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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.

08 Oct 2024

Recycling sails

By Simon Currin

Just 0.1% of our sails are currently repurposed into tote bags etc. Some enterprising sailors and chemists are working hard to develop new ways to recycle sail cloth. ....

07 Oct 2024

Fingers are crossed as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida

By Simon Currin

Category 5, Hurricane Milton, approaches the Gulf Coast of Florida ....

06 Oct 2024

HMNZS Manawanui sinks in the South Pacific

By Simon Currin

HMNZS Manawanui (a NZ$103,000,000 general purpose survey vessel launched in 2019) has sunk in Samoa. ....

05 Oct 2024

The loss of S/V Water Music

By Simon Currin

Another Ocean Cruising Club boat has been lost in mid ocean due to rudder failure. ....

04 Oct 2024

Voyage to the Wild - Episode 2, CHEETAHS OF THE SEA

By Charlie Young

Marine Scientist, Charlie Young, encounters Pilot Whales off Tenerife ....

04 Oct 2024

Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running

By Simon Currin

Antarctic sea ice hit record lows for the second consecutive year in 2024, indicating a "new state" of extreme ice loss. ....

30 Sep 2024

Pam Wall Memorial

By Rachelle Turk

Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, December 11th 2024 ....

25 Sep 2024

Introducing ‘Voyage to the Wild’

By Steve Brown and Charlie Young

Marine scientist, Charlie Young, has been awarded an OCC Challenge Grant to share her story. ....

21 Sep 2024

OCC Macronesia Cruise in Company has reached Porto Santo

By Simon Currin

The 70th Anniversary Cruise in Company began in the Azores and will finish in the Canary Islands. ....

19 Sep 2024

Ocean Cruising Club Members in Antarctica

By Lars and Susanne Hellman

The crew of S/V Sea Wind have shared the video of their voyage to Antarctica with the OCC YouTube Channel. ....

13 Sep 2024

Voyage to the Wild

By Charlie Young and Derrick Thorrington

The Ocean Cruising Clubs gives financial support to ambitious sailors undertaking exceptional voyages or marine based environmental projects. An OCC Challenge Grant has been given to Charlie Young. ....

10 Sep 2024

Harsh conditions for OCC boats in the North West Passage

By Gerd & Melissa Marggraff

OCC Members, Gerd & Melissa Marggraff on S/V Thor, report on their progress as they near the end of the NWP. They also responded to an emergency on another OCC boat but all ended well. ....

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