This Thursday was another great day in the framework of the World Optimist Class Championship that is held off the coast of Mar del Plata, under the organization of the Club Náutico Mar del Plata (CNMP) and the IODA and with the presence of 225 competitors from 51 countries (Photo Matías Capizzano)

In the morning, while the competitors were arming their ships, a heavy rain fell and the NE's middle winds blew. With that wind of about 12 knots the first test was run with the fleet already divided into gold, silver and bronze. The top 75 are in the gold fleet, including the five members of the Argentine team.

Brazil's leader Arthur Back and his teammate Eduardo Essinger, started the day very inspired, leaving in third and first place respectively.

For the second test, the wind rose sharply, reaching about 25 knots and leaving a very wooded sea. Back came in the point lot in the second race but a wave broke him on his boat and made him go back to post 45, having to do from there a big round until the end of 21, which for now is his discard.

Those who once again shone with the thread were the Uruguayan Maximus Ortiz Bertoletti who won the race, and the Spanish Iker Mujica who was his escort, while the rosarino Lucas Vogt, who began the lead of the championship, was also the protagonist with a fourth position.

Thus, the first two places in the general classification are for Brazil and the following two for Spain: 1 ° Arthur Back with 15 points. 2 ° Eduardo Essinger Backheuser with 23 points. 3 ° Joan Domingo with 31 points. 4th Mateo Carbonell with 32 points. 5 ° the Greek Iason Paganopoulos with 38 points. The first lady is Brazilian Joana Freitas, who occupies the 10th place with 58 points.

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