Understandably, Peter Burling doesn't remember much of Team New Zealand's breakthrough America's Cup victory in 1995 - after all he was only four.
But those first campaigns left an impression on the young sailor.
"Like a lot of kids you grew up watching it" Burling told Newshub from Bermuda.
"I remember having a pair of red socks."
In just a few days Burling will take the helm and guide Team New Zealand into its sixth campaign, following in the footsteps of Dean Barker and Sir Russell Coutts behind the wheel of the black boat.
And before that Chris Dickson, David Barnes and Rod Davis who helmed Sir Michael Fay's three New Zealand Challenges.
"The Cup's been a really special part of New Zealand history and it's an amazing honour to be able to helm it for Team New Zealand coming into this period.
"We were in Perth a few months back, with KZ7 on the wall there. Just a massive amount of history with this country with the America's Cup and yacht racing, and something that we're pretty proud to be a part of it."
While easily the youngest of the six helmsman in the regatta, Burling is one of the highest regarded.
Over the last four years he and Blair Tuke were untouchable in the 49er class, culminating in a runaway gold medal in Rio - the biggest winning margin seen in Olympic sailing for 50 years.
Remarkably they managed the Olympic campaign while juggling Cup commitments.
"I've been campaigning for the Olympics a lot longer than I have for the America’s Cup."
"You just have to look at a calendar to realise you do have a fair bit on and you do need to really have everything come into play. But we feel like we’d done a really good job of managing the priorities and figuring out where we can get best bang for our buck."
There was little time to celebrate the Rio gold as Burling and Tuke went straight back into the Team New Zealand fold post-games. While some of his teammates admit they’ve had a few sleepless nights as the first race of the regatta nears, Burling’s as usual taking it all in his stride.
"I never have many problems sleeping to be honest, one of my strengths" laughs Burling. "With how hard we're working here definitely no issue sleeping here at night.
And the hard work is paying off.
"We feel we've made some massive gains since we've been back from the games and we've really made some big strides forward on how to get this boat around the track quicker than someone else.
"We're really happy with how we're going, something we need to keep pushing forward. It's something all these other teams have been doing, and doing for a lot longer than we have. We feel like we've been catching up this whole time and that we’re in a really good space right now."
Despite being the man in the spotlight Burling is every bit the team player.
Moments before stepping onto the podium in Rio, he and Tuke gave their apologies and stepped away from their media commitments to watch Alex Maloney and Molly Meech in the medal race of the 49erFX.
As soon as the race finished they happily returned to the throng of media wanting a word with the new Olympic champions.
In an America's Cup world often full of egos, Burling is a likable figure. And after the post-San Francisco fallout he's been a breath of fresh air for Team New Zealand and the public.
"We really appreciate all the support we get from back home, a massive part that keeps driving us to improve and to go faster than we ever have before, something that we feel really humble to have the opportunity."
Greg Pearson is a sailing correspondent for Newshub.
