America's Cup: Cool Peter Burling and edgy Max Sirena sum up state of The Match
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 h...