Five New Zealand sailors are closing in on podium finishes as the ISAF World Cup goes into the final two days of sailing.

Tauranga laser sailor Sam Meech moved from 10th to fourth in the men's laser overnight.

Sam Meech is the best performing of the Tauranga sailors at the ISAF World Cup.

Also fourth in her competition is Sara Winther in the women's laser. She's three points behind American Paige Railey.

Andrew Murdoch and Andy Maloney are also in the top 10 of the 127-strong men's laser fleet in sixth and eighth respectively.

The match racers, Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt have secured a quarter finals berth in the Elliott six metre women's match racing.

Four wins and a loss in the repecharge saw them scrape in as eighth qualifier. The team is excited about the opportunity to progress further.
In the women's 470, Jo Aleh and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher took a race win and then a 19th overnight to rise to second place.

Israel is in front of them by two points.

The Japanese team has slipped back to third after sailing brilliantly over the first half of the series.
RSX sailor Tom Ashley is in third place after day four of racing.

'Not bad considering my disastrous first day,” says Tom, 'however, I'm a fair way off the lead, and something spectacular would have to happen to give me any chance of winning.”

Dan Slater in the Finn, is in fourth, moving up from sixth.

Racing resumes later tonight New Zealand time.

Live updates and race news is available from the regatta website.

Another two days remain; the Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE Regatta finishes in Spain on Saturday, April 9.

New Zealand's standings after day four:

Men's RS:X (66 entries)
3rd Tom Ashley
21st Antonio Cozzolino

Laser Radial (78 entries)
4th Sara Winther

Women's 470 (49 entries)
2nd Jo Aleh and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher

Men's 470 (84 entries)
14th Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders

Finn (83 entries)
4th Dan Slater
36th Matt Coutts

Women's RS:X (33 entries)
30th Stephanie Williams

Laser (127 entries)
4th Sam Meech
6th Andrew Murdoch
8th Andy Maloney
13th Mike Bullot
60th Josh Junior

Women's Match Racing
Koru Match: Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt (Repecharge round robin: 4 wins/1 loss)