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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.

09 Oct 2025

GPS Jamming Disrupts Mariners

By Simon Currin

Mariners, both commercial and amateur, depend on accurate GPS navigation and anything that disrupts this navigational aid presents a significant risk to life. Hostile GPS jammers are causing chaos. ....

07 Oct 2025

Cape Verde flooding - relief delivered by cruisers. More is needed.

By Simon Currin

Severe flooding struck the Cape Verde in August and cruisers departing from the Canary Islands are being asked to deliver relief in the form of school supplies and educational materials. ....

06 Oct 2025

Yacht biosecurity is being more strictly enforced in New Zealand

By Simon Currin

As four Ocean Cruising Club Boats prepare to sail from Minerva Reef to New Zealand tomorrow there is much talk of stricter biosecurity enforcement for boats checking in at all of NZ’s Ports of Entry. ....

03 Oct 2025

OCC Legends, the Ancient Mariners, celebrate a 107th birthday

By Simon Currin

Ocean Cruising Club Members, Herb and Ruth Weiss, are very well know sailors in NE USA. Between them they have a combined age of 206 and have spent the summer cruising Maine aboard MV Ancient Mariner ....

23 Sep 2025

OCC BBQ at Musket Cove

By Simon Currin

Ocean Cruising Club Regional Rear Commodore and Port Officer Jonathan Robinson hosted a fine event in Fiji prior to the annual Regatta. ....

23 Sep 2025

Which countries have already ratified the High Sea Treaty?

By Simon Currin

In an earlier post I noted that 60 countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty (signed earlier this year in Nice). I have now been asked to list the countries that have already ratified the Treaty. ....

20 Sep 2025

A key oceans treaty comes into force

By Simon Currin

A global agreement designed to protect the world's oceans and reverse damage to marine life is set to become international law. The High Seas Treaty has received its 60th ratification by Morocco. ....

19 Sep 2025

OCC Challenge Grant winner, Charlie Young, reports on her story telling mission

By Simon currin

Charlie continues to narrate her podcasts designed to raise awareness about wildlife and conservation issues as she sails around the Atlantic. ....

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. ....

01 Aug 2025

2025 Photo Competition: "Full Canvas"

By Romy McIntosh

Sponsored by AnchoRight ....

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