It's taken 14 years to win back the America's Cup but New Zealand's obsession with the Auld Mug began three decades ago.
Over that time it's provided our sporting nation with the kind of roller coaster ride matched only in intensity by the All Blacks.
And much like the Rugby World Cup, after bitter failure came glorious redemption.
Finally, the pain of 2013 can be put behind us, when we came so close - only to be on the wrong side of the biggest sporting comeback ever.
But not everyone's forgotten and Grant Dalton might still be needing counselling.
It all began when Michael Fay and Chris Dickson captivated the nation in the plastic KZ7 of 1987.
There have been rivalries and grudges, heroes and villains; who could forget Dennis Connor, who beat us with Stars and Stripes.
The cup lost some of its lustre in 1988 and 1992 as the best moves seemed reserved for the courtroom.
And then in San Diego in 1995, Team New Zealand led by Peter Blake in his lucky red socks and skippered by Russell Coutts did the unimaginable and won.
The nation went nuts. Even by today's standards, the ensuing parade caused never before seen congestion - and not just Auckland but everywhere the cup went.
Our first defence made it look easy in 2000. But three years later we broke, literally.
We came so close again in 2007 but failed at the final hurdle before the capitulation in San Francisco.
But today, much like the world cup winning All Blacks of 2011, there's pure relief.
"You know, I think this team's learned a lot since San Francisco and to be able to bring that trophy home now, you know the path we've had to get here hasn't been an easy one and we're just blown away by the support we've got," Team NZ helmsmen Peter Burling says.
No problem Pete, the feeling's mutual.
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