Spain’s Mateo Carbonell dominated the penultimate day of the Optimist World Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Reading the course expertly and securing a decisive victory in the single race completed on Friday, he climbs from 4th to 2nd place in the overall standings.
He now counts an 8 and 1 and has 33 overall points, ten points off leader Arthur Back of Brazil, counting a 3 and 7 for 22 pts.
Leo Gosling was again best scoring Brit with an 18th and moves into 15th overall.
Saturday’s final promises winds of 10-12 knots from the Southeast . . . the podium is wide open.
Optimist 2024 Worlds – Leaders after 3 final series races (255 entries)
1st BRA 4273 Arthur BACK – – 3 -21 7 – – 22 pts
2nd ESP 3611 Mateo CARBONELL – – 8 -31 1 – – 33 pts
3rd GRE 3180 Jason PANAGOPOULOS – – 4 -15 3 – – 41 pts
4th BRA 4120 Eduardo ESSINGER BACKHEUSER – – 1 19 -27 – – 42 pts
5th ESP 3689 Joan DOMINGO – – -31 17 15 – – 46 pts
6th USA 217 Pablo MUNOZ MONTES – – -20 13 10 – – 57 pts
7th USA 216 Marcus DURLACH – – 12 3 6 – – 59 pts
8th CRO 1357 Bepo DUPLANČIĆ – – 9 8 -34 – – 71 pts
9th SWE 4921 Alexander GAVELFÄLT FORSSÉN – – 21 -43 13 – – 72 pts
10th ESP 3634 Iker MUGICA – – 14 2 8 – – 77.4 pts
GBR
15th GBR 6668 Leo GOSLING – – 25 9 18 – – 94 pts
34th GBR 6674 Harry DRAPER – – 27 -34 23 – – 167 pts
50th GBR 6673 Hugo FLETCHER – – 29 50 -59 – – 221 pts
51th GBR 6672 Eliana EDWARDS – – 53 33 -58 – – 224 pts
81th GBR 6670 Pippa SHEPHERD – – 11 16 36 – – 196 pts
