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A Man on a Mission
“I couldn’t be prouder of the team. It has been an
amazing journey for us. What we’ve achieved now is
phenomenal …we are a very proud British team and we
will be back in the America’s Cup.”
– Sir Ben Ainslie
S ir Ben Ainslie’s mission is to bring the America’s Cup each match is currently held sporadically with the date, venue and
home to Britain. He is one of the greatest living sailors vessel determined by the previous winner.
alive today. He won a silver medal at his first Olympic Sir Ben Ainslie is the Land Rover BAR's Team Principal & Skipper,
Games, and went on to establish himself as the world’s and he developed and leads a British sailing team. He hopes to bring
best by winning four consecutive gold medals. the trophy home for the first time in over 160 years at the 36th
America’s Cup scheduled for 2021.
Ainslie's ground-breaking techniques have been adopted by others As part of their training, in early December of 2017, Sir Ben Ainslie
in his fleet and many of his contemporaries. His 2013 victory aboard and his team were spotted at Act 8, the 2017 grand finale, and first-
the Oracle Team USA in the 34th America's Cup is considered one ever Mexican edition of The Extreme Sailing Series™, presented by
of the biggest comebacks in sporting history. SAP, which took place in Los Cabos.
The America's Cup is awarded to the winner of the America's Cup
match race between two sailing yachts. Interestingly, the timing of
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