Foiling week, an unforgettable success and a record run

by Domenico Boffi on 16 Jul 2014

Day six - The Foiling Week 2014 Martina Orsini

The Foiling Week, a new event in 2014 left some extraordinary, indelible memories with everyone who was there, for the sailing, the watching and debates.

Day six - The Foiling Week 2014 © Martina Orsini

The event became a wonderful, strange mix of friendship between sailors with an innovating spirit! 1000’s of joined in to watch live sailing feeds and the forum of global experts. www.foilingweek.com hosts some wonderful video clips and a gallery of the world’s best foiling boats ripping it up in beautiful Lake Garda – you’ll get goose bumps!

Day six - The Foiling Week 2014 © Martina Orsini

Designers, builders, journalists, sailors and the simply curious each shared and contributed their vision, experiences, dreams and hypothesis about the future of sailing as a foiling sport.

We promise an even bigger, better event in 2015, build on the 2014‘ share to innovate’ theme. On the final day, hydrofoil boats of all types competed in the long distance endurance race 'TFW Mixed Fleet'. The quirks and strengths of different craft became clear - it’s now obvious that each type of hydrofoil boat has areas in which the best performance is expressed and dark corners that represent their improvement. The purpose of the Mixed Fleet Race was exactly that: to confront and understand.

The ranking is fierce: the foil-kite performance is incredible and versatile – as its dominance in the ranking attests.

The GC32 catamaran set a new speed record on Wednesday, ninth. Sebastian Col and Josh Mcknight sent the impressive catamaran flying through to 37.9 knots! The next target for this Innovative hydrofoil one design is to break down the 40 knots barrier.

The final Forum Day took advantage of the confidence built in the week, with passionate speaker presentations and talks around the boat park. The Foiling Week spirit was clear when we watched Sebastian Col chatting with young builders like Michele Petrucci and the fluid dynamics gurus engaging with the best Foiling Kite speed demons. We’re proud all the attendees got to speak freely, without worrying about anything like world rankings or shyness.

Foiling has become sailings third mode. And our first passion.

Results

	Mixed Fleet Race 10/7/2014
Pos.	Class	Sail Nr.	Name	Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	Kite foiler	ITA 9996	Simone Vannucci	2	1	1
2	Kite foiler	AUT 2	Adrian Geislinger	4	2	2
3	Kite foiler	SLO 3	Toni Vodisek	7	4	3
4	Single foiler	ITA 8	Domenicali Daniele	16	12	4
5	International Moth	AUS 4142	Josh Mcknight	27	3	dns
6	Kite foiler	FRA 39	Benjamin Tillier	29	5	dns
7	International Moth	ITA 4139	Stefano Ferrighi	30	6	dns
8	International Moth	ITA 4092	Carlo De Paoli	31	7	dnf
9	International Moth	FRA 11	Sebastien Col	32	8	dns
10	International Moth	ITA 3887	Matteo Gritti	33	9	dnf
11	International Moth	ITA 4093	Stefano Rizzi	34	10	dns
12	Single foiler	ITA 16	Michele Petrucci	35	11	dnf
13	Double foiler	ITA 9999	Edoardo Bianchi	48	dns	dns
13	International Moth	AUS 6	Rob Gough	48	dnf	dns
13	International Moth	SUI 4112	Chris Rast	48	dnf	dns
13	International Moth	UK 4	Ben Paton	48	dns	dns
13	International Moth	GBR 4038	Tom Ofter	48	dns	dns
13	International Moth	SUI 3836	Adriano Petrino	48	dns	dns
13	More than 4 crew foiler	SUI 22222	Swiss Watch Manifactur	48	dns	dns
13	More than 4 crew foiler	22221	Spax Solution	48	dns	dns
13	Up to 4 crew foiler	SUI 9998	Thomas Jundt	48	dns	dns
13	Up to 4 crew foiler	GBR 9997	Philip Kenchington	48	dns	dns
13	Windsurf foiler	FRA 76	Bruno Andre	48	dnf	dnf

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