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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.

14 Nov 2025

Sign up for the 2025/26 Webinar Series now open

By RM

Six wonderful speakers have lined up to share their knowledge and experiences with both the members and wider audiences. ....

13 Nov 2025

OCC Charitable Trust seeks a new Honorary Secretary / Trustee

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club Charitable Trust is seeking a new volunteer Honorary Secretary ....

11 Nov 2025

OCC’s newest recruits receive their burgee in New Zealand

By Simon Currin

Two Alaskan sailors, Mark and Karen Williams, have just joined the Ocean Cruising Club after arriving back in New Zealand after a full season in Fiji. ....

07 Nov 2025

Main driver of Sargassum blooms in the Atlantic Ocean revealed

By Simon Currin

Caribbean sailors will be familiar with the blooms of Sargassum that wash up on beaches and foul wind steering rudders. This article explains why the blooms are increasing. ....

02 Nov 2025

World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

By Simon Currin

The Neoliner Origin, completed its first transatlantic voyage on 30th October despite damage to one of its sails during the journey. ....

22 Oct 2025

Turning used fishing nets into sunglasses

By Simon Currin

A man from Cornwall, UK, is collecting scrapped nets from a nearby fishing fleet and using the plastic to make 3D printed sunglasses. ....

20 Oct 2025

Military activity in the southern Caribbean.

By Simon Currin

Sailors are advised to be cautious when traversing the southern Caribbean. Seek local advice and that of your own country’s Foreign Office, keep AIS switched on and file a float plan. ....

20 Oct 2025

OCC member completes his second singlehanded circumnavigation

By Simon Currin

Guy Chester, Ocean Cruising Club member, sails his ocean passages singlehanded aboard his racing trimaran, Oceans Tribute. Along the way he pauses to race fully crewed. ....

16 Oct 2025

Cargo Ship ‘Thamesborg’ finally refloated in the North West Passage

By Simon Currin

After more than a month stranded in the remote Franklin Strait, the Dutch cargo ship Thamesborg has finally been refloated and is now heading toward safety outside the Arctic. ....

15 Oct 2025

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached

By Simon Currin

Those of us that have snorkelled in the tropics in recent years will have seen the dead coral that evidenced this new Report with our own eyes. ....

14 Oct 2025

SSB is Social Networking for nostalgics

By Simon Currin

Single Sideband Radio (SSB) was the forerunner of modern social media and it’s still very much alive and can brighten up a long ocean passage. ....

11 Oct 2025

Marine protected areas in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf triple

By Simon Currin

A new law that almost triples the protected area in the Hauraki Gulf Tikapa Moana – New Zealand’s largest marine park at more than 1.2 million hectares, surrounding Auckland and the Coromandel. ....

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