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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.

18 Sep 2025

OCC member analyses the flaws within weather routing software

By Simon Currin

Ocean Cruising Club member, Steve Bradley, has noticed some anomalies in weather routing software during his transit of the Viking Route this summer. He explains all in his blog. ....

18 Sep 2025

OCC member writes on the pitfalls of working from your boat when abroad

By Simon Currin

Mark Erdos, Ocean Cruising Club Member, has written a detailed blog about the difficulties digital nomads may encounter when doing paid work from their boats in foreign waters. ....

17 Sep 2025

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) features OCC Member after Arctic voyage

By Simon Currin

A New Zealand woman and Ocean Cruising Club Member, Veronica Lysaght, has become the first NZ woman to co-skipper a yacht through the Northwest Passage. ....

16 Sep 2025

Newfoundland Expedition with a shout out for OCC Port Officers

By Nathalie Ah-Sue and Chris Lobel

Danish Ocean Cruising Club Members, Nathalie and Chris, comment on the extraordinary hospitality shown to them by OCC Port officers during their circumnavigation of Newfoundland. ....

15 Sep 2025

OCC gathering in Halifax, Nova Scotia

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club Port Officer for Halifax, Nova Scotis hosted a lunch for passing cruisers. ....

08 Sep 2025

A commercial freighter runs aground in the Arctic en route from China

By Simon Currin

As ice retreats from the Arctic the North West Passage is becoming a route for freight. A 21,000 ton freighter is now grounded in the Franklin Strait. ....

07 Sep 2025

The Cruising Club of America cruise to the Grenadines 2026

By Simon Currin

The CCA have invited OCC members to participate in their Grenadines Cruise 2026 ....

01 Sep 2025

OCC Challenge Grant Winner, Nicole Trenholm: Ocean Research Project video

By Simon Currin

Nicole reports on her research in Greenland ....

18 Aug 2025

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025

By Simon Currin

The 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition celebrates Big Blue’s striking beauty and also highlights the urgent need to protect it in a rapidly changing world. ....

16 Aug 2025

S/V’s Bonny, Snow Bear, Mantra and Helacious rendezvous in Greenland

By Simon Currin

Four rugged OCC boats are sharing an anchorage in southern Greenland having experienced some Greenlandic weather. The remnants of their OCC burgee says it all! ....

15 Aug 2025

Hurricane Erin

By Simon Currin

Tropical Storm Erin forms, to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2025 ....

05 Aug 2025

Great Barrier Reef suffers worst annual decline since records began

By Simon Currin

A report by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) describes how parts of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef exhibit the largest annual decline since records began. ....

01 Aug 2025

2025 Photo Competition: "Full Canvas"

By Romy McIntosh

Sponsored by AnchoRight ....

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