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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.

07 Aug 2026

Retreating Ice Reveals Four Decades of Climate Change Across Polar Regions

By Steve Brown

OCC member, Steve Brown, documents dramatic glacier retreat worldwide, revealing accelerating ice loss and its growing impact on landscapes, wildlife and communities. ....

06 Aug 2026

BoatUS Foundation Urges Boaters to Report Abandoned Vessels This Summer

By Simon Currin

New national database aims to crowdsource data on derelict boats damaging seagrass, coral and navigation channels. ....

05 Aug 2026

French court fines superyacht captain €90,000 for anchoring over seagrass

By Simon Currin

French court penalises superyacht captain after illegal anchoring on protected Mediterranean Posidonia seagrass habitat. ....

04 Aug 2026

British Family Completes Eight-Year Circumnavigation After Red Sea Finale

By Simon Currin

Mothership Adrift’s final leg brought mechanical breakdowns and a tense encounter with armed men. ....

03 Aug 2026

Great Barrier Reef Warned It Faces “Ecosystem Collapse” Risk This Season

By Simon Currin

Scientists at an international symposium warn an extreme El Niño could trigger the reef’s most severe bleaching yet. ....

02 Aug 2026

Rare Westabout Circumnavigation Record Shattered by 28 Days

By Simon Currin

Guirec Soudée becomes only the sixth person ever to sail solo non-stop around the world “the wrong way.” ....

01 Aug 2026

Legendary Voyaging Canoe, Hokule, delays Pacific circumnavigation by a Year

By Simon Currin

The Polynesian Voyaging Society cites dangerous El Niño conditions in postponing the next leg of its Moananuiakea (its Pacific circumnavigation). ....

01 Aug 2026

Ocean Cruising Club awards a Conservation Challenge Grant to the Low Tech Armada

By Derrick Thorrington

The Ocean Cruising Club has awarded the Low Tech Armada a Conservation Challenge Grant to expand Haiti’s innovative plastic recycling and environmental education programme. ....

31 Jul 2026

Rare Atlantic La Niña May Help Suppress U.S. Hurricane Threat

By Simon Currin

A rare Atlantic La Niña could reinforce atmospheric conditions that reduce Atlantic hurricane activity despite exceptionally warm global oceans. ....

31 Jul 2026

Lobster Pot Campaign Highlights Global Cruising Hazard

By Simon Currin

Sailors call for improved fishing gear marking after increasing encounters with dangerous lobster pot lines. ....

30 Jul 2026

Future of Admiralty Paper Charts Under Review

By Simon Currin

The Hydrographic Office seeks sailors’ views on modern print-on-demand paper chart production replacing traditional printing methods. ....

29 Jul 2026

Red Sea Rally 2027: A Riskier Proposition This Year

By Simon Currin

Despite 80 yachts transiting safely in 2025/26, escalating Houthi threats, piracy and uninsurable risk make a 2027 Red Sea transit far more precarious. ....

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