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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.

17 Jun 2025

Google and U.S. Experts Join on A.I. Hurricane Forecasts

By Simon Currin

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists. ....

17 Jun 2025

OCC rendezvous in Southern Chesapeake

By Judith Jacobsen

The Southern Chesapeake remains a hotspot for OCC encounters ....

17 Jun 2025

OCC Long Island Sound Rendezvous

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club’s Oyster Bay rendezvous starts tomorrow. ....

17 Jun 2025

Australian catamaran has dramatically capsized

By Simon Currin

The 2025 New Caledonia Groupama Race has lived up to its reputation. Just three days in, this 654-nautical-mile circumnavigation of Grande Terre has delivered torn sails and boat capsizes. ....

17 Jun 2025

The Ocean Cruising Club now has two members participating in the Mini Globe Race

By Simon Currin

The OCC welcomes Dan Turk as a new member. Dan has joined the OCC in the middle of his solo circumnavigation of the globe aboard his home built 5.8 metre yacht. ....

16 Jun 2025

Ocean Cruising Club Camaraderie and Support.

By Simon Currin

Even on a tiny island fringed with coral in the South Pacific there are OCC members willing to lend a hand, help solve problems and fly in with boat spares ....

14 Jun 2025

‘Farewell to Adventure’: a film about The Rev Bob Shepton’s extraordinary life

By Simon Currin

A beautiful and poignant film about The Reverend Bob Shepton who is an Ocean Cruising Club Honorary Member. ....

14 Jun 2025

Is the ocean ‘having a moment’? The UN summit where the world woke up!

By Phil Heaton

According to this report there were some good outcomes from UNOC3 albeit in some cases like bottom trawling more could have been done. ....

10 Jun 2025

OCC Commodore expresses concern about the state of our oceans to United Nations

By Fiona Jones

As the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference commences in France, Ocean Cruising Club Commodore Fiona Jones has written to the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the United Nations. ....

09 Jun 2025

Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems

By Simon Currin

Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding ....

09 Jun 2025

UNITED NATIONS OCEAN CONFERENCE

By Simon Currin

The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development from 9th-14th June. ....

09 Jun 2025

French Polynesia Just Created The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area

By Simon Currin

French Polynesia announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference in France on Monday. ....

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