It had to come! I had been toying with the idea of using the Mediawiki software to deliver a cruising guide and someone has of course beaten me to it. Although wikis are fraught with problems as witnessed by the shenanigans experienced by Wikipedia it is a very useful way of collaboratively delivering factual content and is, in many ways, ideally suited to cruising guides.
The real problem is going to be getting the content when out of range of internet providers. We do not intend to carry oodles of sattelite technology such as is carried by the round the world racing fraternity who are able to update their blogs and all sorts from the depths of the southern ocean. Anyway, this project deserves as much support as possible.
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