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Peter Burling swapped secrets with Jimmy Spithill over drinks after America's Cup victory

March 18, 2021

The two helmsmen were finally able to share secrets and stories from their battles on the water.

Team NZ helmsman Peter Burling and Luna Rossa skipper Jimmy Spithill had the chance to swap secrets as they caught up for a drink after the America’s Cup finished on Wednesday.

The triumphant Burling, who appeared on Seven Sharp last night, said he was “a little worse for wear” after celebrating the momentous win.

“It was great to celebrate with everyone involved in the campaign,” Burling told Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells.

“It was even great to get the guys over from Luna Rossa as well and share some stories that you don’t get to until it’s all finished,” he added.

“Jimmy Spithill and about 10 of them came over to say hi, we are quite good friends off the water.”

When Hilary probed for some of the stories that were shared between the two on water rivals, Burling was hesitant to reveal too muc

“It was a lot more on the technical side of things about things that are kept secret and are probably more interesting, we do catch up and chew the fat about more normal things but it’s definitely interesting to talk about situations where it looked like they had problems and they didn’t.

We speak with the man who’s won the America’s Cup two times in a row.

“After three years of trying to analyse each other and at the end of it the secrets just don’t matter anymore so it’s very interesting to see how on or off the mark you were with some of your thoughts.”

Watch the full interview in the video above.

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