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Charts

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Chart Number - Chart Name

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Weather

Give weather conditions.

Sources for Weather forecasts:

Passages

List popular passages/routes, timing, etc.

Islands

This section does not apply for many countries, remove it if this is the case for this particular country.

List major islands that have their own page as shown below.

• Island1 Island1 /wiki/Island1 |  – island |
• Island2 Island2 /wiki/Island2 |  – island ||  – needs data |

Communication

Add here VHF channel for coastguard, harbor masters. etc.

Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Navigation

Add any navigation notes such approaches, dangers etc here. If this section does not apply remove it.

Entrance

Give details for entering and exiting the country.

Arrival

Details?

Departure

Details?

Customs and Immigration

Customs

Details?

Immigration

Details?

Fees and Charges

Restrictions

Health and Security

Health

Submit any health warnings/information. Remove any of these sections do not apply to this particular country.

Security

Details?

External Territories

Remove this section if there are no External Territories.

Regions

Use this section to name major regions. This way this page is kept in manageable size, under 30kBytes. For an example see Australia. Remove this section if there are no Regions.

List here region pages. Use Region Template in each of these.

Berthing

Use this section to name ports and anchorages. Remove this section if this information is covered in "Islands" and/or Regions pages (above). List ports and harbors. If there is more then 2 paragraphs for a given port, create a dedicated page for it (Port Template).

• Port1 Port1 /wiki/Port1 |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina |
• Port2 Port2 /wiki/Port2 |  – harbour ||  – needs data |

List small ports and provide 1-2 paragraph description. We use headings for these so that other pages can link to them. Remove if not applicable.

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

Use this section only if there are few marinas not covered in pages under Ports and Islands above. Remove if not applicable.

• Marina1 Marina1/wiki/Marina1
• Marina2 Marina2 /wiki/Marina2 |  – needs data |

Anchorages

List anchorages except the ones covered under Offshore Islands below. If there is more then 2 paragraphs for a given anchorage, create a dedicated page for it (Port Template).

• Anchorage1 Anchorage1/wiki/Anchorage1 |  – anchorage |
• Anchorage2 Anchorage2/wiki/Anchorage2 |  – anchorage ||  – needs data |

List small anchorages and provide 1-2 paragraph description. We use headings for these so that other pages can link to them. Remove if not applicable.

Transportation

List transportation to other countries, etc.

Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forums

List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)

Links

List links external to the wiki such as in Wikipedia & Wikivoyage.

For Wikipedia you can use the Wikipedia template & for the Wikivoyage the Wikivoyage template.

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.

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