Peter Burling is ready to get back out on the water.

The Team New Zealand helmsman will begin competition at the Moths world championships overnight at Lake Garda in Italy, less than a month after winning the America's Cup.

Burling won the event in 2015 and said it's an opportunity he is embracing.

He said it will be a "great week and it's a "beautiful venue" so he's looking forward to getting into it.

Burling will feel like he's back in Bermuda with Team USA tactician Tom Slingsby and Artemis sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen also competing.