Paula SALERNO (ARG) is fourth woman, with Chile's Arantza GUMUCIO preventing a Argentinean clean sweep of the top five in fifth.
Overnight leader Odile GINAID (BRA) had a difficult day, with a 25,49,35 scoreline seeing her tumble down the women's leaderboard to seventh.
In the open competition Fabio DUTRA (BRA) leads by twelve points.
The Yacht Club Punta del Este are hosting the Laser Central And South American Championships from 7-16 April. Ten races are scheduled for the series, with racing in the Laser Radial concluding today. The battle in the Laser and Laser 4.7 then gets underway from 12-16 April.
Top Ten Women
(Racing In Mixed Fleet)
Pos | Nation | Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts |
1 | ARG | Serena AMATO | 19 | (82) BFD | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 45 |
2 | ARG | Cecilia CARRANZA | 16 | 20 | 17 | (28) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 65 |
3 | ARG | Florencia CERUTTI | 8 | 3 | 6 | (82) BFD | 27 | 28 | 13 | 85 |
4 | ARG | Paula SALERNO | 32 | 4 | 2 | 21 | (46) | 17 | 18 | 94 |
5 | CHI | Arantza GURNUCIO | (38) | 13 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 109 |
6 | BRA | Adriana KOSTIW | 14 | 29 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 10 | (34) | 115 |
7 | BRA | Odile GINAID | 35 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 25 | (49) | 35 | 118 |
8 | BRA | Caroline BEJAR | 18 | 39 | (49) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 138 |
9 | ARG | Mariela SALERNO | 39 | (82) BFD | 32 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 152 |
10 | PER | Tania ZIMMERMANN | 46 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 36 | (51) | 28 | 193 |