Smiling faces at the America's Cup in San Francisco.

If the sales figures for red socks are any gauge of the nation's enthusiasm for the America's Cup, interest is picking up.

Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill review races 6 and 7. Team New Zealand lead Oracle 6-0 in the first-to-nine series, with the Cup holders, winners in race four, still needing to win another race before they can start scoring points as part of penalties imposed by the international jury. Courtesy America's Cup.

Kiwis from all walks of life and all over the country are in San Francisco, celebrating team New Zealand winning race after race at the Americas Cup. Courtesy 90secondsTV.

People around San Francisco are supporting Team NZ and cheering them from NZ's second home at Moa Bar on pier 29 in the Cup village,where the place is just pumping with locals and kiwis alike cheering on the America's Cup racing. Courtesy 90secondsTV.

Watch the two skippers reaction after the dramatic Race five victory for Emirates Team New Zealand over Oracle Team USA, Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill explain why race six was postponed and what happens next. courtesy America's Cup.

Read a recap of nzherald.co.nz's blog of race five of the America's Cup series between Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA.

Emirates Team New Zealand have won both of the opening races in the America's Cup and need just seven more victories to claim the Auld Mug.

Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill insists his team will now enter the America's Cup match against Team New Zealand as firm underdogs.

Team NZ wing trimmer Glenn Ashby spoke to Herald on Sunday Sports editor Paul Lewis about his role, and also the effect of the America's Cup jury docking Oracle Team USA two points and banning a leading Oracle sailor.

Dana Johannsen looks at how Oracle will fare, now it's lost two precious race points down the gurgler and has had its team decimated by race bans.

The Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 was pushed back out of the shed after 4 days of intense improvements revealing some large speed modifications to the package. The Louis Vuitton Cup is well behind us and focus is now entirely on the America's Cup. Our good friends Luna Rossa joined us on the Bay to push hard in racing drills with the purpose of making Dean Barker and his crew as ready as can be to take on Oracle in 8 days time.

The man who kicked it all off for Team New Zealand believes for the America's Cup to draw the competitors back in a nationality clause needs to be reinstated.

Who is the Swiss-Italian billionaire who has his hand partially on the tiller of a Kiwi victory and who Grant Dalton credits as saving Team New Zealand?

Oracle Team USA wanted him, but Team NZ landed the man who was tutoring Jimmy Spithill.

After a drawn out Louis Vuitton finals series, finally today Dean Barker and his men sailed the AC72 across the finish line to claim the Louis Vuitton Cup itself. A milestone in the campaign and job well done in the overall quest to win back the America's Cup.

Team New Zealand clocked up another jaw-dropping America's Cup speed record yesterday and the whispers are that NZL05 is capable of going much faster.

Five wins on the board, two wins needed to claim the Louis Vuitton Cup again. It was a one race day on San Francisco Bay to bring the racing schedule back up to date. Emirates Team New Zealand looked clinical from start to finish to set things up for a chance to claim the trophy tomorrow.

With the exception of a couple of early hiccups for Team New Zealand, the Louis Vuitton finals have played out pretty much as we expected it to.

Regatta? Over the past two days it's been more like a Re-pair-gatta.

It could be a game-breaker. Oracle Team USA showed off their ability to foil upwind yesterday as skipper Jimmy Spithill taunted Team New Zealand for "running away".

Emirates Team New Zealand puttered to a standstill as they approached the third mark - the same area of the racecourse where they struck trouble on day one.

A day that started with so much promise with another great start by skipper Dean Barker that slingshot the AC72 several hundred metres into the lead after mark 1. By the time the AC72 had reached the top of the course again a small gear issue stopped it in it's tracks allowing Luna Rossa to sail up from 400 metres behind and into the lead to take a valuable race point.