13 Sep 2013

Team NZ now up to six wins

12:23 pm on 13 September 2013

Team New Zealand is closing in on the America's Cup after scoring two more wins over holders Oracle on San Francisco Bay.

Dean Barker's crew won the day's first race by 47 seconds and the second by a minute and six seconds to move onto six points to Oracle's -1.

The first to nine victories wins the Cup.

The next two races are scheduled for Sunday.