OCC Awards Dinner 2026
The Ocean Cruising Club Annual Awards dinner was held in Edinburgh this year. We flew out of Ireland West Knock Airport. A 52-minute flight, as soon as you ascend, you begin the descent. We took a bus to the end of the line, which was a couple of blocks from our hotel, the Apex Waterloo. Very easy. The tram was also a couple of blocks away. The first night, dinner was a lousy dinner in a tiny crammed room with no place to sit down but it was nice catching up with people we had not seen for several years, like John and Jenny Frankin, Phil and Norma Heaton, Rachelle Turk, Simon and Sally Currin, and so on. Jimmy Cornell was elected Honorary Member having done so much for cruising, like the ARC and his books. On the second day, we visited the Royal Yacht Britannia, permanently installed on the waterfront, with a mall built around her. It was quite impressive to see and quite surprising at times. The queen and king slept in adjoining bedrooms on single beds. Quite a...