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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.

20 May 2025

OCC Kinsale Port Officer reports arrival of visiting members on their boats

By Simon Currin

Rhys Walters, OCC Committee member and Port Officer for Kinsale, welcomes S/V’s Blue Velvet of Sark and Madeline to Ireland. ....

20 May 2025

OCC members frequently host fellow members on their own dock

By Simon Currin

Bill & Lydia Strickland have a gorgeous dock in Virginia and the hospitality they show to visiting cruisers is famous within the Ocean Cruising Club. ....

20 May 2025

The Geoff Taylor Memorial Regatta at Savusava

By Simon Currin

A LEGACY THAT LIVES ON IN SAVUSAVU WATERS, FIJI. ....

19 May 2025

Two cadets killed when a Mexican training ship collided with Brooklyn Bridge

By Simon Currin

The Cuauhtémoc, with a 48.2m (158ft) mast height, struck the Brooklyn Bridge with a 41.1m (135ft) clearance. ....

17 May 2025

OCC Challenge Grant awarded to Nicole Trenholm and the ‘Ocean Research Project’

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club awards a Conservation Challenge Grant to the Ocean Research Project ....

13 May 2025

‘Ocean’ is the latest film by David Attenborough

By Simon Currin

David Attenborough has celebrated his 99th birthday by releasing his latest masterpiece. His film, Ocean, is a powerful documentary examining the health and future of our oceans. ....

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 ....

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. ....

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. ....

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. ....

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