersacademy.com
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Welcome to Boater's Academy. This website is owned and operated by enLearned LLC. By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide, you understand and agree to accept and adhere to the following terms and conditions as stated in this policy (the "User Agreement").
This User Agreement is in effect as of 01/01/2018.
We reserve the right to change this User Agreement from time to time without notice. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this User Agreement periodically to familiarize yourself with any modifications. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will constitute acknowledgment and agreement of the modified terms and conditions.
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Dispute Resolution, Governing Law, Attorneys' Fees
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REFUND POLICY
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Boater's Academy
P.O. Box 5143
Virginia Beach, VA 23471
support@boatersacademy.com