From June 30 to July 3, Malcesine on Lake Garda will host the Foiling Week 2022, the premier event for sailors, technicians, and sailing 3.0 enthusiasts from around the world.
For the ninth time in Italy, doing the honors will be the Fraglia Vela Malcesine, a club that has in its DNA the creation of regattas of excellence and where Olympic classes have always been trained and boats destined to make sailing history are tested.
Big news 2022 is the first edition of the Foiling Film Festival, which will take place over two evenings at the Palazzo dei Capitani in Malcesine and will feature some of the best international Foiling-themed film productions in competition.
Asa traditional proponent of historic social responsibility actions, this year Foiling Week supports #BacktheBid, the campaign to raise awareness for the reintroduction of sailing at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics promoted globally by World Sailing (World Sailing Federation).
“Foiling Week 2022 is the first one as a Special Event and it is precisely within the framework of common goals with World Sailing that we decided to dedicate the event to the reinstatement of sailing among the paralympic disciplines. Foiling Week has a long history of collaborations and initiatives on this issue and we believe it is essential for the future of sailing that Paralympic sailors can compete at LA2028” Luca Rizzotti, President” Foiling Week.
Foiling Week 2022 Program
Regattas
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, June 30-July 3.
International Regattas of the classes: Moth, WASZP, ETF26, Wingfoil.
Registration closes on June 28.
Public Trials
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, June 30-July 3.
Also this year, as per tradition, the Foiling Week staff will offer newcomers and less experienced sailors the possibility of assisted trials divided into fast trials with Switch, Peacoq and UFO manufacturers, and trials organized by Europa Sail with Waszp and with Andrew Simpson Watersport Center of Campione with UFOs and Windfoils lasting 90 minutes.
Forums and conferences
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, June 30-July 2.
Meetings, in-person and streamed, with influential members of the foiling community including Terry Hutchinson (American America’s Cup and TP52 sailor), Clarisse Cremer (Vendee Globe solo sailor from France), Dave Kalama (Hawaiian legend big wave surfer and innovator), and Julia Mancuso (American Olympic skiing Gold Medalist and surf/wing foiler), among many others to better understand the state of the art of sailing 3.0. Moderated by sailing journalist and New York Times correspondent Chris Museler.
Women Foiling Experience
Fraglia Vela Malcesine, June 28-July 3.
Following the Women Briefings and Moth Clinics in 2021, Foiling Week extends the program dedicated to women sailors to 6 days of testing and sailing, joined by coaches, entirely free of charge, aboard Persico 69F, Moth, Waszp Switch, UFO, Peacoq, and Wingfoill.