FORLANINI OVERALL AWARD
THE WINNER AMONG WINNERS
ABOUT
THE “FORLANINI” OVERALL AWARD
The “Forlanini Award” is dedicated to the Italian foiling pioneer Enrico Forlanini, who conceived and tested the first foiling prototypes in 1906 on Lago Maggiore – Italy, reaching a speed of 38 knots.
ELECTION SYSTEM
The “Forlanini” will be assigned to one of the ongoing edition prize-winners by a jury of previous awarded ones composed by:
Glenn Ashby – Emirates Team New Zealand
Roberto Lacorte – Flying Nikka
Doug Schickler – VOR Cat
Ferdinand Van West – Nacra 17
Oleksander Muratov – Proteus 360
PREVIOUS WINNER
The first ever “Forlanini” was assigned in 2023 to SailGP (Event Award winner of the 6th edition) by a Jury composed by:
Arnaud Psarophaghis – Alinghi
Sue Putallaz – MobyFly
Fabio Bignolini – NLcomp
Mylene Hovington – Mer Concept
Arthur Yanai – Level Foils