Optimist – World Championship level

XIII Trofeo Euromarina Optimist – Torrevieja – Spain – 23-26 January 2020

Sunday 26^th January 2020. The meeting was shaping up to be top-level before the start as 400 contestants from 26 nations descended on Torrevieja for the 13^th Trofeo Euromarina, including the 2018 and 2019 European Champions and the world’s top ten. Once again competitors from the Yacht Club de Monaco were in the thick of it trying to thwart the tactical challenges of an unpredictable race area, complicated by a swell, light winds and strong current.

Monaco team leader and member of the Monaco Sport Academy, Leonardo Bonelli could only manage 34^th despite an excellent start including an 8^th and four 4^th places. Penalised by a BFD disqualification and a 65^th, Noah Garcia ended 52^nd in the final ranking, with Matteo Asscher 221^st and the very young Namu van der Linden 336^th.