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The Ocean
Cruising Club

To be a part of the OCC is to be a part of a group of people who have said 'yes' to adventure and who will welcome you if you choose to do the same.

The people in the Ocean Cruising Club represent the distilled essence of the cruising community, a potent combination of accomplishment, experience, idealism, eccentricity, generosity and humility.

The sole qualification for Full membership, entails stepping aboard a boat and making a continuous ocean passage of at least 1000 nautical miles, measured by the shortest practical Great Circle route between two ports, in a vessel not more than 70 feet overall length. Associate Members join aspiring to do the same and being inspired by those who already have.

19 Feb 2025

Voyages to the Wild, episode 4

By Steve Brown

In the 4th episode of her podcast, Voyages to the the Wild, Charlie Young, OCC Member, Challenge Grant awardee and offshore sailor, describes her visit to a turtle sanctuary. ....

18 Feb 2025

Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: Bob Bradfield wins the OCC Award

By Simon Currin

For two decades Bob Bradfield has been creating exquisite, highly detailed electronic charts of Scotland which he distributes at cost. They are known as Antares Charts and are very popular. ....

18 Feb 2025

The Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: OCC Award

By simon currin

OCC Award has been given to Bill Weigel for overseeing the development of the Ocean Cruising Club's Website and Mobile Phone App. ....

18 Feb 2025

The Ocean Cruising Club is updating the OCC Forum

By simon currin

The OCC Forum is soon to be updated and made more user friendly. ....

18 Feb 2025

Report on the loss of 3 sailing boats during the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race

By simon currin

A thorough report into the loss of 3 sailboats has been published by the Cruising Club of America and US Sailing. All offshore sailors are encouraged to read the various reports below. ....

17 Feb 2025

Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: Qualifier’s Mug

By Simon Currin

Fabian Fernandez has been awarded the Qualifier’s Mug for the ocean passage that he made enabling him to join the Ocean Cruising Club ....

17 Feb 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Awards: Jester Award

By simon currin

Jacqueline Evers, an OCC Member from The Netherlands, has won the OCC Jester Award for her singlehanded voyage to New Zealand in a 27 foot sloop, Loveworkx. ....

17 Feb 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: Vasey Vase

By simon currin

OCC Members, Tim Riley & Carol Osborne, have been awarded the Vasey Vase for their double handed transit of the North West Passage in 2024 ....

17 Feb 2025

Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards are announced: Press Release

By Karen Soule

The OCC 2024 awards are summarised below and subsequent posts will focus on individual winners. ....

15 Feb 2025

World’s Sea-Ice falls to a record low

By Simon Currin

According to data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the sea-ice in polar regions is now at record low levels. ....

14 Feb 2025

OCC Webinar: Pacific Northwest

By Simon Currin

In the last of this winter's series of OCC Webinars Adrienne Palmer and Peter Petrik describe the 5 seasons they spent exploring the Pacific Northwest aboard their 37' Southerly 115 sailboat. ....

12 Feb 2025

OCC member arrives in Antigua in her 5.8m boat

By Brian Wallace

Jasmine Harrison completes her Atlantic crossing and qualifies for the Mini Globe Race ....

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