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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 Oct 2024

Winter Series of Ocean Cruising Club Webinars

By Simon Currin

Thursday 24th October at 8pm UK time (7pm UTC). Rhys Walters, OCC Roving Rear Commodore, tells how he prepared a strong but derelict cruising boat, S/V Zora Rhys for an Atlantic Circuit. ....

22 Oct 2024

OCC member Andrew Cassels discusses circumnavigating the Americas

By Simon Currin

Andrew Cassels, discusses circumnavigating the Americas through the NW Passage and Patagonia with fellow Club member, Paul Trammell. ....

21 Oct 2024

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

By Steve Brown

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

20 Oct 2024

Climate warming is turning the Antarctic Peninsula green

By Simon Currin

A recent article in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, assessed changing ecosystems in the Antarctic as temperatures rise. ....

19 Oct 2024

OCC 70th Anniversary Southern Chesapeake Bay Dinner at Mathews Yacht Club

By Chris and Bill Burry

Ocean Cruising Club 70th Anniversary Southern Chesapeake Bay Dinner at Mathews Yacht Club ....

17 Oct 2024

OCC Rendezvous in Indonesia

By Kate Walker

Ocean Cruising Club members meet up in Indonesia ....

17 Oct 2024

70th Anniversary OCC Macaronesia Rally reaches Tenerife

By Simon Currin

The Ocean Cruising Club 70th Anniversary Macaronesia Rally has arrived in Tenerife. ....

14 Oct 2024

Interview with OCC Member, Jacqueline Evers, about her passage to New Zealand.

By Simon Currin

Paul Trammell interviews Dutch sailor, Jacqueline Evers, about her solo passage from the Netherlands to New Zealand. ....

13 Oct 2024

OCC 70th Anniversary Macaronesia Cruise

By Mike Reynolds

70th Anniversary Macaronesia Cruise has reached Lanzarote ....

12 Oct 2024

OCC 70th Anniversary in Annapolis MD

By Deborah Rapp

The Ocean Cruising Club has been celebrating its 70th birthday in Annapolis this weekend ....

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 ....

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