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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 Jan 2025

Extreme weather - again!

By Simon Currin

Storm Eowyn will bring Force 12 winds to western sea areas later in the week. ....

22 Jan 2025

Ocean Cruising Club at the Düsseldorf Boat Show

By Simon Currin

Eight OCC members gathered for supper on the 4th day of BOOT in Düsseldorf. ....

19 Jan 2025

Düsseldorf Boat Show gets underway

By Simon Currin

BOOT Düsseldorf is expecting 214,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors this week. A contingent of OCC members will be rendezvousing there on the 22nd & 23rd. ....

19 Jan 2025

A thought provoking article about the loss of S/V Time Aut, an Oceanis 523.

By Simon Currin

The loss of a 53’ boat 150 miles off Cape Hatteras has attracted much discussion. The link below describes what led to its abandonment. ....

19 Jan 2025

OCC Member, Carter Bacon, wins Cruising Club of America’s Rod Stevens Trophy.

By Simon Currin

Ocean Cruising Club Member wins CCA’s Rod Stevens Trophy Award for Seamanship. ....

17 Jan 2025

Forthcoming OCC Webinars

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club winter series of webinars will continue for the next 4 Thursdays at 8pm. These webinars are free and open to both OCC members and to non-members. ....

12 Jan 2025

OCC Member, Jasmine Harrison, starts the Mini Globe Transat.

By Simon Currin

OCC Member, Brian Wallace, has just returned from Lanzarote where he has been helping prepare Jasmine Harrison’s boat, Numbertou. Jasmine is an extraordinary young British Adventurer. ....

09 Jan 2025

The Cruising Club of America announces its prestigious Awards

By Simon Currin

Congratulations to all Award winners ....

31 Dec 2024

OCC Member, Pat Pocock, has died aged 90

By Anne Hammick

Pat Pocock, an Ocean Cruising Club member for 68 years, died peacefully in Lymington after a short illness. ....

29 Dec 2024

OCC member, Jasmine Harrison, begins the qualifying leg for the Mini Globe Race

By Simon Currin

Jasmine began her global adventure in Lagos on 27th December. Fellow Ocean Cruising Club Members have given her huge assistance during her Portuguese preparations. ....

21 Dec 2024

Book Review: ‘Wild Preaching’ by Bob Shepton

By Sally Currin

Rev Bob Shepton is an Honorary Member of the Ocean Cruising Club and has written many books about his adventures but his latest, ‘Wild Preaching’, is a little different. Below is a book review. ....

16 Dec 2024

Voyages to the Wild: Collisions with Whales

By Charlie Young

How boat collisions are endangering one whale species in particular ....

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