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In reality, they were talking a lot without saying much at all. The general theme was: appear happy with what you’ve got, but praise the opposition whenever possible. There were a couple of pointed moments that answered some of the intrigue of the past fortnight. Burling gave a flat “no” when asked if Team New Zealand had hit a rumoured 57 knots in training, while Sirena chipped in with the Italians’ top speed being a very precise 53.4 knots. Burling also put to bed talk of a late change to copy Luna Rossa’s dual-helmsman approach. “A lot of questions have been asked about how we sail the boat and I can say that we’ve sailed the boat exactly the same way now as we’ve sailed it for the last two years. If anyone watched the Christmas Cup, there are some manoeuvres when we change sides, there are some we don’t. We sail it the same way we always have, and it’s something we will continue to do.”

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