Yachting: Two more wins for Team New Zealand

Team New Zealand notched up two more wins in races three and four in the pre-America's Cup yacht racing in Valencia today.

In light conditions they beat Spanish challenger Desafio Espanol 2007, sailing a yacht that was campaigned by One World in Auckland in 2003.

Team New Zealand won the start and finished a comfortable 1min 10 sec ahead.

In the second race against the Team Germany, the New Zealand boat again won the start, gained a small advantage early and was never threatened, finishing 2min 33sec ahead.

"They were two really good races for us. The boat seems to be good in these conditions, " said Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker.

"We can be confident that we can be competitive. But we have some big races ahead of us."

Tomorrow Team New Zealand meets Luna Rossa in the first race and the Italian syndicate +39 in the second.

* Results today:

Race 1

NZL 82 beat ESP 67 by 1min 10sec

USA 76 beat ITA 59 by 1min 14sec.

ITA 74 beat GER 72 by 1min 36sec

SUI 75 beat SWE 63 by 33 sec

FRA 60 beat ITA 77 by 53 sec

CHN 59 beat RSA 83 by 27sec

Race 2

NZL 82 beat GER 72 by 2min 33sec

SUI 75 beat ITA 59 by 2min 2ses

SWE 63 beat CHN 69 by 2min 30sec

ITA 4 beat FRA 60 by 55 sec

USA 76 beat RSA 83 by 3min 37sec

ESP 67 beat ITA 77.

Points after four races:

Team NZ, Alinghi, BMW Oracle , Luna Rossa 4; Victory Challenge, Defasio Espanol 2; +39, K Challenge, Team Germany, China Team 1; Shosholoza, Mascalzone Latino 0.

- NZPA