PUPsters might be interested in following the Voyage of Egret, a Nordhavn 46 that's just begun a 16-month journey from Gibraltar to New Zealand by way of Brazil, Argentina, Chile including the canals, and Cape Horn, to name a few of their planned stops. My friends Scott and Mary Flanders, who took part in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally aboard Egret, have set out on this 20,000 NM course adventure. They spent a year- and-a-half researching the project and have been eager to get out and experience this journey of a lifetime. "This trip is about taking a modern comfortable power boat from the Mediterranean to New Zealand via Cape Horn, traveling in as much comfort as possible and enjoying all that the voyage has to offer. We are going to see places few people ever get to see," Scott said. The trip will be covered on Nordhavn's website with weekly log updates from the Flanderses en route, with tracking of Egret on its course and photographs documenting the adventure. News of the trip has already been reported in several boating magazines with stories lined up in more publications in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Adds Scott: "I hope to encourage people to head offshore and enjoy some of the things that we b who do go offshore in our boat b get to see and do." Scott and Mary have spent the past two years enjoying the Med, cruising from Gibraltar to Turkey and back again. They departed Gibraltar Sept. 16 for the 708-mile passage to Las Palmas, in the Canaries, then crossed to la Gomera, the tiny island from whence Columbus departed on his three voyages of discovery including the BIG one. Egret departed San Sebastian, La Gomera, Sept. 30, for Bahia de Salvador, Brazil, a distance of 2,779 NM. A week into the trip, they report that the trip is proceeding nicely. You can follow their adventure at: http://www.nordhavn.com/egret/index.php4 --Milt Baker