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This week Bulwarks and Bulldust speaks with Jack Macartney, legendary Australian sailor, Sydney to Hobart winner, RTW racer, 18-footer driver, and co-owner of Cannafox.

The inaugural 5.5 Metre Austrian Open, incorporating the Salzkammergutpreis, began on Friday, 22 August with generally light and shifty conditions, with some stronger patches of wind under the clouds passing overhead.

The Garmin ORC World Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia last week and the new race yacht designed and built by X-Yachts, the XR 41 did not disappoint by achieving 1st, 2nd and 4th.

The 20th Palermo-Montecarlo lived its traditional peak day with 14 boats crossing the finish line after 500 challenging and exciting miles of racing.

American Magic Quantum Racing have given themselves what appears to be a relatively straightforward task as they now go into the final day of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week with a margin of 18 points with two races still to sail.

Llyn Brenig is the highest sailing club in Wales and is a large reservoir of approximately 370 hectares, and an altitude of just over 380m, with the dam facing south westerly prevailing winds. Usually a good place for a sail!

As we look ahead to the new campaign for LA 2028, we are pleased to congratulate Mateo Majdalani on stepping into the role of Nacra 17 President.

The Mediterranean has lived up to its reputation, transforming the sprint to Cartagena into a crawl. After storming through Gibraltar at 30 knots, Paprec Arkéa this morning were drifting at barely a knot, watching as Biotherm and Holcim-PRB slipped past.

The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) and the Yacht Club de Cannes announced the first official entry for the 2025 edition of the Cannes-Malta Race — Black Jack, a striking 100-foot (30.48m) monohull designed by the acclaimed Reichel-Pugh naval architects.

Our club supports a wealth of different sailing activities, but it is all too rare that we all join together as a club. The Regatta on Saturday 16th August was a delightful exception, where over 30 boats sailed together.