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BMW Oracle Racing tactician Gavin Brady believes his team's come-from-behind victories over Team Shosholoza and Victory Challenge proves they are good enough to win the America's Cup.
Emirates Team New Zealand also picked up two wins in Valencia yesterday beating +39 by 45s and Areva Challenge by 59s.
But it was Chris Dickson's Oracle who were the story of the day after they masterfully sailed past Team Shosholoza and Victory Challenge.
"The teams grew a lot in confidence today," Brady said.
"At no time did anyone ever get down or out.
"We really like USA98. We really think she has the potential to win the America's Cup but today was a really good day for the team ...
"As a group we are strong. To me there was a winning team all around."
In their first race against Shosholoza, Oracle trailed around the first lap of the course.
However the Oracle afterguard spotted some pressure on the left on the second upwind leg which allowed them to cruise past the South Africans.
Oracle rounded the third mark 24s ahead and went on to win by 43s.
Against Victory Challenge, Oracle trailed the Swedes around the first two marks before pulling off a killer mark rounding at the end of the second upwind leg.
On the approach to the weather mark Oracle came in from port with Victory Challenge roaring in from starboard.
Dickson managed to get the hook on the Swedes, sailing them off the course before luffing hard.
Little separated the two down the run but in the end it was Oracle who crossed the line 14s ahead.
Brady said the manoeuvre they executed at the mark was one they had practised a lot in Auckland.
"It was very quiet on the boat. We knew exactly what Chris [Dickson] was going to do," Brady said.
"There were about three scenarios we had trained for in that situation. Chris made the call which manoeuvre he was going to pull ... I think the boat showed what it can do in those kind of conditions."
While Michael Schumacher was the star attraction at Team New Zealand yesterday sailing as 18th man against +39, at Oracle the honour belonged to 13-year-old New Zealand Optimist champion Logan Dunning Beck, who was was invited to the Oracle base by Dickson.
Beck was dockside when the crew boarded.
He met Dickson and got him to sign a miniature sail which the New Zealand Optimist team is hoping to auction to raise money for their trip to the world championships in Sardinia.
Dickson, a three-time world youth champion, spent a few minutes with the youngster talking to him about his national championship victory, which took place in a fleet of 200 yachts in light winds in Napier.
"Nice job," said Dickson, who remarked that his first national title was in a fleet of only 50.
Beck's father, Grant, works part- time in the Team New Zealand weather team and is a boardsailing coach.
Beck said it was nice to have met Dickson, one of his sailing heroes, and see all the technology on the cup boats.
Team New Zealand were to have raced Desafio Espanol overnight while Oracle faced Luna Rossa.
Tonight Team New Zealand are to meet Team Shosholoza.
