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Island Group? Cruising Guide
This template is to be used for "Island Groups" i.e. a group of islands. For example Caribbean, Balearics, etc. It is NOT applicable for be bodies of water with one or more countries like the Aegean Sea (Greece & Turkey), Sea of Marmara (within Turkey), North Atlantic, for these use the either the Region Template.
The items in this template are for your guidance and assure a certain homogeneity and consistency across the CruisersWiki but are not cast in concrete. Use your judgment.
Items in magenta are to be substituted including the {{MagentaText|xx}} template or the <span style="color:Magenta">xx</span>.
Please remove instructions in green, including these lines, after reading them. Also, keep in mind that this template is Protected which means that you cannot alter it, however, if you think that any changes to the template are desirable, contact the wiki administrators by making an entry describing the proposed changes and your reason in the discussion (second right button at the top of this page).
An online cruising guide for yachts sailing around Island Group?.
You can should provide a map of the island group, preferably well annotated and with a scale in nM. Place the map in the center by using:
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Overview
Add here any background, cruising, and historical comments.
Cruising the region
Add any cruising recommendations. If not applicable delete this section.
- Source
- Chart Number - Chart Name
- Chart Number - Chart Name
- Source
- Chart Number - Chart Name
Weather and Winds
Give weather conditions in the region or refer to another page (a country?) that covers these conditions.
Sources for weather information:
Currents & Tides
Any navigation notes here. If this section does not apply remove it.
Regional Radio Nets
Also see World Cruiser's Nets.
Islands in the Group
This section is usually better served by a table. However, if there are only a few islands in the group you can reduce the table to a simple list.
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= Port of entry, 
= Marina, 
= Anchorage, 
= Needs data.
Things to do Ashore
See individual islands.
Routes/Passages To/From
List popular passages/routes, timing, etc.
Cruiser's Friends
Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.
Forum Discussions
List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)
External Links
List links external to the wiki such as in Wikepedia.
References & Publications
Books, Guides, etc. Use the Reference template or not at your discretion. For example:
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{{Reference|Rod Heikel|Greek Waters Pilot Imray||Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire|9780852889718}}, expands to - Rod Heikell, Greek Waters Pilot Imray, Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire, ISBN 9780852889718
- Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number
- Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number
You may want to remove the above entries and use instead a link to the Country or Region that lists the relevant references. If so enter, after removing {{MagentaText|xx}}, the following:
See [[Country or Region#References_&_Publications|Coutry or Region]].
If you do not use the above link, please remove it.
Personal Notes
Personal experiences?
Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)
Date of member's visit to this Island Group & this page's details validated:
If you provide a lot of info and this page is almost complete, change to {{Guide2}}.
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[[Category:Islands - Country?]]
