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OCC Charitable Trust donates to Caribbean WISH Foundation

The Ocean Cruising Club Charitable Trust has made a second donation to the WISH foundation. The money will be used to provide sail training to young people from Antigua.

by SC - 25/03/2025

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Jasmine Harrison continues her circumnavigation

A young British adventurer will start her 6,000 passage from Panama to Fiji this week.

by SC - 24/03/2025

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Declining Arctic Sea Ice

The average February 2025 Arctic sea ice extent was 13.75 million km2, the lowest February extent in the 47-year satellite record and 220,000 km2 below the previous record low set in 2018.

by Steve Brown - 21/03/2025

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Chris Parker Worries About Forecasting Future

Chris Parker, founder and chief forecaster for the Marine Weather Center https://www.mwxc.com/, based in Florida, serving mariners around the world.

by SC - 17/03/2025

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OCC Linton Bay Rendezvous.

Ocean Cruising Club Members muster in Panama

by Chris & Bill Burry - 11/03/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: OCC Award

Zdenka Griswold has been given the OCC Award in recognition of her outstanding service to the OCC.

by SC - 01/03/2025

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OCC Challenge Grant Awardees Duncan & Larissa

Following on from an earlier post about the award of an OCC Challenge Grant, it is good to see that the news has been picked up by Sail Magazine

by SC - 27/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: OCC Events & Rallies

Reg Barker is the worthy winner of the OCC Events and Rallies Award for inspiring an extraordinary year of celebrations to honour the OCC's 70th birthday

by Sc - 26/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: OCC Lifetime Award

Victor Wejer has won the OCC Lifetime Award 2024 for his long service to high latitude sailors

by Sc - 26/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Award: Port Officer Service Award

Port Officer Service Award is given to Cristian Yanzer

by SC - 24/02/2025

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The Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: Seamanship Award

Pip Hare has been given the OCC's Seamanship Award following her dismasting during the singlehanded Vendée Globe 2024. Famously, Pip managed to set a jury rig and sail to Melbourne, Australia.

by SC - 24/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club Awards: Jester Award

Jacqueline Evers, an OCC Member from The Netherlands, has won the OCC Jester Award for her singlehanded voyage to New Zealand in a 27 foot sloop, Loveworkx.

by SC - 23/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club member, Jasmine Harrison, begins the Mini Globe Race (MGR)

Jasmine Harrison begins the MGR today

by Brian Wallace - 23/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: OCC Environment Award

The OCC Environment Award has been given to Ivar Smits and Floris van Hees and their ‘Sailors for Sustainability’ project.

by SC - 22/02/2025

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Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures

A stunning collection of underwater photographs

by SC - 21/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club Port Officers

The OCC has a network of hundreds of Port Officers around the world whose role is to support members in foreign harbours. Occasionally PO’s cross oceans to meet and compare notes.

by SC - 21/02/2025

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De Toerzeilers webinars (in English) and in association with the OCC

Ocean Cruising Club and De Toerzeiler are affiliated yacht clubs and the OCC are pleased to promote the forthcoming series of De Toerzeiler webinars.

by SC - 21/02/2025

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Voyages to the Wild, episode 4

In the 4th episode of her podcast, Voyages to the the Wild, Charlie Young, OCC Member, Challenge Grant awardee and offshore sailor, describes her visit to a turtle sanctuary.

by Steve Brown - 19/02/2025

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Report on the loss of 3 sailing boats during the 2024 Newport Bermuda Race

A thorough report into the loss of 3 sailboats has been published by the Cruising Club of America and US Sailing. All offshore sailors are encouraged to read the various reports below.

by SC - 18/02/2025

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Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: Bob Bradfield wins the OCC Award

For two decades Bob Bradfield has been creating exquisite, highly detailed electronic charts of Scotland which he distributes at cost. They are known as Antares Charts and are very popular.

by Simon Currin - 18/02/2025

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