Social Media
The OCC has a range of highly active social media where Members can share information, seek advice and find out what is happening in the Club as well as what other Members are up to.
This range of social media complements the OCC Forum
which is where more substantial information and advice is available and discussions take place about such matters as cruising in different
parts of the world, seamanship, systems and maintenance, cruising lifestyle, and cruiser networking. This is viewable on the public website, but you must be logged in to the Members area
to be able to post or contribute to a discussion.
Facebook Page. The Club has a Facebook Page which is visible to Members and non-members:
- Ocean Cruising Club Members is linked to the OCC website News & Events and enables followers to keep up-to-date with what has been happening in the Club and beyond, along with upcoming social and other activities.
Facebook Groups. The club hosts a number of Facebook groups where the vibrant Member activity takes place and interesting and useful topics are posted. Most OCC Facebook groups are open to all OCC Members and non-members while certain groups are restricted to Members Only (the OCC Treasure Chest, a group providing OCC Members with a place to sell, buy or exchange sailing related items, and the OCC Members Group ). Simply search OCC on Facebook to browse the various groups, from OCC Pacific Crossing, a place for OCC Members in the Pacific Ocean and for those interested in crossing the Pacific, to OCC Caribbean Cruising where sailing destinations throughout the Caribbean are actively discussed, and all the cruising grounds in-between.
How to join a Facebook Group OCC Facebook groups can be joined by all OCC Members, and in three instances by non-OCC members
who have a boat in the relevant area or are planning to cruise in that area. Simply go to the group you wish to join and click on “Join Group”.
You will be required to answer some questions and if you meet the eligibility criteria your request will be approved by the Facebook Administrator.
Contact: facebook@oceancruisingclub.org
The Club has a WhatsApp community which makes infrequent announcements of important Club news, but within which there are over ten groups that are administered by the Club office and encourage engagement from all Members. These are great places for offering support, sharing information or giving or requesting advice. The majority of the groups are based on geographic areas, but there is the option to create new groups either to support an event or for a technical subject or discussion.
Please get in touch with the office if you wish to propose a new group or follow this Link to request to join an existing one.
Contact: adminsupport@oceancruisingclub.org
Instagram allows Members to post and feature photos from their mobile devices. To find the OCC on Instagram, first download Instagram to your mobile device and then search for Ocean Cruising Club.
If Members would like photos to be featured, please email to instagram@oceancruisingclub.org with a brief description of the photo, or message it to the OCC through the OCC Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/ocean_cruising_club/?hl=en.
If members would like the OCC to share their Instagram stories tag @ocean_cruising_club. Stories appear at the top of the application rather than in the feed and disappear after 24 hours.
Contact: instagram@oceancruisingclub.org
YouTube
The OCC uses YouTube to host videos of Club events, webinars and also carefully curated clips and longform video either from Members or that may be of interest to Members. These can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/@OceanCruisingClub.
Subscribers will be the first to know when new videos are uploaded.
BlueSky
Our BlueSky account is regularly updated with our news feed, simply follow the account to be kept up-to-date with OCC news. We hope you enjoy this platform: OCC BlueSky
Contact: instagram@oceancruisingclub.org
The OCC LinkedIn Group has information that professionals with sailing interests can access to learn about the OCC while visiting the site.
Contact: pr@oceancruisingclub.org
Social Media Policy and Guidelines, and Group Rules
The Club’s Social Media Policy and Guidelines are on each group as an ‘Announcement’ and are available in the Members area of the website under Reference Docs/Club Policies. The Group Rules are set out in the ‘About’ section on each Facebook group.