Yachting: Team NZ remain unbeaten

Team New Zealand sailed to two further wins to remain unbeaten after four races at the America's Cup yachting regatta in Valencia overnight.

They beat the Swedish Victory Challenge by 1min 38sec and then Italy's Mascalzone Latino by 2min 17sec.

Team NZ leader Grant Dalton said: "It was good to tuck away two teams that have shown they can win races in these regattas.

"Both of them have given us a really hard time in the past, even though we have always won the match races."

He said the team sailed well and was more aggressive at the starts.

The regatta is the final in the 2006 America's Cup season.

"We were reminded today that we are exactly 365 days away from the start of the America's Cup regatta," said Dalton.

"But we are focused on a more pressing engagement -- the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup challengers' series which starts on April 18 next year. That's only 299 days away."

The winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup goes on to race against the America's Cup defender. That regatta starts on June 23, 2007.

- NZPA