Bar Karate - The Sailing Podcast

Published 10 July 2022 An extra special episode where everything is changed. I share hosting with a long time friend Rob 'Fritz' Deussen. We chat to Mike Holt - 3x505 World Champion. It's 3 weeks to the 505 World Champs and Holty is a great fun guy to hang out with and Vice President of the class. There are plenty of lessons in this episode about how to go fast. Enjoy!! #barkarate #...

Published 3 July 2022 We chat to Dylan Fletcher MBE, UK 49er sailor and gold medallist from the Tokyo Olympics. Dylan loves sailing, he sails all the time. Maybe that is why he is so good? We talk Olympics, SailGP, Moths and have plenty of laughs. It is a good interview. Enjoy. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #s...

Published 26 June 2022 We chat to David Tillett - the most important man in sailing you probably have never heard of! David is a World Champion sailor in his own right, but has given 40 years to our sport - writing the rules and officiating at all the major events including 6 Olympics and 8 Americas Cups. Everything that you can think of over the last 40 years, david has had a part in and he has s...

Published 19 June 2022 For our 3rd Anniversary special we speak to Simon Fisher Navigator 11th Hour Racing. One of our great friends, SiFi joined us originally on Ep18. With the Ocean Race only 6 months away we got Simon to come back to give us the inside on the race preparation, plus the latest developments in the Imoca fleet and the offshore racing World. Be warned, you will never look at your a...

Published 12 June 2022 We talk to Steve Ladd, author of The Five Year Voyage: Exploring Latin American Coasts and Rivers. If you have ever wanted to share an episode of Bar Karate with your Non sailing friends, this is the one. Steve tells us about his crazy adventure he shared with his wife Ginny, navigating from the Caribbean to the Amazon River via the Brazo Casiquiare in a tiny boat. 19 countr...

Published 5 June 2022 We chat to Mark Mills, the designer behind the DK46, the Cape 31, the IC37, the WallyCento Tango, the Maxi72 World Champion Alegre 3, the 69′ IMA Mini-Maxi Champion Alegre  and of the course the latest sensation Flying Nikka. Mark is a super cool guy to chat to and the interview is a lot of fun. You will love it!! #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkaratec...

Published 29 May 2022 This is a great discussion. We hang out with Maggie Shea Olympian 49er FX for the US sailing team. Maggie has a lifelong background in sailing, has been a top level match racer and sailed with Steph Roble at the Tokyo Olympics. She shares her pathway, talks about her sailing family and how to injure yourself in the kookiest way possible. We loved it, you will too. #barkarate...

Published 22 May 2022 We chat to Mark Bulka, 3 time Contender World Champion, Etchell Champion, SB20 champion, A class champion, Tasar champion, Sydney 38 champion..... and many more. Mark loves one design and loves racing and is currently cruising up the coast of Australia in his Dufour 44. We chat all types of sailing. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #w...

Published 15 May 2022  Our second episode this week - checkout Ep158 for a preview of the SailGP Season 3. Note there is a special offer in this episode!! This is a short one we put together with John Schafer from Ministry of Sailing. He has put together the Sailing Rescue Swimmer Certification. We chat about recovering a person from overboard. Everyone who goes to see should listen to this episod...

Published 13 May 2022 This is a special episode. The Official, Unofficial preview of season 3 of Sail GP. With the season kicking off this weekend we decided to publish early to ensure you were fully up to date. And to make this episode even more special we partnered up with the Bangin' the Corners sailing podcast and our good friend Jody Shiels (Randy Cunningham). So we present Bangin'...

Published 8 May 2022 We chat to Chris Stone, the Racing Manager at the RORC. Chris is responsible for the extensive number of sailing events the RORC produce, we were very interested to hear his views on sailing, racing and the future. The great thing about Chris is that he is open and honest, which helps progress the discussion and improvement of sailing and sailing participation. It is a good ch...

Published 1 May 2022 We chat to Rod Waterhouse, Chris Way and Brett White from Team Australia a week out from the Worrell 1000. Team Australia are the defending champs, so we find out how a champion team prepares, what to expect, what to watch for... everything. Strap in for the ride. This was a great conversation, even if you are a non-sailor you will enjoy this, sound quality is a little average...

Published 24 April 2022 We chat to Xavier Doerr A young bloke who is going to try and break the solo, non-stop, unassisted round Australia record. he sets off in a few weeks. Listen in as we discuss the adventure and BP decides to coach him on how to fish???? Waterline Little Aussie Lap. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat...

Published 18 April 2022 We chat to Laurent Pagès, French professional sailor who has never not been on the podium at the Volvo and won it in 2011/12.  Former 470 sailor, match racer and tactician, helmsman and project manager for a number of boats including Teasing Machine. And some say the most polite, nicest pro sailor on the water. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateco...

Published 10 April 2022 We chat to Kyle Langford, the man who's name is mentioned more than any other on our show. We first spoke to Kyle on episode 9, so this discussion was in depth about a lot of things that are going on right now, particularly SailGP.  It was awesome . Kyle was fantastic and gave some brilliant insights, particularly if you want to know what is working so well for the Aus...

Published 3 April 2022 We chat to Joey Newton, 7 time Americas Cup Sailor, 2 time winner and just an all round great bloke and, there are more than a few secrets let slip in the banter section at the end. Enjoy. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail #sea #offshore #sailors #sailingworld #extremesai...

Published 20 March 2022 We chat to Neti and he gives some great inside stories from 4 Volvos and a life as a pro sailor including what sailing Skorpios is like. Be warned, Spanish english uses swearing liberally, so if you have delicate ears you probably wont likle this Ep. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport...

Published 13 March 2022 Whilst talking about how to make it as a pro, we have had a few legends on and we have spoken to the youth about their goals and desires. This week we decided to chat to a young  pro that is living the life of a professional sailor. So we reached out to Alex Gough 2017/18 Volvo Ocean race, TP52's, RC44's, Sydney Hobarts' and a whole range of classes, Goughy i...

Published 6 March 2022 We chat to Adrian Finglas. We featured Aids on Ep33, so this issue we jump onto his years of sailing on coaching experience and how he used it to win in a 90 boat fleet after less than a year in the class. Aids is a thinker and you will get a tonne of value listening to how his mind works. We also talk about what makes a class successful by looking at the Sabre class. #barka...

Published 27 February 2022 We chat to Sam Newton. 6xWinner JJ Gilitinan WC 18’ skiff  2019 Winner Sail GP 2013 AC winner Oracle Team USA 2x winner Sydney Hobart  The man all sailing teams want. Enjoy! #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail #sea #offshore #sailors #sailingworld #extremesailing #foils...

Published 20 February 2022 We chat to CJ Perez from Hawaii, Lukas Hesse from Germany  and Jann Schüpbach from Switzerland. These three are the Clean Sailors Youth Team competing in the Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Presico's 69F foiling boat. The Florida event has just been and we caught up with the team to find out about them, the event and sailing the 69F. The chat started slow as 6 people trie...

Published 13 February 2022 We finish off our chat with Matt, diving into dinghy racing, ocean racing and he basically convinces us to take up his favourite sport. Oh yea we also invent a new olympic sport at the end of the ep. Non Aussie speakers may need a translator. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voi...

Published 6 February 2022 We chat to Matt Sheahan, legendary sailing journalist. Principal of PlanetSail.co.uk. Matt is a friend and a person we love chatting to. He has so many stories and inside knowledge of so much of what is going on in our sport. We try and extract a few for you. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #o...

Published 30 January 2022 An absolute cracker of an episode. We chat to Will Oxley, navigator. Probably the most successful offshore sailor in the World right now, as he was in 2019. He gives us amazing insight into the role of the navigator, what it takes to succeed and a detailed discussion on safety. Do not go to sea without listening to this episode!! #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailo...

Published 23 January 2022 We chat to Hugo Picard, the Sailing Frenchman. A man with an amazing sense of adventure who is living life to the full. You will love this chat. #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail #sea #offshore #sailors #sailingworld #extremesailing #foils #yacht #yachts #saillife #ins...