SIR Ben Ainslie dropped into Sea View Yacht Club to help launch the club's summer schools sailing programme. Britannia II arriving in Cowes this afternoon. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Launched in June 2014, the teams long-term aim is to bring the prestigious Americas Cup back to Britain, where the first challenge was held in 1851 off the Isle of Wight. Renowned for his aggressive race tactics and his physicality, Ainslie courted controversy throughout his career, notably when diving off his boat at the end of a race in the 2011 ISAF world championships and confronting the driver of a media boat face-to-face. "There is a huge passion for the America's Cup in this country and we want to bring it home," said Ainslie. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Ainslie managed to raise 90 million pounds ($116 million) to fund his campaign, building a massive team headquarters in Portsmouth on the south coast of If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can The Brits were confirmed in the role last week, days after Emirates Team NZ completed a 7-3 victory over Italian syndicate Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to retain the trophy. Save 25% + DMR Trail Gloves + DeathGrips when you subscribe to MBUK magazine, *Spring Savings* Try 6 issues of Cycling Plus for just 9.99 | Save 74% today, BikeRadar Rides | A lap of the Isle of Wight. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Cowes is the historic birthplace of the Americas Cup. During that time, Ainslie also captured nine world championships in the single-handed Laser and Finn classes and a world match-racing title, and he was named the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailor of the Year three times (1999, 2002, and 2008). I smiled, then nervously smiled. Star exhibits include the 1939 lifeboat Jesse Lumb, which visitors can board, and Sir Ben Ainslies 2017 Americas Cup test boat BAR-T1. Usually. Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie CBE (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four consecutive Games (Sydney, Athens, Beijing & London) held between 2000 and 2012. With around 10km to go, Steves ride had arguably just begun. @georgieainslie #performancepeople, Would have loved to grow up in the @dyson household. Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie was joined by the Duchess of Cambridge as he launched Britain's bid to win the 35th America's Cup. Its here that we took a breather for further fuel and fluids, boosting flagging glucose levels. View map. Editors' Code of Practice. Corrections? Isle of Wight County Press: Ben and Henry Payer lived at 3 Alfred Street, East Cowes and were both pug boys. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. The latest addition is theAC75 foiling monohull which wasBritains race boat during the 36th Americas Cup held in Auckland in 2021. Shipwreck Museum inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Pod out now https://youtu.be/7uO_5EO3fBE This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Im never quite sure which is which. "He's a fantastic guy, clearly the most successful Formula 1 designer in history and very passionate about sailing, about the America's Cup.". Cool explained to us on this weeks PP pod with his wife @mrsjazzcool The Isle bills itself as a cycling island. Our languid, relaxed pace was mirrored by the lazy mobile connection a plus point on holiday but, if youre married to GPS, download the route to your bike computer first. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Ainslie, 37, won the race with Oracle Team USA last yearand will captain a team for the next event in 2017. See footage of Ineos Britannia racing here: We do not moderate comments, but we expect readers to adhere to certain rules in the interests of open and accountable debate. Then again, its not really necessary as the route is clearly signposted, whichever direction youre circumnavigating the island. Its original remit of offering scenery and curiosity to the middle classes led to its most famous attraction, a large whale skeleton washed up by nearby Needles. Pristine roads and easy navigation make a lap of the Isle of Wight a must-do for roadies. @dyson @georgieainslie #performancepeople, Fascinating insight into the great but brutal sport of rugby with @samwarbs and @christombs71 on our latest @performance.people POD with @georgieainslie Ainslie is hoping Red Bull Formula 1 design chief Adrian Newey will help the British project. Ben Ainslie is one of the most successful sailors in Olympic history, winning medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four Games held between 2000 and 2012. Huge line-up announced for @sailgp Season 3! I cant verify this, but the Isle does enjoy less rain. But as we climbed out of East Cowes and headed toward the east coast and Nettlestone on our lap of the island, traffic was busier than normal thanks to the rise of the staycation. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Ep out now https://youtu.be/I90eaNZ7fx8 On that Saturday in late March 2018, attendees at what theyd term the worlds coldest wedding (climatically not emotionally) witnessed us both forgetting the first dance, no doubt a blessing for all present. Whatever the reason, potholes are a pockmark reserved for the British mainland. It has traditionally begun with a challenger series - the Louis Vuitton Cup - to decide which team gets to take on the champions, but qualifying races have been shortened and reorganised for the next competition. Result a happy sand boy! Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences. Sir Ben Ainslie will be attending to a charity lunch at Haseley Manor in Arreton to raise money for the Isle of Wight Scouts on Friday 22nd October 2021. Freshwater celebrates the cerebral with an annual literary festival. ", Isle of Wight resident Sir Ben Ainslie said:"Showcasing the historical legacy of the Americas Cup is one of the goals of the Classic Boat Museum and we are delighted to again support them by donating BRITANNIA II, helping bring the Americas Cup story to life and leaving a legacy for the generations to come.". "We've just got to see how his timing works out in the coming months and years but he would be a huge asset.". Won by US yacht America, No British team has won it, but Sir Ben Ainslie is hoping to change that with his new team, Racing is boat-on-boat, called match-racing, Takes place roughly every three to five years, The winner decides the rules and venue of the next event, As holders Oracle Team USA have revamped the format. the shell of a large 18th-century Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team base is due to be built at Camber Docks in Old Portsmouth More than 7m of government funding is to go towards supporting Sir With regulations limiting teams to just one boat, the continuing development of the AC75 for at least the next two events, a tightening of eligibility rules and a cut in set-up costs, the Team UK skipper believes several new challengers could be NZ-bound in 2024. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. "This period in the Cup is a little bit like the transfer window in the Premier League - youve got the talent out there on the market to a certain extent. Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup boat Britannia II will join another of Sir Ben's racing yachts as centrepieces of the Isle of Wight museum's already impressive collection. The 75ft yacht, with a top speed of over 50 knots, will join the museum's eclectic mix of 89 boats which also includes the original BAR T1 (Ben Ainslie Racing) Americas Cup foiling catamaran, used as a test bed for the 2017 America's Cup in Bermuda, again gifted by Sir Ben and team to the museum in 2018. Ive always prided myself on endurance, a proliferation of slow-twitch muscle fibres easing this two-wheeled tortoise to the finish. In the following four Games, he proved dominant, winning in the Laser in Sydney (2000) and moving to the heavier Finn class to take the gold in Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), and London (2012); his five medals beat the previous record of Danish sailor Paul Elvstrm, who had also won four straight gold medals (194860) but no silver. Sadly, slow-twitchers come at the expense of hare-like fast-twitchers, meaning this is a route profile that cuts deep. + More - Less. The latest addition is the AC75 foiling monohull which was Britains race boat during the 36th Americas Cup held in Auckland in 2021. Ainslie was born in the north of England, but when he was seven, his family moved to the coast of Cornwall, where he learned to sail on the waters of Restronguet Creek. Four-time Olympic champion Ainslie, who was instrumental in sealing one of sport's greatest comebacks when Team USA overhauled an 8-1 deficit to beat Team New Zealand in San Francisco, said the victory had been "way more powerful than anything I had done as an individual". Taking the America's Cup back to where it all began would be a game-changing event, according to Sir Ben Ainslie. won the race with Oracle Team USA last year. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Roadkill is common, despite the appreciated paucity of cars, but life flourishes, too, with birds of prey above, resting on fence posts and watching fields of alpacas. WebBen Ainslie Follow Career Highlights 11-time World Champion 2016: Louis Vuitton Americas Cup World Series winner 2013: Winner 34th Americas Cup with OTUSA (San Francisco, USA) 2013: Broke the Round the Island Race Multihull record with J.P. Morgan BAR in the AC45 More Highlights - Show All SailGP He supports Chelsea FC. Hit the peak, suck in the view, breathe in the sea air and enjoy an exhilarating descent into Freshwater where 65kph registered on my computer. Sea levels rose, flooding the Solent. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ben-Ainslie, International Finn Association - Finn Class Interview: Ben Ainslie - Hopes of a Nation. Read about our approach to external linking. Either that or persist with trying to convince your family that the white pebble youve picked up is a dinosaur tooth. and will captain a team for the next event in 2017. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Ainslie, who says his team has a budget of about 80m, added: "There has been a lot of talk about Adrian joining the team and I have met with Adrian a number of times. The finals are likely to be in June 2017, The boats will be smaller and cheaper, and a quarter of each crew has to be from the team's home nation, Oracle Team USA also brought racing close to the shore in 2013 and ushered in a new era of TV production - with on-screen graphics showing those unfamiliar with racing exactly what was going on, He spoke to Newey at November's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the aerodynamic specialist is now in a position to help after Red Bull announced on Sunday he had. "Britannia II joins our wide range of historical breakthrough yachting exhibits and will be as significant addition to the Boat Shed, allowing the museum to showcase the history of the exciting development of foiling boats and the British Americas Cup story. It proved revitalising but also highlighted the paucity of bike provisions, especially on the south of the island. The Classic BoatMuseum in Cowes has a new flagship exhibit, delivered today. Where to stay: We stayed at Pebbles Lodge, Gurnard, on the west side of Cowes. Pristine roads and easy navigation make a lap of the Isle of Wight a must-do for roadies Sir Ben Ainslie is a nod to its present. Already have an account with us? It is true that no Challenger of Record has ever actually won the Cup and there is an argument to say that being COR can be a distraction - that it takes away focus from what you should be doing. Ep out tomorrow linktr.ee/performancepeople @georgieainslie @performance.people, Fascinating hearing what James Dyson and his son Jake think of how we teach our kids. He spoke to Newey at November's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and the aerodynamic specialist is now in a position to help after Red Bull announced on Sunday he had signed a new multi-year deal, which will see a shift in his role to wider projects. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Make sure youre well fuelled for heading up the west side as a gradual, grinding ascent to Blackgang burns a match or two. Its death by a thousand inclines. 9. Where to eat: Our late finish, drained energy resources and Euro 2020 football on the telly saw us acquire less-than-textbook refuelling via Sainsburys Indian ready-meals. His father, Roddy, was an accomplished yachtsman, skippering a boat on the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 197374. The duchess, who is a keen sailor and watched some of the London 2012 Olympic racing, attended the launch at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, south east London. A fascinating chat with 5x World Champ triathlete @lesleydoestri and her Performance Psychologist husband Simon Marshall on this weeks @performanceppl pod. contact the editor here. Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup boat Britannia II will join another of Sir Ben's racing yachts as centrepieces of the Isle of Wight museum's already impressive If it moves, the marketing team tag and sell it. Its an outlier among subtler fossilisation, so if like me the only fossil youd recognise is a concentric ammonite and your Isle ride coincides with a holiday, Id recommend a guided fossil-hunting tour. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Thanks! Mark McNeil, chairman of the Classic Boat Museum, said:It is a huge privilege for the museum to display this important yacht this summer which performed exceptionally well in the early rounds of the Prada Cup in February 2021. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. The official route deviates inland to pass Brighstone and its rows of thatched cottages and traditional farmhouses. Things soon settled down once we passed Osborne House, the former residence of Queen Victoria and the place where she departed this mortal coil. In May 2005 Ainslie took the decision to relinquish the role of tactician and focus on improving his match racing skills as helmsman of the 'B' boat used to practice and tune the race boat helmed by Dean Barker . Ainslie figure headed a British challenge for the Cup alongside Sir Keith Mills the team was named Team Origin. which will see a shift in his role to wider projects. The Olympic sailing legend lives in Seaview on the north-east of the Isle and theres talk that his team, Ineos Team UK, will compete in the next Americas Cup, with Cowes mooted as the venue. Ben Ainslie called the shots to help Team Oracle USA win in 2013. Therefore, his job was one of the few jobs indoors at the brickyard, and an excuse to keep warm in the sand shed. Last updated on 10 June 201410 June 2014.From the section Sailing. Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup boat Britannia II will join another of Sir Ben's racing yachts as centrepieces of the Isle of Wight museum's already impressive collection. The 55-year-old is the most successful F1 car designer in history and has masterminded Red Bull's four consecutive drivers' and constructors' world title successes from 2010 to 2013. Web46k Followers, 180 Following, 324 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Ben Ainslie (@benainslie) 45.8k Followers, 178 Following, 315 Posts - See Instagram photos If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to We headed further west to Niton and the salubrious environs of Norriss family grocers for a banquet of prawn wrap, chicken breast, cashew nuts and water to refill electrolyte-fizzing bottles. Just remember to close the side gate so the owners dog doesnt escape! Loved speaking to her and @barney.storey on @performance.people pod I had the tasty eggs benedict but would recommend something a little less saucy if followed by cycling. This is home to many of the islands wealthiest residents, a place where yachts bob away beneath the Earl of Yarborough Monument, a massive obelisk of granite to commemorate the man who was the first Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes. The Military Road then carried us through the often-windswept Area of Outstanding Beauty and along the Tennyson Heritage Coast. Sir Ben Ainslie Credits: Image - Getty, video - Newshub. Mark McNeil, chairman of the Classic Boat Museum, said:It is a huge privilege for the museum to display this important yacht this summer which performed exceptionally well in the early rounds of the Prada Cup in February 2021. Then my wife fell asleep before we cut the cake, and my dad and best man had to carry her to bed. With more than 1,350m of climbing, from short, sharp pitches on the east side to longer, shallower drags on the west side, a lap of the island is a wonderful, challenging day for all, with committed masochists having the option to ride both clockwise and anti-clockwise in the same day. Distance: 104km/65 milesTotal Elevation: 1,350m/4,429ftGrade: Naughty steep pitches crank up the difficultyRoute: Download the full route on Komoot or use the QR code. Sir Ben Ainslie will be attending to a charity lunch at Haseley Manor in Arreton to raise money for the Isle of Wight Scouts on Friday 22nd October 2021. Ben Ainslie is not averse to a little superstition too and uses a lucky name for all his boats since his early Olympic days. (Image: David White) The next church is that of St Andrews in Chale. 10. Check-in from 17:00-21:00 FREE Check-out from 06:00-09:00 FREE.