
Bar Karate - The Sailing Podcast
Bar Karate is a weekly discussion of the world of sailing. Our team straddle the globe and bring all the news and inside gossip with a lot of fun thrown in. Bar Karate - you might not learn anything, but you will have fun doing it.
Episodes
319 episodes
Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep317 Tasar Worlds with Alistair Murray AM
Published 20 July 2025The Tasar class are hosting their 50th World Champs this week on Lake Garda. The Tasar class does a lot of things well, holding their World championships in great locations, quality racing and lots of fun. To find o...
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Season 7
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Episode 317
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1:22:25

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep316 the Admirals Cup with Shane Guanaria
Published 13 July 2025One week until the Admirals Cup kicks off and we are fired up. Bicey is racing on Final Final. But this week we chat to Shane Guarnaria from the yacht Zen. Shane is the principal of Doyle Sails in Sydney, he has bee...
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Season 7
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Episode 316
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1:27:45

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep315 German sailor Lena Stuekl
Published 6 July 2025This week we speak to former 470 German Sailing Team member, Lena Stuekl. Lena has also provided commentary for a bunch of sailing events including Sailing Champions League and Kieler Woche TV. She now fits a bit of ...
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Season 7
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Episode 315
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1:35:00

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep314 Race Preparation with Stacey and Hannah
Published 29 June 2025This week is all about race preparation. We talk about the things you need to be doing before heading offshore. To help us, we spoke to two pro sailors who have raced around the World and have businesses helping sai...
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Season 7
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Episode 314
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1:36:31

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep313 Mattias Coutts Moth World Champion
Published 22 June 2025The Moth Worlds are a couple of weeks away. At last years Worlds, we saw a youth attack led by Mattias Coutts. He walked away with the title at 19. Mattias has been training hard, preparing to defend his title, so w...
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Season 7
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Episode 313
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1:39:01

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep312 the Stockholm Archipelago Raid with Oscar Wetterling
Published 15 June 2024We have rabbited on about this event for the years, the Stockholm Archipelago Raid. This year is a special edition, its the 25th running and they are doing the extreme course including a crossing to Finland. We reac...
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Season 7
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Episode 312
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1:26:20

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep311 Finn World Championships with Phil Chadwick
Published 8 June 2025Plenty going on in the World of Finns. Finn World Masters 25 start next week. The Finn Worlds and Masters Worlds are coming up in Brisbane in February 2026. We wanted to know more. In Australia, in the Finn fleet, th...
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Season 7
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Episode 311
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1:24:02

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep310 Maud Jayet 2 time Olympian, Swiss Team SailGP
Published 1 June 2025This week we chat to Maud Jayet, one of the next wave of women leading the way in professional sailing. Maud is great fun and very open in her discussion and a great story teller, so we were very keen to get her on t...
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Season 7
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Episode 310
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1:25:35

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep309 - 3 World Champions who are throwing ideas at growing sailing
Published 25 May 2025This week we have three World Champions from the Hobie Class. Cam Owen, Susie Ghent and Paddy Butler, each of them putting time and energy in to growing the sport. Its a chat about excellence, but excellence in ideas...
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Season 7
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Episode 309
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1:35:40

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep308 Rohan Veal The man who made foiling real
Published 18 May 2025We couldn't put an episode together last week, so this week we bring you a rip snorter. We chat to Rohan Veal, the man who brought foiling to the masses, the game changer, the man who invented the Veal Heel, the firs...
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Season 7
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Episode 308
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1:23:13

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep307 Catch up with Dan Turner - Mini Globe Race
Published 4 May 2025This week we reach back out to Dan Turner as he sits at anchor in the Marquesas Islands. Dan is competing in the Mini Globe Race, sailing a 5.80m self built boat around the World and he has really started to find his ...
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Season 7
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Episode 307
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1:14:56

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep306 Jesper Radich
Published 27 April 2025This week, former WMRT World Champion, former AC skipper, multi World Champion in the Maxi class, Jesper Radich. One of Denmarks top pro sailors and all round good guy. Its another great conversation. Enjoy!...
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Season 7
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Episode 306
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1:24:17

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep305 Ian Williams 8x World Match Racing Champion
Published 20 April 2025This week, we chat to one of the best, the Master of Match Racing, Ian Williams. 8 times World Champion in one of the most intense forms of sailing. He is also an Americas Cup coach, SailGP coach and World Champion...
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Season 7
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Episode 305
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1:18:32

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep304 The Unstoppable Tracy Schmitt
Published 13 April 2025We think this weeks episode may become one of our most listened to of all time. It was a riot. So much fun. Our guest was Tracy Schmitt, one of the competitors in the Hansa World Championships. Tracy is a Canadian,...
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Season 7
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Episode 304
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1:37:18

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep 303 Tom Dolan Winner Solitaire Du Figaro
Published 6 April 2025We chat to Tom Dolan, 2 times Irish Sailor of the year, winner of the 2024 Solitaire du Figaro in the Figaro 3 class, sailing his boat - Smurfit Kappa - Kingspan. Another Irishman. You know how this will go. We were...
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Season 7
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Episode 303
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1:21:36

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep302 Luigi Maffioli
Published 30 March 2025We had one two hour window over two weeks to put an episode together. We spoke to Luigi Maffioli from Gottifredi Maffioli. Luigi is a long time friend. His companies ropes were used in the Cup, in the Ocean Race, t...
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Season 7
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Episode 302
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1:38:25

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep301 Cruising the World with Scott Bailey.
Published 16 March 2025We have wanted to do a cruising chat for a long time and with the Oyster World Rally about to come to an end, we made a call to a boat in the middle of an ocean. We spoke to Scott Bailey, long time marine identity ...
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Season 7
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Episode 301
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1:23:42

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep300 Cole Brauer
Published 9 March 2025Episode 300, who would have thought! To celebrate we reached out to Cole Brauer. 2nd in the 2023–2024 Global Solo Challenge, setting a ne...
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Season 7
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Episode 300
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1:28:37

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep299 Elizabeth Tucker - Global Solo Challenge
Published 3 March 2025Published a day late because of travel and MAFS, (not me). It is a great chat with Elizabeth 'Za' Tucker. Za has bought Cole Bauers Class 40 First Light with the goal of competing in the Global Solo Challenge in 202...
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Season 7
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Episode 299
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1:18:27

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep298 Harry Price and the 18 Skiff JJ Giltinans
Published 23 February 2025With the 18' Skiff JJ Giltinans, (their World Championships) just a couple of weeks away, we reached out To Harry Price, skipper of the Rag and Famish, current 18 National Champion, current Moth National Champio...
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Season 7
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Episode 298
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1:14:46

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep297 Mini Globe Race with the Don
Published 16 February 2025This week we are fired up about the start of the Mini Globe Race, https://minigloberace.com/ starting in one week in Antigua. We reached out to the event organiser Don McIntyre. He is always a good chat and he f...
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Season 7
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Episode 297
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1:28:25

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep296 Chris Bateman B14 World Champion
Published 9 February 2025A very enjoyable conversation with a remarkable young sailor. Chris Bateman has just won the B14 Worlds with Lucy Loughton. Chris shares the incredible story of their win as only an Irishman can. You will love th...
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Season 7
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Episode 296
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1:22:49

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast Ep295, Melbourne Osaka with Paul Schulz
Published 2 February 2025This week we focus in on the Melbourne to Osaka Race, A 5,500 mile doublehander race. It starts in March in Melbourne and races north through the Pacific to Osaka in Japan. It's the 9th edition of the race which ...
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Season 7
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Episode 295
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1:21:54

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep294 Bill Hardesty US sailing legend
Published 26 January 2025This is a massive episode, but it is so good. We celebrate Australia Day by talking to one of the US's greats - Bill Hardesty. Former World Champion in the J/70, Etchells, Melges 20, Melges 24, Farr 40, and matc...
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2:13:40

Bar Karate - the Sailing Podcast, Ep293 Regatta Roundup.
Published 12 January 2025It's a busy time of year in the Southern Hemisphere. There are so many sailing regattas happening right now. We try and discuss as many as we can and talk about all the different boats out there. It is a pretty ...
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Season 7
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Episode 293
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1:20:49
