Career
This, to date, makes them Austria’s the most successful summer sport athletes as the first professional Austrian sailing team Under the flag of the United States for San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club, the duo competed in a 2013 America’s Cup World Series event in Naples, Italy. Racing this event gave the team firsthand experience in what has become Hagara and Steinacher’s primary focus, mentoring the next generation of sailors on the next generation of sail boats: hydrofoils.
Hans-Peter Steinacher is currently also the tactician for Red Bulletin Extreme Sailing Team in the With the series" announcement that foiling catamarans will be part of its future, Hagara and Steinacher have taken on a full crew of athletes who honed their skills in the Red Bulletin Youth America’s Cup.
As of 2015, Hans-Peter Steinacher and Roman Hagara mentor young sailors in three series: as sports directors of Red Bulletin Foiling Generation and the Red Bulletin Youth America’s Cup, and as leaders of the Red Bulletin Extreme Sailing Team that competes in the Hagara and Steinacher look for the best and most talented sailors in their respective age groups to give them insights and show them a new way of sailing. Originally a ski racer, Hans-Peter Steinacher moved into sailing at the age of 17, where he took full advantage of the skills learned on the snow.
Back then, he competed against his now team mate Roman Hagara. Foreign years, the now teammates competed against each other until they decided in 1997 to train fort he 2000 Olympics together.
Before 1997 Hans-Peter Steinacher was helming a tornado catamaran, now he is the team"s tactician.
In the 2000 Olympics, the team was the very first to work with customized sails. “In doing this we actually created a new style of how to sail a boat,” Steinacher is cited. Since then, they have always focused on being ahead of technological developments, which now shows in their involvement in the foiling technology.
In his spare time, Hans-Peter Steinacher is also a licensed pilot.