Committees

World Sailing committees are appointed by the World Sailing Council to advise on policy matters.

The World Sailing Council appoints Committees to consider Submissions for change in major policy areas.

Committees:

  • consist of up to 15 members and who are appointed at the General Assembly meeting, once every four years;
  • meet in person once a year the Annual Conference to discuss submissions for change which have been put forward by members (any individual who wishes to voice an opinion may do so through a World Sailing member);
  • make recommendations to the Council as to whether Submissions should be approved, rejected or deferred;
  • can have sub-committees to focus on specialist areas.

Athletes’ Committee

The role of the Athletes’ Committee is to act as the link between active Olympic sailors and World Sailing.

Members

  • David Hughes (USA) Mixed Dinghy – Chair
  • Lisa Darmanin (AUS) Mixed Multihull – Vice-Chair
  • Kiran Badloe (NED) Men’s Windsurfing
  • Valentin Bontus (AUT) Men’s Kite
  • Maria Erdi (HUN) Women’s Dinghy
  • Kimberly Lim Min (SGP) 49er FX Skiff
  • Pawel Kolodzinski (POL), Men’s Skiff
  • Pavlos Kontides (CYP) Men’s Dinghy
  • Henriette Smith (NOR)

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee

 

Members

  • Pinar Coskuner Genc – Chair (TUR)
  • Sylvie Harle – Vice-Chair (FRA)
  • Andres Perez (ESP)
  • Carmen Felizitas Somm (SUI)
  • Caterina Banti (ITA)
  • Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG)
  • Chantal Hoffmann (SEY)
  • Helio Alberto (MOZ)
  • Jehan Driver (IND)
  • Mona Kueppers (GER)
  • Raynor Haagh (NZL)
  • Smadar Pintov (ISR)
  • Spencer May (JAM)
  • Stefanos Chandakas (GRE)
  • Tiril Bue (NOR)

Equipment Committee

Members

  • Glen Stanaway – Chair (AUS)
  • Matteo Plazzi – Vice-Chair (ITA)
  • Aileen Loo (SGP)
  • Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG)
  • Cedric Fraboulet (FRA)
  • Diana Kissane (IRL)
  • Ganapathy Kelapanda Chengappa (IND)
  • Haluk Suntay (TUR)
  • Jo Aleh (NZL)
  • Laura Marimon Giovannetti (SWE)
  • Niall McLeod (GBR)
  • Peter Vink (NED)
  • Roman Hagara (AUT)
  • Szymon Wierzbicki (POL)
  • William Abbott (CAN)
  • Dimitris Dimou (GRE) – Chair of ERSC
  • James Dadd (GBR) – Chair of SRSC
  • Oceanic and Offshore Committee representative TBC
  • Para Sailing Committee representative TBC
  • Racing Rules Committee representative TBC
  • World Sailing Classes Committee representative TBC

Events Committee

Members

  • Wolfgang Mayrhofer – Chair (AUT)
  • Aiko Saito – Vice-Chair (JPN)
  • Anna Holmdahl White (SWE)
  • Ed Russo (FRA)
  • Ferran Muniesa (ESP)
  • Geoffrey Woolley (NZL)
  • Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer (USA)
  • Nuno Gomes (ANG)
  • Paula Douat (COL)
  • Piotr Oleksiak (POL)
  • Saskia Clark (GBR)
  • Shevaun Bruland (AUS)
  • Tayfun Erey (TUR)
  • Tian Wang (CHN)
  • Walter Boddener (BRA)
  • Classes Representative TBC

Governance Committee

Members

  • Balazs Hajdu – Chair (HUN)
  • Sarah Treseder – Vice-Chair (GBR)
  • Anne Jakob (GER)
  • Ashley Tobin (USA)
  • David Tillett (AUS)
  • Diana Kissane (IRL)
  • Dincer Ceribas (TUR)
  • Fabio Mazzoni (ITA)
  • James Philips Daniels (RSA)
  • Jevan Tan (SGP)
  • Laura German Lopez (ESP)
  • Malav Shroff (IND)
  • Marco Aurelio (BRA)
  • Rodolphe Gautier (SUI)
  • Ute Reisinger (AUT)

Growth of Sailing Committee

Members

  • Malav Shroff – Chair (IND)
  • Inga Jakobsone – Vice-Chair (LAT)
  • Alain Alcindor (SEY)
  • Barbora Bachrata (SVK)
  • David Covo (CAN)
  • Albassel Ebrahim (EGY)
  • Irina Perez le Roux (DOM)
  • John Philp (FIJ)
  • Maciej Szafran (POL)
  • Mandiaye Diouf (SEN)
  • Mengdi Zhang (CHN)
  • Luis Velasco (ARG)
  • Mohamed Alobeidi (UAE)
  • Raynor Haagh (NZL)
  • Sigrid Beckmann (MEX)
  • Stratis Andreadis (GRE)

Match Racing Committee

Members

  • Michael Rollich – Chair (FIN)
  • Anne Malledant – Vice-Chair (FRA)
  • Annika Carlunger (SWE)
  • Betsy Alison (USA)
  • Leatrice Oatley (BER)
  • Luigi Bertini (ITA)
  • Marios Zisomatos (GRE)
  • Michael O’Connor (IRL)
  • Nelson Hom Ilha (BRA)
  • Russell Green (NZL)
  • Ute Monnin-Wagner (AUT)

Oceanic & Offshore Committee

Members

  • Matt Allen – Chair (AUS)
  • Corinne Migraine – Vice-Chair (FRA)
  • Bruno Finzi (ITA)
  • Charlie Enright (USA)
  • Damian Foxall (IRL)
  • Denise Caffari (GBR)
  • Jennifer Hall (CAN)
  • Johan Tuvstedt (SWE)
  • Katrin Adloff (GER)
  • Lee Pilsung (KOR)
  • Mariana Douka (GRE)
  • Orhan Ref K Gorbon (TUR)
  • Tatiana Almeida (BRA)
  • Thomas Nilsson (NOR)
  • Yasutaka Funazawa (JPN)
  • Chair of the Int Reg Commission TBC
  • Chair of the Sailor Categorisation Commission TBC

Para Sailing Committee

Members

  • Kay Rawbone – Chair (HKG)
  • Emma Hallen – Vice-Chair (SWE)
  • Alfred Pelinka (AUT)
  • Betsy Alison (USA)
  • Efstratios Achlatis (GRE)
  • Elliot Levy (VEN)
  • Gabriel Barroso (ESP)
  • Irina Perez Le Roux (DOM)
  • Jaz Turner (GBR)
  • Jenny Davey (CAN)
  • Marco Predieri (ITA)
  • Ozgur Inam (TUR)
  • Paul Afrien Cuvillier (FRA)
  • Sarah Ogilvie (AUS)
  • Yukiko Hagiwara (JPN)

Race Officials Committee

Members

  • Ricardo Navarro – Chair (BRA)
  • Elena Papazoglou – Vice-Chair (CYP)
  • Abdur Rehman Arshad (PAK)
  • Aileen Loo (IMSC) (SGP)
  • Alan Baser (GBR)
  • Andrus Poksi (IJSC) (EST)
  • Anne Malledant (RMSC) (FRA)
  • Chris Lindsay (IUSC) (IRL)
  • Christophe Gaumount (FRA)
  • David Brookes (AUS)
  • Ewa Jodlowska (POL)
  • Francisco Jauregui (MEX)
  • Giorgio Davanzo (ITA)
  • Liang Zhou (CHN)
  • Lynne Beal (CAN)
  • Miguel Coimbra Mendes do Amaral (POR)
  • Nino Schmueli (ISR)
  • Sandy Grosvenor (USA)
  • Timo Hass (GER)
  • RRC Representative TBC
  • Equipment Committee Representative TBC

Race Rules Committee

Members

  • Ana Sanchez – Chair (ESP)
  • Richard Slater – Vice-Chair (AUS)
  • Bence Borocz (HUN)
  • Christina Ortendahl (SWE)
  • Finn Mrugalla (GER)
  • Gonzalo Heredia (ARG)
  • Jon Napier (GBR)
  • Line Juhl (DEN)
  • Luigi Bertini (ITA)
  • Luke Gilchrist Scott (RSA)
  • Lynne Beal (CAN)
  • Pauline den Burger (NED)
  • Sandy Grosvenor (USA)
  • Yoann Peronneau (FRA)
  • Zuoru Jiang (CHN)

Regional Games Committee

Members

  • Abdur Rehman Arshad – Chair (PAK)
  • Sofia Papadopolou – Vice-Chair (GRE)
  • Hocine Lali (ALG)
  • Antonietta De Falco (ITA)
  • Christian Daianu (ROM)
  • David Brookes (AUS)
  • Elias Gonzalez Robles (MEX)
  • Ioannis Papazoglou (CYP)
  • Jorge Barreda (PER)
  • Martha Juliana Acevedo Danner (COL)
  • Michael Jeremy Rollin (PHI)
  • Penny McIntyre (BAR)
  • Ricardo Navarro (BRA)
  • Sharon Burgess Hardwick (BLZ)
  • Zouhair Lebbat (UAE)

Specialist Sailing Committee

Members

  • Mirco Babini – Chair (ITA)
  • Knut Frostad – Vice-Chair (NOR)
  • Aileen Loo (SGP)
  • Ed Russo (FRA)
  • Jo Aleh (NZL)
  • Lara Poljsak (SLO)
  • Mark Towill (USA)
  • Paul Hutton Ashkenny (GBR)
  • Peina Chen (CHN)
  • Richard Slater (AUS)

Team Racing Committee

Members

  • Amanda Callahan – Chair (USA)
  • Arnaud Mante – Vice-Chair (FRA)
  • Alan Baser (GBR)
  • Ause Aylin Suntay (TUR)
  • Chris Lindsay (IRL)
  • Eldina Domazet (SLO)
  • Elspeth Ann Weisberg (BER)
  • Heiko Thoelmann (NED)
  • Liang Zhou (CHN)
  • Manickavasagam Soma Pillai (IND)
  • Maria Ines Balestrini (ARG)
  • Masaaki Tanaka (JPN)
  • Peter van Muyden (CAN)
  • Sam Mackay (NZL)
  • Tatiana Almeida (BRA)

World Sailing Classes Committee

  • Jan Martin Wilschut – Chair (NED)
  • Andreas Kosmatopoulos – Vice-Chair (GRE)
  • one member appointed from time to time by each World Sailing Class Association.

Youth Events Committee

Members

  • Piotr Oleksiak – Chair (POL)
  • Elizabeth Kratzig – Vice-Chair (USA)
  • Aiko Saito (JPN)
  • Alessandra Sensini (ITA)
  • Charles Glover (GBR)
  • Felicity Rodness (CAN)
  • Freya Mors (ARG)
  • Ganapathy Kelapanda Chengappa (IND)
  • Jingting Han (CHN)
  • Leslie Tan (SGP)
  • Mandiaye Diouf (SEN)
  • Sam Mackay (NZL)
  • Sarah Ogilvie (AUS)
  • Sharon Burgess Hardwick (BLZ)
  • Sofia Papadopoulou (GRE)

Equipment Rules Sub-Committee

Members

  • Dimitris Dimou – Chair (GRE)
  • Diana Kissane – Vice-Chair (IRL)
  • Agness Lill (IMSC Representative) (EST)
  • Aileen Loo (SGP)
  • Alexander Finsterbusch (ARG)
  • Antonio Cardona Espin (ESP)
  • Barry Johnson (AUS)
  • Bence Toronyi (HUN)
  • William Abbot (CAN)
  • Special Regs Representative TBC
  • Racing Rules Representative TBC
  • Para Sailing Representative TBC
  • World Sailing Classes Committee Representative TBC

International Judges Sub-Committee

Members

  • Andrus Poksi – Chair (EST)
  • Kevin Hawkins – Vice-Chair (USA)
  • Aleksander Prusinski (POL)
  • Alina Stratigiou (GRE)
  • Anastasia Weinberger (AUT)
  • Ause Aylin Suntay (TUR)
  • Gonzalo Heredia (ARG)
  • Giuseppe D’Amico (ITA)
  • Luke Gilchrist Scott (RSA)
  • Masaaki Tanaka (JPN)

International Measurers Sub-Committee

Members

  • Aileen Loo – Chair (SGP)
  • Alistair Deaves – Vice-Chair (NZL)
  • Agnes Lill (EST)
  • Alexander Finsterbusch (ARG)
  • Barry Johnson (AUS)
  • Dimitris Dimou (GRE)
  • Dina Kowalyshyn (USA)
  • Joseph Ajit Eymard Diaz (IND)
  • Jurgen Cluytmans (BEL)
  • Leocadio Sanchez Soto (ESP)

International Umpires Sub-Committee

Members

  • Chris Lindsay – Chair (IRL)
  • Christina Ortendahl – Vice-Chair (SWE)
  • Alina Stratigiou (GRE)
  • Arnaud Mante (FRA)
  • David Maria Gosalbez (ESP)
  • Juuso Valtteri Leivonen (FIN)
  • Leatrice Oatley (BER)
  • Richard Slater (AUS)
  • Zuroru Jiang (CHN)

Olympic Classes Sub-Committee

Members

  • Markus Schwendtner – Chair (GER)
  • Eric Faust – Vice-Chair (USA)
  • One member appointed for each Olympic event.

Race Management Sub-Committee

Members

  • Anne Malledant – Chair (FRA)
  • David Brookes – Vice-Chair (AUS)
  • Benedek Fluck (HUN)
  • Fabian Bach (GER)
  • Francisco Jauregui (MEX)
  • Ines Cabrer Carvajal (ESP)
  • Jeffery Johnson (USA)
  • Michal Jodlowski (POL)
  • Pinar Coskuner Genc (TUR)
  • Qidong Lu (CHN)

Special Regulations Sub-Committee

Members

  • James Dadd – Chair (GBR)
  • Richard Hinterhoeller – Vice-Chair (CAN)
  • Ana Gamulin (SLO)
  • Andy Newell (USA)
  • Christophe Gaumount (FRA)
  • Francesca Clapcich (ITA)
  • Glen Stanaway (AUS)
  • Haluk Suntay (TUR)
  • Patrick Lindqvist (FIN)
  • Sachiko Sault (JPN)
  • Per Boymo (NOR) – ORC Representative