Team New Zealand hits back at Jimmy Spithill's 'mysterious device' claim

Spithill may have been referring to a device Team NZ's skipper and wing trimmer Glenn Ashby used during the race. It was a hand-held device he called his “little x-box console” that controlled the shape of the wing.

Team NZ chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge dismissed his rival's claims and said it was all “above the law”.

“I think he's confusing a mysterious device with design innovation. That's all that was,” he told Radio Sport. “I think he related that to the x-box that Glen Ashby used to trim the sails with. Well that was just one of the developments along the way on that boat and there were a few others. So no there was nothing mysterious at all. Completely above the law that's for sure.”