Judy and I plan to take Bluewater to the Mediterranean, crossing in spring 2007, and are interested in cruising in company with other oceangoing motoryachts that are Mediterranean bound. We were involved with the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally 2004 and saw first-hand the great advantages of the camaraderie and safety of cruising in company, and for the same reasons we're eager for company on this crossing. If you're considering in crossing to the Med (or the Atlantic coast of France, Spain or Portugal) in 2007, please contact me either on this board or offline or give me a call at 954-610-5193. Let me say that I don't envision anything as complex or "organized" as the NAR! In fact, I should emphasize that there is no plan to put together any kind of official rally. Rather, the idea here is informal coordination among a group of skippers all going roughly the same direction at the same time at more or less the same speed. Likewise, let me say that in a crossing like this there will be no "fleet admiral," but rather a bunch of independent captains, each making his or her own decisions. As skippers are wont to do, we can compare notes and weather routing information and other data, but each skipper will be responsible for his own boat, crew and decisions. Ideally, what I'd like to see is a group of perhaps a half dozen yachts cruising in company, departing Florida or elsewhere on the east coat in late May with stops in Bermuda, the Azores and Gibraltar. But that's just for openers . . . if you have other ideas, by all means let me hear from you. Our plan is to have Bluewater in the Med for perhaps three years, cruising in the spring, summer and early fall, then returning to the USA for the winter. Having watched the NAR boats do this, we'd love to have other boats to share the experience with. Thanks, --Milt Baker, Nordhavn 4732 Bluewater, Southwest Harbor, ME