Foiling Week 2026 opens racing phase in Malcesine, Lake Garda

Finley Dickinson led the Switch One Design standings and Matteo Chaboud topped the WASZP fleet as Foiling Week 2026 moved through its first racing phase in Malcesine. Dickinson finished ahead of Federico Bergamasco and Magnus Overbeck, while Antonia Schultheis led the women’s Switch One Design ranking over Camilla Svensson and Alessandra Dubbini. Chaboud took the WASZP win over Mosè Bellomi and Francesco Carrieri, and Olivia Castaldi finished first in the women’s WASZP standings ahead of Louise Metenier and Julia Gebhard.

The 13th edition ran from June 27 to July 5 at Fraglia Vela Malcesine, with racing, clinics, public trials and industry programming spread across the week. Foiling Week is in the World Sailing Special Event category it has held since 2021. More than 500 foilers, team members and stakeholders were expected in Malcesine. The first phase already covered WASZP, Switch One Design, BirdyFish and IODA, while the broader class list also included Moth and ETF26.

The schedule added Foil Drive trials, SFT-Parawing racing, rotating-board sessions, electric foiling demonstrations and solar-powered boat racing, with public tests running alongside the competition course. BirdyFish and IODA completed their opening phase with the main one-design fleets, while the event’s public-facing program also featured a long-distance run by SeatFoil craft off Scaligero Castle.

Giulia Conti’s coaching program included sessions for WASZP, Switch One Design and Moth built around pre-race briefings, on-water data acquisition and post-race debriefs, with Ktool providing analysis support for the top eight sailors in each class.

The Foiling Sport Congress opened July 1 and continued July 2 in Malcesine. Moth sailing was still to come later in the week, and the Lake Garda schedule stretched through July 5.