Template:Passage

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Passage Name?

This template is to be used for passages. For example For example Aegean to West Mediterranean Passages, Trans-Atlantic, Europe to Caribbean, etc.

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).

You can should provide a map of the of the passage with the route clearly shown. The map should be preferably well annotated and with a scale in nM. Place the map to the right by using:

Map of - Map of Passage?
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Description

Provide a FULL description and recommendations concerning the passage.

Climate & Weather Information

Give expected climatic & weather conditions for this passage or refer to another page (a region or island group) that covers these conditions.

Sources for Weather forecasts:

Weather Windows

Give the best time/s of year for this passage and expected weather conditions.

Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets.

Navigation Charts Required

Give charts applicable to this port or refer to a Chart section of another page (Country or Region) that lists the charts.

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Chart Number - Chart Name

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Possible Departure Points

List the possible departure ports. Include their coordinates. It is assumed that corresponding Wiki pages of these ports either exist or will be created.

• [[Departure Point1]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W
• [[Departure Point2]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W
• [[Departure Point3]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W
• etc.

Route/Suggested Stopovers

List the route and the suggested stopover points (in sequence), including their coordinates, and some description.

1. [[Departure Point1]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - This is you departure point, etc.
2. [[Stopover Point1]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - This is a good stop, etc. From here you can possibly stop at:
   1. [[Stopover Point2]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - A good place to visit... or,
   2. [[Stopover Point3]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - A good place to visit... or,
3. [[Arrival Point 1]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - You can arrive here or, continue to:
4. [[Arrival Point 2]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W - You can arrive here or, continue to:

Possible Arrival Ports

List the possible arrival ports (in sequence). Include their coordinates.

• [[Arrival Point1]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W
• [[Arrival Point2]] DD°M.M′N/S, DD°M.M′E/W
• etc.

Distance & Duration

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

Books, Guides, etc. Use the Reference template or not at your discretion. For example:

{{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 experience?

If you provide a lot of info and this page is almost complete, change to {{Guide2}}. Template:Guide1

Add all the pages that are "parent" to this one.