At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale Italiana di La Spezia
09:00:  boats arrangement
11:00:  Measurement check and teams registrations
17:00: Welcome Ceremony
Speakers will include:
– a Representant of the La Spezia  Municipality

– the President of  the association 1001VELAcup 

– The president of The Lega Navale Italiana – La Spezia

– other personality ….

18:30: Greetings cocktail

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale Italiana di La Spezia

09:00: Pre-regatta briefing

at the sea

11:00: March-Race “Trofeo Paolo Padova”, with crew made of teachers and students, also with guest on board.
News 2026: On the same day we plan to invite foiling boats made by students and/or universities

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale Italiana di La Spezia

17:30: Presentation and evaluation of the projects of participating teams.
 – The jury will be composed by:
– The president of 1001VELAcup
– A designer
– Two expers in the nautical industry
– A journalist

The Maneschi Prize will be awarded by adding the evaluations obtained in the projects to the average of the best results in the competition.

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale di La Spezia

09:00:  Pre-regatta briefing
At sea
11:00: Races; will be run for both the 1001VELAcup Trophy and the 1001FOILcup Trophy.
17:30: Confrence on nautical design topics
18:00:“Nautica Next Wave” awards ceremony: six awards – Green, Design, Tech, Story, Rookie, and Spirit -dedicated to universities, presented by Nautica magazine, an Italian nautical science magazine since 1962. 

Will follow

Dinner in honor of the participants.

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale Italiana di La Spezia
09:00: Briefing pre-regata – Pre-regatta briefing
At sea
11:00: Races; will be run for both the 1001VELAcup Trophy and the 1001FOILcup Trophy.

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale Italiana di La Spezia

17:30

Conference on: the construction of boats and large objects using 3D technologies

At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale di La Spezia
09:00: Pre-regatta briefing
At sea
11:00:Races
At: Sezione Velica Marina Militare – Lega Navale di La Spezia
18:30: Award ceremonies: 
1001VELAcup’s Trophy 2026,  1001FOILcup’s Trophy 2026 and Mainaldo Maneschi Prize 2026 Edition
will follow: Goodby cocktail

The ranking will be updated during the regattas