Mild breeze combined with a strong tide equaled a shake-up in the standings at the J/70 Corinthian World Championship in Marblehead, Massachusetts USA. With fading winds, only one race was completed Friday, bringing the total to seven. Up to 10 total races are planned, as racing concludes Saturday. Edward Gary’s *Ayacucho* (USA), opening day leader, returned to the top of the leaderboard with a second for the day, now with 14 net points. Several teams struggled with the challenging conditions, recording their lowest scores of the series. Alec Cutler’s *Hedgehog* (BER) placed seventh today and dropped to second place, but remains only one point behind *Ayacucho*. Ignacio Perez’s *Zaguero* (MEX) logged a 14, but with 20 net points stayed in the mix for the final showdown Saturday.

Michael Kirkman’s *Hot Ticket* racked up his second bullet of the Championship on Friday, followed by Gary’s *Ayacucho* and Peter Barrett’s *Reset*. The Race Committee moved the fleet inshore to search for enough breeze to set another course, but Mother Nature did not cooperate as teams returned to the yacht club for the après-sail social.

Eastern Yacht Club is hosting the Championship for 29 all-amateur teams, with five nations represented (BER, CAN, CHN, MEX, USA).

Results: [**easternyc.nautical-cloud.com/live-results**](http://easternyc.nautical-cloud.com/live-results)