The cyclors, including Kerikeri's Blair Tuke and Andy Maloney, have revolutionised the grinding role. Peter Burling is well on his way to being regarded as the finest sailor in the world.
These are all things that have happened. What hasn't happened yet is Team New Zealand winning. And not just winning but sweeping the current holders.
Team NZ might have looked unstoppable in the first four races and Oracle may have a seemingly insurmountable filing cabinet of work to remedy day one and two but you wouldn't put it past them.
Sailing commentator Ken Read is so confident Team New Zealand will win the America's Cup that he has booked his flight to leave Bermuda on Tuesday.
Hopefully those weren't non-refundable because he could still be required to talk come Thursday.
Six days is a long time. Oracle have had plenty of opportunity now to make the adjustments needed to become competitive in a one-sided final.
They will have made changes to get themselves back into the contest so a Team NZ sweep, or even a victory of any description, is not a certainty.
Team NZ should win the America's Cup. But there's so many things that could go wrong between now and Monday. Saying we are definitely going to win is arrogant and, if history is anything to go by, inaccurate.
How many times have New Zealanders amped up a team only for them to not reach the dizzying heights we thought they would.
You can hark back to the All Blacks of 1999, 2003 and 2007, our Olympic swimming teams of the past, the Black Caps from multiple points.
As a country, we need to just take our foot off the throttle, enjoy the moment and hope we do well rather than storming the closest liquor store for a bottle of Moet Grand Vintage Champagne.
I hope we do get the chance to do it come Monday morning but let's keep those corks firmly in the bottles until then.
