Mount Maunganui's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have two days remaining but continue to lead in the 49er.

Both Andrew Murdoch and Josh Junior are into the top ten in the Finn class, as are multihull duo Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke.

'It was another day of good breeze with an average of 15 knots across the race tracks that hosted the fleets,” reports ISAF.

Women's and Men's 470

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have been nudged from the top spot after some close racing today with rivals Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar from Austria.

Just one point separated the two crews going into today, and after two races the margin remains at one point but the order has reversed and the kiwis hold 2^nd overall going into the medal race.

With medal race scores counting for double this sets the stage for an almighty winner-takes-all battle between the kiwis and the Austrians. Aleh and Powrie have sailed plenty of high pressure, close fought medal races before and they'll be resourcing that experience when they hit the water for tomorrow's title determining race.

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark from Great Britain are also in with a shot at the title, and well placed for a podium finish lying 3^rd and 13 points adrift of Aleh and Powrie.

In the Men's 470 Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox sailed well today and have moved up into 12^th overall as a result, however, it wasn't quite enough to secure the pair a place in tomorrow's medal race and this will count as their final result.

49er

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke started the day with a win and continue to lead in the 49er skiff class as racing heads into the penultimate day.

Suffering a disqualification in the second race, after a collision and capsize at the leeward mark, the on-form kiwis are not adversely affected as they can discard the poor score given their clean run of single-digit results across the first ten races.

'Very much an up and down day for us,” says Tuke. 'Windy again with 20-27 knots. We sailed a great first race to take the win.

'The second race we were doing well and had a accidental collision at the bottom mark, the other boat sustained serious damage which resulted in us retiring from the race once ashore.

'Our boat also got a hole in it which is now fixed. Luckily both crews are ok. That's the way racing goes sometimes. Looking forward to bouncing back tomorrow.”

Friends and rivals Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia have edged into 2^nd overall after an excellent day going 2, 1 in today's races. Still, they're 24 points behind Burling and Tuke, a gap they'll be looking to close tomorrow.

Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski improved again today with two good races. The younger NZL Sailing Team 49er pair are up to 14^th overall after placing 5^th and 8^th today.

Logan Dunning-Beck and Jack Simpson remain in 25^th at the back end of the hotly competitive gold fleet.

49erFX

In the women's skiff class Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech are lying 11^th dropping a couple of places on the leader board after today. They have tomorrow up their sleeve to break back into the top ten before Sunday's medal racing, although a title defence would require them to close a 51 point gap to the leaders.

Finn

Both New Zealand's Finn sailors have made gains on the leader board after today's two races relishing the windy conditions in Santander.

Andrew Murdoch took 2^nd place in today's second race and has jumped up into 5^th after lying 12^th going into today.

'Another solid day here at the ISAF World Championships. For today's two races I placed 16^th and 2^nd which moves me up to 5th overall,” says Murdoch.

'Still lots of racing to go with the last two races of finals series tomorrow followed by the medal race on Sunday. Looking forward to it!”

Josh Junior is now in 8^th place and just four points back from team-mate Murdoch among a tightly bunched group on the score board.

The Finn class has one more day of finals racing to determine the top ten for Sunday's medal race, both Murdoch and Junior well positioned to feature.

Great Britain's Giles Scott is leading the men's heavy-weight dinghy 20 points clear on 2^nd place.

Nacra multihull

New Zealand's Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have also climbed up the ranks to lie 6^th overall in the mixed multihull class.

The kiwis had some great races today including a 2^nd and a 3^rd pushing them up the overall standings as they head into the penultimate day of the regatta. Retaining their place in the top ten will see them with a shot at the podium and a medal race start on Sunday. Tomorrow in Santander the Nacra multihull, 49er, 49erFX and Finn fleets will all get underway.

2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, Santander, Spain New Zealand's Current Standings Full results here

49er Skiff 1^st Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (1, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 8, 2, 1, 1, DSQ) 14^th Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski (1, 22, 14, 10, 6, 17, 25, 21, 16, 5, 8) 25^th Logan Dunning-Beck and Jack Simpson (5, 8, 5, 18, 33, 26, 21, 24, 24, 21, 18 )

49erFX Skiff 11^th Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech (3, 8, 11, 15, 2, 14, 14, 7, 11) 36^th Erica Dawson and Ellie Copeland (4, 22, 15, DNF, DNF, 3)

Women's 470 (double-handed dinghy) 2^nd Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (7, 5, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 2, 3, 5)

Men's 470 (double-handed dinghy) 12^th Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox (14, 4, 20, 15, 23, 20, 4, 8, 13)

Nacra 17 (mixed multihull) 6^th Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders (12, 2, 5, 7, 12, 2, 13, 3, 8)

Finn (men's heavy-weight dinghy) 5^th Andrew Murdoch (9, 5, 11, 24, 11, 6, 16, 2) 8^th Josh Junior (12, 7, 8, 8, 8, 10, 11, 33)

Men's RS:X Windsurfing / 100 sailors 16^th Jon-Paul Tobin

Women's RS:X Windsurfing / 62 sailors 21^st Natalia Kosinska

Laser Final Results (Men's single-handed dinghy / 150 boats) 9^th Sam Meech 14^th Andy Maloney 20^th Thomas Saunders 31^st Mike Bullot

Laser Radial Final Results (Women's single-handed dinghy / 120 boats) 12^th Sara Winther 51^st Susannah Pyatt 108^th Ali Nightingale

Support and Coaching: Jez Fanstone , Nathan Handley, Mark Howard, Dave Robertson, Ian Neely , John Cutler, Hamish Willcox, Will Howden, Peter Evans, Grant Beck, Louise Johnson, Rebecca van Weerd