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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 Mar 2024

OCC rendezvous at 1800 on 19th March at the Marina Bar, Mexico

By Anne and Michael Hartshorn

OCC 70th Anniversary Marina Rivera Nayarit, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Banderas Bay, Mexico. 70th Anniversary ....

17 Mar 2024

“Ocean Drifter.” British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

By Simon Currin

Ryan Stalker, “Ocean Drifter.” British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 and Winner of Coast & Marine category. Goose barnacles (Thoracica), Portland, Dorset, England. ....

15 Mar 2024

Project Manaia Seagrass Restoration now enters its 7th year

By Steve Brown, Specialist Roving RC: Environmental

Headed by OCC member Manuel Marinelli, Project Manaia has been working on monitoring the health and habitat of Seagrass throughout the Mediterranean. ....

12 Mar 2024

Kirsten Neuschäfer receives the 2023 Blue Water Medal

By Cruising Club of America

Kirsten Neuschäfer receives the 2023 Blue Water Medal from the Cruising Club of America ....

12 Mar 2024

OCC Member wins the CCA Far Horizons Award

By Cruising Club of America

OCC Member, Max Fletcher, has won the Far Horizons Award ....

11 Mar 2024

OCC member’s boat lost in El Salvador

By Simon Currin

S/V Rum Truffle wrecked whilst entering Baihia del Sol in El Salvador whilst under the instructions of a paid pilot ....

08 Mar 2024

Starlink access from a smartphone

By Simon Currin

SpaceX have been successfully testing Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell technology using unmodified smartphones ....

04 Mar 2024

Volcanic Eruption on Fernandina Island, Galapagos.

By Simon Currin

The La Cumbre volcano on the uninhabited Fernandina island in the Galapagos Archipelago has erupted ....

02 Mar 2024

OCC Award 2023

By Peter Mott

Dating back to 1960, the OCC Award is made in recognition for service to the ocean cruising community as a whole. The OCC Award 2023 goes to Peter Mott of Passage Guardian ....

26 Feb 2024

Missing Sailors: Kathy Brandel & Ralph Hendry

By Rachelle Turk

On February 21 the Salty Dawg Sailing Association was alerted by a cruising skipper that a member’s yacht, 'Simplicity', was anchored and abandoned off a beach on the south coast of St Vincent. ....

23 Feb 2024

OCC Water Music Award

By Simon Currin

Sherry & Dave McCambell have won the OCC Water Music Award 2023 for their Soggy Paws website. ....

21 Feb 2024

OCC Vasey Vase 2023

By Simon Currin

Martin Fuller & Stephanie Connor won the OCC’s prestigious Vasey Vase 2023 for their circumnavigation of Newfoundland and transit of the Viking Route. ....

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