We are trying to keep track of all our members who have completed a circumnavigation. Please let us know names, vessel, and dates. Thank you!

Vice Commodore, OCC 

After we completed our first circumnavigation, someone mentioned a circumnavigators ' pennant or burgee, but when I contacted the secretary I was told that there wasn ' 't one and that the idea was contrary to the philosophy of the OCC. On the one hand, I do not think that a circumnavigation is the remarkable feat it was, say, 25 years ago before the advent of GPS, rallies and the like, but it is still quite an achievement and it would be pleasant to have it recognised by the Club. I would suggest a blue circle could be added to the yellow fly.

During our circumnavigation we enjoyed looking around anchorages to see if I could see any OCC burgees, so that I could knock on hulls and ask legitimate questions like "Who are you? where are you from? how did you get here? Where are you going next?" etc. But if there are no OCC burgees, we go and knock on hulls anyway, and in general we have always received a friendly welcome.

We don 't do this so much in the Caribbean as people here are generally on board for 6 months and have a closed circle of aquaintances who all fly home, rather than changing hemispheres and crossing another ocean when the seasons change.
We have many friends not in the OCC who have circumnavigated also, maybe we could come up with a circumnavigators ' burgee for all sailors.

From Coromandel, sitting in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, waiting for Classics Week to begin. :)