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Latest OCC News

Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards are announced: Press Release

The OCC 2024 awards are summarised below and subsequent posts will focus on individual winners.

by Karen Soule - 17/02/2025

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures

A stunning collection of underwater photographs

by Simon Currin - 21/02/2025

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 Simon Currin - 21/02/2025

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 Simon Currin - 21/02/2025

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

The Ocean Cruising Club is updating the OCC Forum

The OCC Forum is soon to be updated and made more user friendly.

by simon currin - 18/02/2025

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 simon currin - 18/02/2025

The Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: OCC Award

OCC Award has been given to Bill Weigel for overseeing the development of the Ocean Cruising Club's Website and Mobile Phone App.

by simon currin - 18/02/2025

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

Ocean Cruising Club 2024 Awards: Qualifier’s Mug

Fabian Fernandez has been awarded the Qualifier’s Mug for the ocean passage that he made enabling him to join the Ocean Cruising Club

by Simon Currin - 17/02/2025

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 simon currin - 17/02/2025

Ocean Cruising Club Awards 2024: Vasey Vase

OCC Members, Tim Riley & Carol Osborne, have been awarded the Vasey Vase for their double handed transit of the North West Passage in 2024

by simon currin - 17/02/2025

World’s Sea-Ice falls to a record low

According to data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the sea-ice in polar regions is now at record low levels.

by Simon Currin - 15/02/2025

OCC Webinar: Pacific Northwest

In the last of this winter's series of OCC Webinars Adrienne Palmer and Peter Petrik describe the 5 seasons they spent exploring the Pacific Northwest aboard their 37' Southerly 115 sailboat.

by Simon Currin - 14/02/2025