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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.

27 Oct 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Raft-up on a very remote atoll the South Pacific

By Mike Reynolds

Minerva Reef is one of the remotest reefs in the South Pacific being awash at high tide. It is an important staging post for boats heading from the tropics to New Zealand and so is busy in October. ....

22 Oct 2025

Turning used fishing nets into sunglasses

By Simon Currin

A man from Cornwall, UK, is collecting scrapped nets from a nearby fishing fleet and using the plastic to make 3D printed sunglasses. ....

20 Oct 2025

OCC Gathering in the Southern Chesapeake

By Chris Burry

The Annual Ocean Cruising Club gathering in the Southern Chesapeake was another great success. ....

20 Oct 2025

Military activity in the southern Caribbean.

By Simon Currin

Sailors are advised to be cautious when traversing the southern Caribbean. Seek local advice and that of your own country’s Foreign Office, keep AIS switched on and file a float plan. ....

20 Oct 2025

OCC member completes his second singlehanded circumnavigation

By Simon Currin

Guy Chester, Ocean Cruising Club member, sails his ocean passages singlehanded aboard his racing trimaran, Oceans Tribute. Along the way he pauses to race fully crewed. ....

16 Oct 2025

Cargo Ship ‘Thamesborg’ finally refloated in the North West Passage

By Simon Currin

After more than a month stranded in the remote Franklin Strait, the Dutch cargo ship Thamesborg has finally been refloated and is now heading toward safety outside the Arctic. ....

15 Oct 2025

Thanks sent to an OCC Port Officer in a remote part of British Columbia, Canada

By Simon Currin

Ocean Cruising Club members sail to the remotest places and, when they get there, they often find a friendly OCC Port Officer to welcome them. S/V Horizon crossed the Aleutian Islands to Alaska and BC ....

15 Oct 2025

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached

By Simon Currin

Those of us that have snorkelled in the tropics in recent years will have seen the dead coral that evidenced this new Report with our own eyes. ....

14 Oct 2025

An OCC solo sailor, Fabian Fernandez, completes his circumnavigation

By Simon Currin

Malaysian Ocean Cruising Club member, Fabian, had a fabulous and Royal welcome home when he arrived back in his home port and completed his circumnavigation. ....

14 Oct 2025

SSB is Social Networking for nostalgics

By Simon Currin

Single Sideband Radio (SSB) was the forerunner of modern social media and it’s still very much alive and can brighten up a long ocean passage. ....

11 Oct 2025

Marine protected areas in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf triple

By Simon Currin

A new law that almost triples the protected area in the Hauraki Gulf Tikapa Moana – New Zealand’s largest marine park at more than 1.2 million hectares, surrounding Auckland and the Coromandel. ....

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. ....

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