Steffie turned two of her biggest passions, textiles, and sailing, into a career at Contender Sailcloth. It was inevitable that Steffie started sailing at a very young age as the great granddaughter of one of the founding members of the Niendorfer Yacht Club. Growing up she spent the summers teaching sailing and racing on the Baltic Sea.
Upon graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Textile Development from FIT State University of New York, she continued to stay in the USA and sailed regattas on the East Coast ranging from New York City to Newport and everything in between. She competed in regattas on boat such as the NYYC Swan 42, J/70, J/88, J/122, IMX 45 and Farr 40. Besides that, she also crews in St. Barth while racing the St. Barth’s Bucket Regatta as well as in the Mediterranean regattas.