Terms of use

Last updated November 7, 2026

ShipShape is run by Rec-Safe (RECSAFE), a Washington corporation ("we" and "us"). By using ShipShape, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

What ShipShape is

ShipShape keeps your boats' records: each engine's hours, maintenance schedule and engine log, service history and receipts, a logbook of trips and float plans, fuel burn, costs, safety gear with its expiry dates, renewal dates and appointments, warranties, and trailer recalls, with reminder emails before things come due. It's free to use. We may change it, add to it, or stop it at any time.

Your account

Give true information, keep your sign-in to yourself (your email, your passkeys, and any password or PIN), and tell us at info@rec-safe.com if you think someone else has used it. You're responsible for what's done with your account. If you invite people to share your fleet, or chosen boats in it, they see and can change those boats; you can change what they share, or remove them, at any time.

What you put on ShipShape

What you add (your boats' and engines' records, trips, receipts, documents and photos, and what you share with the people you invite) stays yours. You give us permission to store it, show it to the people it's meant for, and copy it as needed to run ShipShape (in backups, for example). Only add what you have the right to share, and nothing that's unlawful, hateful, harassing, private to someone else, or meant to mislead. We may remove anything that breaks these terms.

Using it fairly

Please don't break the law with ShipShape, try to get into anyone else's account or our servers, overload it or copy it in bulk with automated tools, send spam, or use it to harm anyone. We may suspend or end the use of anyone who does.

Not professional advice

ShipShape's maintenance schedules are typical intervals, and what's due by engine hours is an estimate from the readings you log. Your engine's and boat's manuals, and your mechanic, know your boat: check anything important with them. The safety equipment guide is a summary of US Coast Guard federal minimums, not the law; your state, and other countries, have their own rules. Trailer recall information comes from NHTSA and may be incomplete or late.

Float plans

A float plan helps the people ashore, but ShipShape doesn't watch for your return or call for help. Leave the plan with someone who will, or use a service that alerts a contact if you're late.

No guarantees

We work to keep ShipShape running and accurate, but it's provided as it is, without any warranty: it may have mistakes, and it may be unavailable at times.

Limits on our responsibility

As far as the law allows, Rec-Safe isn't responsible for any indirect loss or damage from using ShipShape (or not being able to), and our total responsibility for any claim is limited to what you paid us for ShipShape in the 12 months before it, or $50 if you paid nothing. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

The law that applies

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington and the federal laws of the United States, and any dispute goes to the courts of Washington. Nothing in these terms takes away rights you have under the consumer-protection laws where you live.

Changes and questions

We may update these terms; the date at the top says when we last did, and using ShipShape after a change means you accept it. Our privacy policy says what we keep and why. Questions? Email info@rec-safe.com.