Steering the Course 2022
Steering the Course 2022 was our biggest festival to date!
The second year of Steering the Course ran in 2022 and the festival was our biggest edition to date.
Sailing Clubs, Centres, Member National Authorities, Class Associations and volunteers were again encouraged to sign up to support the event and run any one of the activities suggested.
2021 saw a range of activities from Taster Sessions, Race Days, Inspiration Talks and Seminars to social media campaigns and eSailing events and this momentum definitely continued into 2022.
When did Steering the Course 2022 take place?
2022 again saw two festivals take place to match the springtime in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere, but participants were encouraged to take part in which ever festivals suits them best.
Participants were also able to choose the best days to suit them, whether it was a weekend or the whole 10 days.
World Sailing is also aware that this important action should be a focus of our attention all year round, so we will be working on a year-round social media campaign to increase awareness. We encouraged any participants to take part in this initiative too.
Northern Hemisphere Festival – Friday 20 to Sunday 29 May 2022
Southern Hemisphere Festival – Friday 30 September to Sunday 9 October 2022
Who took part in 2022?
New for 2022
2022 saw the launch of funding available to run courses specifically to develop female Instructors or Coaches.
These courses could be applied for by National Federations, Class Associations, Events or Individual Clubs to support the development of more coaches and instructors. The courses were available in Level 1, 2 and 3.
From the applications received courses were awarded in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Korea and Brazil.
eSailing
The eSailing challenge evolved from 2021 with this year offering a place in the eSailing World Championships Semi-Final up for grabs for the Steering the Course winner.
In May, eSailors took part in the Steering the Course challenge event. the challenge was open to all players, however the top 20 ranked female sailors would qualify for the live playoff in September, to get the place in the Semi-Finals!
The challenge took place across Barbados, Copenhagen (DEN) and Plymouth (GBR) – with the boats changing from ILCA to 49er to Nacra 17 for each location.
In total, there were 6376 unique players, and together they sailed 44986 miles. The leaderboard after the challenge:
Female ranking:
- Ayaka Nakayama (Hell2U)
- Natalia Pryba (AntilaAquila)
- Rosalba Giordano (sosi)
- Sandra Schaer (Yuzu)
- Barbara Cavyn (TRAP Barbie22)
- Nana Hu (Laser201314)
- Alma Atzori (AlmA-AZ)
- Jenna Snedker (Rooster Jenna S)
- Maria Cristina Gatta (CRIOK700 – CVD)
- Miki Hanako (Kanako_)
In September the top players returned to battle it out. The Steering the Course Challenge was held over six races and rotating between 49er, Laser and Nacra 17 boats.
The winner was Yuzu from Switzerland, who won the opportunity to take part in the eSailing World Championship Semi Finals, held on 2 October.
Events around the World
Events from around the world were collected for the first time in our event calendar. So those who hosted events could see what was taking place and also to direct new sailors to find events.
Events ran all through the year and showcased the many areas of our sport!
Online Discussions
During each festival in 2022 an online panel discussion was held diving deeper into different areas of the sport.
Panel 1 – May 2022
In May the discussion focused on ‘Female Leadership’ with our panel members consisting of World Sailing Vice Presidents’ Cory Sertl and Ozlem Akdurak. Discussion covered the key announcement that the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Officials leadership will see gender balance for the first time, as well as how females in leadership roles can leave the ladder down to support the next generation of female leaders. Watch the discussion here.
Panel 2 – October 2022
In October the second panel focused on ‘Race Officials Pathways and Development’ and featured a bumper panel consisting of:
International Judge Rosemary Collins (AUS),
International Measurer Dina Kowalyshyn (USA),
International Race Officer Elena Papazoglu (CYP),
Chair of International Umpires Sub-committee Chris Lindsay (IRL),
Race Officials Committee Chair and Paris 2024 Technical Director Riccardo Navarro (BRA)
EUROSAF Vice President Timo Haß (GER)
Catch up on the discussion here.
2022 Report
Read our 2022 Report to learn all about the activities that took place in 2022.
Thank you to all the MNAs, Clubs, Centres, Events, Class Associations and Volunteers who made events possible.
View the report here.