June 11th, 2013
In competitive sport there are wins and losses. For sailing superstar Sir Ben Ainslie, a helmsman for Oracle Team USA, winning is something that he’s very good at, but last month the 36-year-old Brit experienced an unexpected loss: that of close friend Andrew “Bart” Simpson, his lifelong sailing buddy, in a [well publicized] sailing accident
June 3rd, 2013
By Sir Ben Ainslie The last few weeks have been the most upsetting, the most painful and the most bewildering of my life. The sport of sailing has lost other talented people down the years to whom I have been close, but nowhere near as close as I was to Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. Our friendship
June 2nd, 2013
Five-time Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie set a new record during the Round the Island Race, a 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight off the south coast of the UK. Ainslie’s team sailed an AC45 catamaran, completing the course in 2 hours, 52 minutes and 15 seconds, beating the previous time, which had stood for
April 24th, 2013
Did the greats of the past ever look as fly as super Olympian and America’s Cup hopeful Ben Ainslie? Source:
April 16th, 2013
“Planning for any future America’s Cup beyond the current cycle is always difficult because of the nature of the event.
April 15th, 2013
Four Olympic torches, including one signed by five-time Olympic sailing medalist Sir Ben Ainslie, are among the 80 items to
April 7th, 2013
Brit Ben Ainslie has five Olympic medals, and claims he will collect no more. And who could blame him; his
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