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1. Profile of a Steerer Considers some of the prerequisites which can make for a good steerer; physical, personality, decision maker, leader, perfectionist, communicator, motivator, pacifier, technician, ocean skills, experience, knowing ones limitations, fundamentals and more.

2. Paddles  Tools of the trade, design elements, angle of the dangle, variety of application, weight distribution, weight versus strength, construction, size does matter.

3. Steering Strokes  Poking, oversteering, quarter poke, half pokes, full pokes, steering in front of the bodyline, vertical pokes, reverse gip, steering behind the bodyline, leg positioning, removing the paddle, power/paddle steering, pitch stroke, draw strokes [seats 1,2,5,6], stern post/kahi, pry stroke, dymanic pry, static pry, back paddle, pushover stroke, brake stroke, steering double canoes.

4. Steering Strokes Seats 1,2,5  Steering responsibilites from the front, draw stroke, bow  post/kahi, bow rudder/uni, stern post/kahi  [left], stern post/kahi [right], draw stroke.

5. Commands and Motivation  Mean what you say, say what you mean, watch your tone, establish lines of communication, empty vessels make most noise, build trust, avoid the negatives, develop a positive belief system, stay in the here and now, it's only water, creative visualization, maintaining enthusiasm, dealing with fear, controlled aggression, who does what and when, pet hates, specific commands.

6. Stability Understanding stability, linear motions, angular and rotational motions, displacement, draft, freeboard, list, heel, trim, loll, dead-weight, load displacement, centre of gravity, buoyancy, centre of buoyancy, transverse stability, equilibrium, moment of statical stability, stiff and tender, free surface effect.

7. Rigging Why steerers need to know how to rig, concerns of stability, toe-in, fundamentals, the value of note taking, using wedge/chocks/shims.

8. Regatta/Sprint Steering Lane distinctions, flags and buoys, landmarks and transits, adjacent crews, commands and instructions, race start procedure, the line up and start, steering along the course, overlapping lanes on the straight, the approach/set up and turn, rules at the turn buoys, steering combinations at the front, overlapping lanes at the turn mark [3 buoy and single buoy system], common collisions, race finish.

9. Open Water You can't teach that, a new level of thought, learn to trust your judgement, finesse not brute strength, paddle smoothly, positioning the drop in, recognise a runner ahead of you, the sweet spot, anticipation and concentration, physical and mental endurance, bobbing, the capisze factor, the quickest route, variation between canoes, seat 5, running the cliffs, punching upwind, the flat spots, on your quarter, windage, bouncing the back of the canoe, preventing the ama from being swamped.

10. Change Overs Communication is the key, the basics, missed paddlers and hangers on, changing steerers.