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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.

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 ....

09 Apr 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Dinner and Awards Presentations 2025

By Simon Currin

Below are some links to videos of the Awards presentations held at Newport, Rhode Island, USA on April 5th 2025. ....

07 Apr 2025

Whangarei Gathering and the presentation of the Jester and Water Music Awards

By RM

The annual OCC get together in Whangarei, New Zealand saw the presentation of the OCCs Jester Award to Jaqueline Evers and the Water Music Award to Carla Gregory and Alex Helbig. ....

04 Apr 2025

OCC Vertue Award presentation in Newport, Rhode Island.

By SC

The North American Ocean Cruising Club Regional Rear Commodores have awarded the Vertue Award 2024 to Pamela MacBrayne and Denis Moonan. ....

31 Mar 2025

A marine investigation concludes that S/V Theros was lost after a fire on board

By SC

Last summer the crew of S/V Theros were found dead in a dinghy on Sable Island NS. The report has been published by Noonsite.com ....

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