The Italian coach was only half joking when he asked us to switch off our drone footage of the boat that was running away with the championship. I’m just back from commentating at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Nova Scotia, and coach Gabriele Bruni knows that his world-beating team, Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, have something very special going on.
After racing away to a relatively straightforward victory at last year’s Olympic Regatta in Tokyo, the Olympic gold medals around their necks have done