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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.

10 May 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Challenge Grant Recipient reaches Virginia

By Chris Burry

Mathews Yacht Club, Mathews VA welcomed OCC Challenge Grant recipient, NOVARA One Planet to the Chesapeake Bay ....

06 May 2025

Two OCC Events, 12,000 miles apart

By Simon Currin

Last weekend, Ocean Cruising Club members met at events in New Zealand and in Scotland. ....

04 May 2025

OCC Charitable Trust presents £500 award to Craignish Boat Club

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club Charitable Trust supports a wide range of sailing good causes throughout the world. ....

01 May 2025

RIP Zdenka Griswold, Ocean Cruising Club Vice Commodore.

By Anne Hammick

Late last year Zdenka Griswold stood down as Vice Commodore having received a devastating diagnosis. Very sadly Zdenka died on Sunday and she will be greatly missed by her many friends in the OCC. ....

23 Apr 2025

OCC Member, Rick Delfosse, presents a talk about sailing in Fiji and Australia

By Rick Delfosse

Rick present a talk about his experiences when cruising around Fiji and Australia’s East Coast aboard S/V Independence. ....

22 Apr 2025

RIP Simon Julien, past OCC Roving Rear Commodore.

By Simon Currin

Cdr Simon Julien RN died on 31st December. He was a long standing member of the Ocean Cruising Club. ....

21 Apr 2025

OCC Honorary Member, Jeanne Socrates, visits east coast of Australia

By Simon Currin

Jeanne Socrates, 82, is causing a stir in Australia as she sails up the East Coast of Australia singlehanded. ....

18 Apr 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Long Range Communications Survey Results

By Neil McCubbin

The OCC has conducted a survey of its members to discover what communications equipment is being used when offshore in 2025. ....

18 Apr 2025

OCC Challenge Grant recipient, Novara One Planet, now in Caribbean

By Steve Brown

Ocean Cruising Club Challenge Grants have been awarded to good environmental and adventurous causes since 2019. An early recipient, Novara One Planet, shares a video of their work in Providencia. ....

11 Apr 2025

OCC member launches a new App to manage boat maintenance and inventory

By Simon Currin

Robert Van de Plas, a Dutch OCC Member, has launched a new app to help sailors manage their boat maintenance and their boat inventory. ....

10 Apr 2025

Amazon Kuiper will launch soon to compete with Starlink

By Simon Currin

Since Starlink became available in 2023 many cruisers have grown used to broadband at sea. Today the first Amazon Kuiper satellites were scheduled to be launched to compete with Starlink. ....

09 Apr 2025

2025 Annual General Meeting (recording)

By SC

The 20th Annual General Meeting of the Ocean Cruising Club Ltd was held on Saturday 5 April 2025 at Viking Hotel, Newport Rhode Island, USA ....

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