The waiting is over racing gets under way this afternoon on Waitemata Harbour as Team New Zealand begin their defence of the America's Cup against Italian challengers Luna Rossa.
Four years after steering the Kiwi syndicate to victory in Bermuda, skipper Peter Burling is back calling the shots again.
3The decorated 30-year-old could already be called one of the country's greatest sailors given his golden deeds at Olympic Games and world championships.
So where did he get his talent and what makes him tick?
His mother Heather Burling spoke to Corin Dann.
