Published 4 May 2024 An early gift - as I am travelling tomorrow We are back with part 2 of our discussion with Scott and Adrian and trying to reinvigorate sailing. We have more ideas from the boys and we read some of the overwhelming number of messages and ideas you all sent us. What do we do next?? #ryeyachtclub #austsail #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail #sea #offshore #sailo...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 257
Published 28 April 2024 This week we start a two part episode to try and discuss new ideas to grow sailing. We want to do a series of episodes, one every few months, where we talk about growing the sport. This week we start with two people who are at the coal face. Adrian Finglas Head - Coach Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron and Scott Paton - Head of the Sailing Program Rye Yacht Club. From there we hope to move up the administrative hierarchy till we get World sailing talking about it. We discus...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 256
Published 21 April 2024 This week we chat to Graeme Taylor, who along with James Mayo and Richie Allanson (Ep 5 and Ep 64) won the 2024 Etchells Worlds sailing Magpie. GT has a long history in the Etchells and the Magpie team have been dominant this year. GT also has an enviable record in the Hobart especially on the 100 footers, so we have plenty to talk about. We also get into the foiling awards, the Cup boats and plenty more. Enjoy! #gt1001 #themajentaproj #mozzysails #etchellsclass #etchells...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 6Ep. 255
Published 14 April 2024 This week our special guest had to cancel at the last minute and we didn't have time to get anyone else. Luckily, there was a huge amount of stuff to talk about, so we did. The Cup, SailGP, the IMOCA season, the Stockholm raid and new races. Did we get it right? Let us know. #sailgpaus #imoca #americascup #stockholmarchipelagoraid #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing...
Apr 14, 2024•51 min•Season 6Ep. 254
Published 7 April 2024 There is a new Transatlantic race for the Class 40 fleet - The Niji 40. It departs today 7 April at 1pm France time. We took the chance to chat to one of our favourite frenchmen, Hugo Picard, (Ep143 a great episode) who is competing with William Mathelin-Moreaux, (skipper) and Davy Beaudart as they sail their new Class 40 - Dékuple across the Atlantic. The Dékuple Sailing Team has a solid program ahead, and we discuss it in full and get right into what a class 40 is like. ...
Apr 07, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 253
Published 31 March 2024 We left you hanging last week, so this week is a massive episode featuring Taylor Canfield, skipper of the USA SailGP team. Taylor got there with talent and putting it all on the line. It took passion and self belief to achieve everything Taylor has and he shares it all in this interview. See what it takes to rise to the top. #sailgpusa #taylorwcanfield #redbull #etchells #brisbanetogladstoneyachtrace #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barka...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 6Ep. 252
Published 17 March 2024 This is a big Ep and a very interesting discussion. We talk to Annika & Ian 'Thommo' Thomson from Ocean Crusaders and the TP52 J Bird. Annika and Thommo run a charity, Ocean Crusaders. Ocean Crusaders clean the ocean of rubbish and plastic. They also own J Bird III, a TP52 they bought for $30,000 and restored/rebuilt into a modern racer cruiser that is powered entirely by renewable energy. They have plenty going on and they live at the forefront of making the World a ...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 6Ep. 251
Published 10 March 2024 This week we talk to Christophe Favreau, the legendary French sailing photographer. Christophe is a World renowned sailing photographer, taking photographs across our sport and works as a photo journalist for Voiles Et Voiliers sailing magazine. Christophe is much loved by all who work with him. We talked to him about his pathway and his passion for sailing and photography. Enjoy! #christophefavreau #jjgilitinan2024 #vela #segeln #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #bar...
Mar 10, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 6Ep. 250
Published 3 March 2024 This week we sit down with Stu Bithell, Andy 'Taxi' Davis, and Simon Blake to discuss the Melin Rocket, a unique UK boat. The class was created by the merger of the Merlin and Rocket classes in the 1940's. The Merlin Rocket is designed to a box rule and as a result the boats have evolved and are thoroughly modern designs with plenty of strings to pull. They have a lot of great regattas and traditions that make them successful. We have watched them from afar for a lifetime,...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 6Ep. 249
Published 25 February 2024 This week we chatted to Stu Bithell. Silver 2012 Olympics 470, Gold 2020(1) Olympics 49er, wing trimmer German SailGP team. Had a ball. Great guy, great chat. Stu was all class, even when we completely stuffed his SailGP skippers name up and started rabbiting on about the Swiss skipper, Stu subtly corrected us but we were too engrossed in what we were saying to catch on. Plus plenty of other laughs. You will enjoy it. #sailgp #49ersailing #470olympicsailing #stubithell...
Feb 25, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 248
Published 18 February 2024 Our friends at the Magenta Project are assembling a team to compete in some of the 69F foiling series. The all woman team represents a diverse range of nations. They are young and enthusiastic. We took the chance to talk with their skipper, the No2 ranked female Waszp sailor in the World, Alice Senior. She made us feel old. https://themagentaproject.org/ #69Fsailing #themagentaproj #majentafoilingteam #alicesenior_sailing #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarat...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 247
Published 11 February 2024 We talk to Fletch, a man who has influenced a huge generation of Australian sailors. Sailmaker, World Champion, Olympic, Americas Cup and World Champion coach. Fletch is the man who created sailing coaching here in Australia. He is a very direct person and has some strong beliefs on what works. He is also a great story teller and he has seen a lot. You will love it. #americascup #olympicsailing #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkarate...
Feb 11, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 6Ep. 246
Published 4 February 2024 This week we wanted to look at how hard running an event like the ILCA 7 Worlds really is for volunteer run yacht clubs, and what the requirements World Sailing have of the clubs to ensure it is a World standard event. We have this conversation all the time with people who have put their hand up to run World Championships. For this Ep. we chatted to Peter Royle, Commodore Adelaide Sailing Club. Pete is a lifetime competitive sailor and he tells us about the work his tea...
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 245
Published 21 January 2024 This week we chat to Suellen Hurling, founder of Live Sail Die. Suellen turned her passion for the sport into a career as a journalist and photographer. We are all friends, so obviously we have a lot of fun in this episode, but we also go in depth with the NZ sailing scene. Hard work and persistence leads to dream outcomes. #livesaildie #rorcracing #18skiff #nzsailing #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkarateconversations #worldsailingo...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 244
Published 14 January 2024 This week we talk to Yachting expert Peter McGonagle and Global Adventurers Anita and Knut who have been sailing their Outremer 45 Mais Uma around the World. For years Outremer have offered training to new owners of their boats to equip them with the skills to cruise the globe. The owners of Outremer - Grand Large Yachting have now started to conduct seminars which are open to everyone and the next one is at the Miami International Boat Show February 17. Peter, Anita an...
Jan 14, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 6Ep. 243
Published 7 January 2024 This week we chat to Finn Alexander, part of the Australian Sailing Team in the build up for the ILCA 7 Worlds. Plus we talk the youth Americas Cup and his team preparation’s. We also have a quick chat to Scott Patton, Rear Commodore of Rye Yacht Club about the Battle for the Bar event, (real name Capel Sound Invitational), a great event doing things differently. We love it and want to ramp up Bar Karates involvement in the future. Plus there is plenty of our fun banter....
Jan 07, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 242
Published 31 December 2023 It's the end of the year, but we didn't do a summary of what has happened, we looked at what is happening now. So many regattas and we tried to give an insight into as many as we could in our own style. There is a lot of banter and a lot of fun. Enjoy. See you next year. #hobieclassaustralia #we_are_windsurfer #australiancherubs #flysharpie #arkeaultimchallengebrest #officialrolexsydneyhobart #sydneytohobart #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodc...
Dec 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 241
Published 24 December 2023 We are publishing this one early so you get a chance to listen or download before the Hobart. We have spoken to a Line honours Contender, a TP52 and defending champion, and this week we chose to go to the smallest division and chat to some of the team on an S&S34. Half the team to be exact, navigator and new friend to the show, (who spent half the Ep rocked back in his chair laughing) Sam Duncan - congrats on the engagement mate. Plus we spoke to some old favourite...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 240
Published 17 December 2023 As promised last week, we got someone from Law Connect on after their win on Line Honours in the Solas Big Boat race. This week we chat to Tony Mutter, Sailing Master for Law Connect, a favourite of ours and we know a favourite of yours. It is a fantastic episode, lots of fun and Tony gives us plenty of insight into running a 100', the race and the business. We also follow up on the Youth Worlds, The Waszp Games and plenty more. Plus, we ask a couple of forward looking...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 239
Published 10 December 2023 This week we have the International Waszp Games being sailed from Sorrento in Victoria in Australia. It's the exact same timing as the Youth Sailing World Championships being held in Brazil. The Waszp Games are bringing a whole different approach to the sport and it is working, so we sat down with Marc Ablett from Waszp to find out exactly what they are doing differently. It's an eye opener. If you love sailing and you want it to be more fun, have a listen. #waszpgames...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 238
Published 3 December 2023 We have decided to start focussing on some sailing classes and learn more about them. This week we talk to Geoff Carne and Craig Phillips about the International Canoe, the oldest sailing dinghy class in the World. Geoff Carne is the current Australian Champ and Craig has been involved with 8 America’s Cup teams over 27 years. The IC is quirky, challenging and fast. Great for tinkerers, it may be the class for you. #sailingcanoe #canoe #canoesail #americascup #sailgp #s...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 5Ep. 237
Published 26 November 2023 With less than a month to go until the start of the Sydney to Hobart, we chat to Sam Haynes, owner TP52 Celestial - winner of the last years race. Sam is the Vice Commodore of the CYCA and campaigns his TP52 and his J70 sailing as often as he can. He also founded the Sydney Animal Hospital and is on the board of the charity Assistance Dogs Australia. #officialrolexsydneyhobart #celestialsailing #tp52aus #sydneytohobart #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #...
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Published 19 November 2023 We chat to Tom Slingsby fresh after winning World Sailor of the Year for the third time. We get in depth on the cup and SailGP and Tom shares some key lessons that will help your sailing and your career. Enjoy!!! #tslingsby #americascup #americanmagicteam #sailgp #sailgpaus #transatjacquesvabre #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sailing #boat #ocean #sport #voile #sail ...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Published 5 November 2023 We chat to Simon Koster. Racing the TJV on the IMOCA Hublot with Alan Roura. Simon is in his first season on the 60's having come through the Mini and Class 40 fleets. He started out in the Mini6.50 in 2012 and competed in three Mini Transats scoring two podiums – in the series 2013, and the proto 2017. He then moved to the Class40's with Valentin Gautier - three seasons resulted in a 2nd place in the Transat Jacques Vabre! Whilst he was stuck in dock we jumped to intro...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Published 29 October 2023 We take you behind the scenes of the TJV. We chat to Bill Goggins, CEO of Harken. He has been on the dock, on the boats and he dives into the technology. And then Simon Fisher who is doing the weather routing for Gitana in the Ultim fleet. There is plenty happening at the TJV and it is all being decided by the weather. Plenty here for you. Enjoy. #transatjacquesvabre #harken_inc #imocaglobeseries #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkarat...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 233
Published 22 October 2023 He is back and so is Wild Thing. This week we chat to Grant Wharington and ask about the conversion of the Botin 80 Stefan Racing into the 100 Wild Thing. We've seen it before, so what will we get this time. Wharo is certainly hands on with his projects. And in this episode he takes us onboard and explains in detail what you can expect to see. Will it be done in time for the Hobart? This and a heap of other questions are answered. You will get plenty from this episode. ...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Published 15 October 2023 We chat to Jon Bilger, Olympic sailor, weather forecaster for Alinghi throughout the Americas Cup and founder of PredictWind. This conversation went everywhere. Jon has a great sailing history and he tells a story with Kiwi humour. Plus we were able to go deep into weather modelling and open up our understanding of all the tools it offers. Of course we came up with a lot of business ideas, one of which I guarantee Google will pick up and run with. It was another cracker...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 231
Published 8 October 2023 We chat to Liv MacKay, NZ pro sailor. Strategist NZ SailGP team, skipper Live Ocean Racing Team in the ETF26 racing series, World Champion Redbull Foiling generation and potentially team member NZ Womens AC team. Liv has an interesting story, unique pathway and tells a good story. Enjoy. #livmackay #nzsailgp #itsliveocean #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #americascup #barkarate #sailingpodcast #barkaratesailorslarger #barkarateconversations #worldsailingofficial #sa...
Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 230
Published 1 October 2023 This week we focus on the Windsurfer LT World Champs to be held at South Perth Yacht Club in Western Australia late December to early January. We talk to Nick Bez, winner of the all-round World Championships at Lake Garda in 2019, (and class president in Australia for the last 6 years - of easily the fastest growing sailing class in the World) about the event, the racing, the boards and the venue. It is a fantastic discussion. Enjoy! #windsurferclass #we_are_windsurfer #...
Oct 01, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 229
Published 24 September 2023 We chat to Helena Scutt. 2016 Olympian in the 49erFX for the US and now Mechatronics Engineer designing the onboard human interfaces at American Magic. She is also sailing for the New York Yacht Club American Magic Women’s America's Cup Team. She was the top placed female at the recent Moth Worlds and in March, she was awarded the 2022 Foiling Awards Female Sailor of the Year. Such a good chat! #helenas9 #vaikobi #vaikobisail #radixnutrition #americanmagicteam #49ersa...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 228
