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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.

28 Jun 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Hospitality

By Simon Currin

OCC members are often generous hosts as well as intrepid sailors. That generosity is abundant in the Chesapeake. ....

27 Jun 2025

OCC Interviews: Daria Blackwell 2025

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club is publishing a series of interviews with its members. Daria Blackwell is the first in the spotlight. If you would like to be interviewed, contact simon@medex.org.uk ....

27 Jun 2025

The Ocean Cruising Club welcomes its 3,700th member

By Simon Currin

In a dockside cafe in French Polynesia, Yves and Barbara (S/V MedioVas) presented Stéphanie Sturzenegger with her Ocean Cruising Club burgee ....

27 Jun 2025

U.S. Department of Defense will discontinue supply of forecast data

By Simon Currin

This week, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it will no longer process and deliver the microwave data essential to most hurricane forecasts. ....

24 Jun 2025

Ocean Cruising Club The Long Island Sound Rendezvous

By Bruce Bachenheimer

Bruce Bachenheimer Coordinated an OCC rendezvous at the Sagamore Yacht Club. ....

23 Jun 2025

OCC Challenge Grant winner, S/V Novara, leaves Halifax NS bound for the NWP

By Simon Currin

Nigel & Veronica have assembled their team for the North West Passage. Along the way they will engage with local communities and assist in seeking finance to mitigate the effects of climate change. ....

22 Jun 2025

Big price hikes and new regulations for cruisers in the Bahamas

By Simon Currin

Compulsory AIS transmission, expensive cruising permits and anchoring fees are some of the changes being implemented in the Bahamas ....

20 Jun 2025

The OCC welcomes its newest recruits: Lauren Sanders and Jack Elliott

By Simon Currin

Today we presented Lauren and Jack with their Ocean Cruising Club burgee on board S/V Shimshal in Raiatea, French Polynesia. ....

19 Jun 2025

OCC Member and podcaster interviews fellow OCC adventurer: JASMINE HARRISON

By Simon Currin

Ben Shaw interviews the extraordinary Jasmine Harrison when they share an anchorage in the Marquesas. Ben hosts the excellent ‘Out the Gate Sailing’ podcast. ....

17 Jun 2025

Google and U.S. Experts Join on A.I. Hurricane Forecasts

By Simon Currin

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists. ....

17 Jun 2025

OCC rendezvous in Southern Chesapeake

By Judith Jacobsen

The Southern Chesapeake remains a hotspot for OCC encounters ....

17 Jun 2025

OCC Long Island Sound Rendezvous

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club’s Oyster Bay rendezvous starts tomorrow. ....

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