Sail Canada Talent ID Program

The Sail Canada Talent ID Program is focussed on finding the top talent across Canada. The camps give the Sail Canada Technical Staff the opportunity to work with/identify youth sailors from across the country and provide athletes access to enhanced training opportunities and a chance to qualify for the 2025 Canadian Youth Squad. The 2025 Canadian Youth Squad will be selected using the 2025 Canadian Sailing Youth Squad (CSYS) Nomination Criteria based on performance at Talent ID Camps.

The 2025 Canadian Sailing Youth Squad (CSYS) Nomination Criteria will be published by June 2024.

Talent ID camps are typically three days and aim to enhance athlete skills and add value to the local training environment by bringing in world class guest experts, providing technical talks, data analytics, and shared training opportunities between athletes coming from a variety of Clubs/programs.

In 2025 there will be 8 regional Talent ID camps spread across the country to ensure as many sailors as possible get the opportunity to attend. The camps are open to all Canadian sailors. There is no maximum number of sailors who can attend these camps and any sailor capable of racing in a range of weather conditions is encouraged to attend.

Following the final Talent ID camp of the year, the HPD will, on recommendation of the Sail Canada representative at the camp, select which sailors to be named to the Canadian Sailing Youth Squad based on the The 2025 Canadian Sailing Youth Squad (CSYS) Nomination Criteria.

For more information or questions regarding the Talent ID program please contact katie@sailing.ca.

Find this year’s Talent ID Schedule below, registration is now open! If you plan to attend with a coach or are an athlete at a hosting club please speak with your coach before registering.

Coaching
Each Talent ID Camp will be run by a Sail Canada National Training Centre coach and guest expert or national team athlete.

*This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada