The New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke held on to third place in the 49er skiff event at the Weymouth Olympic test regatta after recording a 9th, 5th and a 3rd in their overnight races on the Nothe course.
The pair now have 38 points, ten behind second placed Australian's Nathan Outteridge and Ian Jensen on 28.
Spain's Iker de Lizarduy and Xabier Fernandez Gaztanaga are in first on 24 points.
New Zealand's RS:X sailor Jon-Paul Tobin had his best day of the regatta finishing 2nd and 4th in the two races sailed.
The results helped him climb to 5th in the overall standings on 43 points as the regatta moves into the business end of the competition.
The battle for the lead continues between local boy Nick Dempsey and Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberghe who share the top spot with 11 points each.
Natalia Kosinska, representing New Zealand in the women's fleet, was 12th and 14th in last night's races and sits in 9th overall in good shape to secure a start in the medal race.
Two more qualifying races are scheduled in both the men's and women's RS:X for tonight, with a rest day to follow ahead of the Medal Race on Thursday in Weymouth.
Both Dan Slater in the Finn and Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk in the Star will be frustrated to collect a discard race overnight.
Slater was ruled OCS in the opening race of day three of competition in the Men's heavy-weight dinghy before fighting back with a 4th in the next race but slides from 6th to 9th in the standings as a result.
Pepper and Monk finished 10th in their opening race of the day but suffering rig damage were unable to start in the second race, they now lie in 8th place.
Andrew Murdoch remains the best placed of the New Zealanders lying 2nd overall in the hard fought Laser event.
He, along with Sara Winther, and New Zealand's two 470 crews were on a rest day overnight so there is no change to their standings.
They'll be back in action, along with the windsurfers tonight, while the 49er, Finn and Star fleets will take a break.
