SY Cruising Independence; 2023/24; Richard Delfosse. Join the crew of Independence as we explore the Fiji islands, The Yasawa island chain and the beautiful Lau Group. Meet the people, the culture and see the beauty of these islands that are difficult to reach. Enjoy!

OCC members, Fred and Sandy onboard their catamaran Dakota Dream, were anchored at Antigua when this happened to their generator. It seems someone forgot to turn off the hot-wired raw water pump for their Northern Lights M673, 6 kw generator when they left the boat for Happy Hour. Upon returning to their boat, they realized the problem and shut down the still running raw water pump, too late. The generator was hydro-locked. This is what happens when an injector is removed to get raw water out of the cylinders. Ouch! Diesel and salt water sprays everywhere!!!

We are happy to welcome you at the webinar "sail repair at sea" given by Patrick van der Walle. Marcus Noordermeer and Willie Ambergen will moderate this webinar.

Anneke Sips sailed 15,000 miles and learned much about provisioning and cooking along the way. In this webinar she shares her top ten tips.

S/V Thor was designed and built for a short handed transit of the NWP. This webinar describes in detail the challenges that high latitude sailing can present and how those challenges influenced the design and build of this remarkable yacht.  With guests Victor Wejer (OCC Port Officer NWP) & Tom Zagon (Canadian Ice Service), Gerd & Melissa traversed the NWP in 2024 and enjoyed the company of 5 other OCC yachts along the way. The Marggraff's describe how they prepared for the NWP and how their plans worked out.

Ralf & Wiebke's describe their passage from Hawaii to Alaska and the summer that they spent cruising around Sitka and Glacier Bay. Their talk is illustrated with stunning photographs of landscape, flora and wildlife. They describe the practicalities and delights of cruising this sparsely inhabited and rugged coast.

The building and voyages of Helacious by Brian and Helen Russell

Judith Jacobsen describes the voyage of S/V Touché along the challenging coastline of Patagonia. Judith and Håkon sailed from North to South in Patagonia on S/Y Touché, their Island Packet 380. They sailed from Puerto Montt to Puerto Williams, and around Cape Horn. An amazing sail: 3 months in the most remote waters in the world. Followed by dolphins and sometimes penguins. Fabulous views of glaciers and the Southern Icefield. Every night we anchored in small Caletas. Immersed in the stories about Slocum and Tillman, as their stories sometimes determined where we anchored up. We had lots of wind, but also days of no wind and sunshine, as well as days where we holed up in a well-protected anchorage, while it was blowing 70-80 knots through the Canals. Once, feasting on Centollas (King Crab) that nice fishermen gifted to us, while telling us that we had two more days to wait, then we could sail on. A detour of 160 nm to Puerto Natales, provided the opportunity for a visit in the National Park: Torres del Paine, which was absolutely worth it. They finished up rounding the Horn, on the longest day of the year, and even managed to get ashore on the Horn and meet the Lighthouse family.

Nick Olson is PredictWind's Business Development Manager and in this Ocean Cruising Club Webinar he answers many questions from an OCC audience of experienced users. This is not a step by step guide to using PredictWind but gives a broad overview of the data sources, the models, the non-weather features and future plans.

In this second episode of Zora's Altantic Circuit, Rhys describes his icy voyage through Prins Christian Sund to Iceland and Ireland. Along the way he was accompanied by Luke Franklin who was sponsored by the Ocean Cruising Club's Youth Sponsorship scheme.

An interview with Fabian Fernandez who is one of very few Malaysian sailors to undertake a short-handed circumnavigation in a sailboat. He describes the cultural and financial barriers he has encountered as well as the great support he has received from his Ocean Cruising Club mentor in America.

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Environmental scientist and ocean explorer, Charlie Young, discusses the Fishmeal industry.

Rhys and Niamh Walters describe the restoration of S/V Zora ready for an Atlantic Circuit. The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.

A conversation with Ocean Cruising Club Members sailing the Pacific in 2024: S/V Eyra who has sailed north east against the prevailing winds from the Tuamotu to Tahuata and Hiva Oa in the Marquesas where they will spend the cyclone season. S/V Hawkeye sailed from French Polynesia direct to Tonga and is currently in Fiji bound for New Zealand during the last week in October. Topic discussed include: Tightening of rules by the French Polynesian Government Hull cleaning rules in Fiji Cruising in Tonga Snorkeling with humpback whales Please note: The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.

In this final episode of the OCC NWP Videocasts, our OCC boats have made great progress. All have passed through the most challenging sections. The westbound boats are plugging away into headwinds with strong counter-currents and about 1,300 miles to go to Nome, Alaska. The two eastbound boats are now at Pond Inlet or on the east coast of Baffin Island. All crews still have a long way to go in weather that will deteriorate as autumn advances. The most difficult ice challenges are now over but crews need to remain vigilant. Catch up with the progress of S/V's Lumina, Abel Tasman, Thor, Moli, Voyager and Dogbark. Hear their stories of mishaps in the Bellot Straits. Please note: The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.

OCC Members, Robert Van der Plas & Dianne Kottier, were becalmed off Cape Cod aboard their beautiful cutter, S/V Zeerob, when they had an extraordinary experience with feeding humpback whales. They found themselves at the centre of the bubble-net created by the whales. The video footage has gone viral on social media Please note: The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.

The OCC North West Passage Fleet are now closing on the more difficult sections of the NWP During the summer of 2024 all the OCC boats attempting the North West Passage connect via Zoom with the OCC Port Officer for the NWP, Victor Wejer, for a conversation about their exploits, the ice conditions and their plans. In this episode the NWP veteran, Rev Bob Shepton, joins the call. S/V Moli is approaching Cambridge Bay from the west, 2 boats have transited the Bellot Strait and the others are between Pond Inlet and Depot Bay. All photographs of S/V Abel Tasman are by Keith Tuffley Please note: The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.

I had often wondered how dolphins could cruise along under out bow at 6-8 knots with no apparent effort. Lars answered the question when he held his GoPro in the water off the bow, while a few dozen dolphins were playing with us. His video showed their tails and fins moving up and down vigorously, which is not at all evident when looking down at them in the bow wave. Please note: The views, opinions and recommendations expressed on this website and the documents referenced herein are those of the persons expressing them alone. The OCC and its officers and directors have not verified, and accept no responsibility for any such views, opinions and recommendations.