Why
Things to Do
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Fraglia della Vela
The Wind Factory
Klimt in Malcesine
Info & News
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Entry is open (and NOR is ready)
Worlds are coming. If you want to join in one of the, presumably, most participated events of Contender history fill the Entry Form: you can find it on the top this page (click the “Sail the Game” logo and you’ll...
If you are a Contender sailor and are thinking to come to Italy for 2025 Contender World Championship, you are in the right place. Here...
2025 World Championship will be held in Malcesine (Garda Lake, Italy), it will start on 28 of July and will end on 3 of August
...Fraglia Vela Malcesine is on the Eastern side of Garda Lake. It is inside a harbour called “Marina Navene” and the complete address is:
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Upper Garda lake is well known and appreciated by most of Italian and foreign Contender sailors for excellent windy conditions combined with an amazing landscape...
To organize boat and container transportation and storage arrangements write in advance an email to race@fragliavela.org
The club has a crane to unload container...
Renting a boat could be a solution for many sailors coming from very far. These boats, however, are not always considered very competitive. This will...
Quite obviously, we do not know who is going to win the 2025 World Championship (and the 2024 title either) but we know for sure...
Italian lakes have always been very attractive for Contender sailors: 140 boats at the 2004 Worlds in Riva, 174 at the 2013 Worlds in Gravedona...
venue & club
Fraglia della Vela
The World Championship will be hosted by Fraglia della Vela, a club with an ancient name (“brotherhood of sailing”) but a modern structure and a professional approach. They have great experience with international dinghy regattas and top organizational skills that...
“Talking to the wind” (King Crimson)
Lake Garda is a mountain lake which sits on the top of a huge plan called “Pianura Padana”. During...
Race Office people in the club are very efficient and answer very quickly to mail. You can contact them at:
- Email: race@fragliavela.org
- Tel:...
Fraglia is an old world. It was used during the Republic of Venice (also called “La Serenissima”) that was a sovereign state that lasted for...
Gustav Klimt was not a Contender sailor, nevertheless he liked Malcesine a lot. It happened in 1913 when the, already really famous, Austrian painter decided...
Staying & Doing
Sleep well
Malcesine, as the whole Garda Lake, is a well known touristic place, so accommodation is not a problem: there is plenty of hotels, B&B, apartments and three well organized camping nearby the club. However, during summer could be difficult to...
If your family or friends are on the sporty side, Garda lake is the right place to be: so, while you’ll be planing on your...
Malcesine is considered one of the best medieval villages in Italy, no wonder Goethe wrote enthusiastically about it. First thing to see is the Castello...