Template:Region

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Area? Cruising Guide

This template is to be used for Regions. Regions can be bodies of water with one or more countries. Examples of regions are the Aegean Sea (Greece & Turkey), Sea of Marmara (within Turkey), North Atlantic (many countries), etc. It is NOT applicable for group of islands like the Balearics or the Caribbean, for these use the either the Island Group 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 Area?.

You can either use a small map of the region within an infobox (below) or for a larger map place it in the center by using:

Map of Area? click for larger view

Delete what you are not using: either the infobox or the centered image.

Overview

Add here any background, cruising, and historical comments.

Cruising the region

Add any cruising recommendations. If not applicable delete this section.

Navigation Charts

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

Approaches and Navigation

Any navigation notes here. If this section does not apply remove it.

Regional Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets.

Health & Security

Submit any health warnings/information and any security details here. If this section does not apply remove it.

Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and Islands

Regions because there can be very diverse are hard to make them fit into one single mold. In general they fall under two large categories: regions within a single country and regions comprised of several countries. But either of these can be subdivided into small regions with few counties and/or ports or large with many countries and/or ports. We will deal with all 4 of these categories separately.

1. Region within a single country. Delete "Countries, " from the header above.

1a. Small region of a single country with just a few ports, Anchorages, and Islands (i.e.Balearics). These are handled in a list. in the list. Keep the entries bellow and delete from 1b. Large region to End of Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and Islands below.

= Port of entry, = Marina, = Anchorage, = Island, = Needs data.

• [[Port1]]
• [[Port2]]
• [[Port3]]
• [[Anchorage1]]
• [[Anchorage2]]
• [[Island1]]
• [[Island1]]

1b. Large region of a single country with several ports, anchorages, and Islands. These are handled with one or more table. Delete from 1a. Small region above to here and from 2. Region with many countries. to End of Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and Islands below.

= Port of entry, = Marina, = Needs data.

2. Region with many countries. Delete delete from 1. Region within a single country above to here.

2a. Small region with just a few countries with few ports, anchorages, and Islands (i.e. Ionian Sea). These are handled with a single table. Keep the entries bellow and delete from 2b. Large region to End of Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and Islands below.

= Port of entry, = Marina, = Anchorage, = Island, = Needs data.

2b. Large region with just a several countries with regions, ports, anchorages, and Islands (i.e. Aegean Countries, Groups, Ports, and Islands). These are handled several section and tables. Keep the entries bellow and delete from 2a. Small region to here.

= Port of entry, = Marina, = Anchorage, = Island, = Needs data.

[[Country1]]

[[Country2]]

Repeat above table, and edit as needed. Similarly add more countries and their corresponding tables.

End of Countries, Ports, Anchorages, and 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:

{{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?

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.