There are plenty who will tell you that Team NZ overdid the sponsor fulfillment programme to their detriment. The whisper is Peter Burling and Blair Tuke convinced team leadership to take a page out of their Olympic playbook and minimise distractions. Coutts is said to have extended an "olive branch" to Bertarelli who is in Bermuda to watch the Cup finals. Kiwi fans dominateThe America's Cup Event Authority's popular 'dock-out' shows, so popular in San Francisco in 2013, have been dumped in Bermuda. Get up for the CupToday's Team NZ sailing action starts at 5.12am.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 24, 2017 22:52 UTC