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It's beautiful, isn't it? That is the oldest trophy in world sport,

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the America's Cup. 165 years ago it was won for the first time by an

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American boat in a race around the Isle of Wight. This trophy has never

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been won by a British team but this time around we are back in the game.

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After over a century and a half that game looks very, very different. Oh,

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wow! Oh buoy! Steaming along. Fantastic racing. Just lost control

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of the boat. Oracle Team USA! The America's Cup World Series this week

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lands in Portsmouth. Six teams made up of the very best sailors on the

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planet racing the fastest race boat ever built. It's quite a spectacle,

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its high-speed adrenaline fuelled sailboat racing. But it's not the

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first time it's come to the UK. Last year here in Portsmouth thousands

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flocked for the first round ever of the 35th America's Cup World Series.

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It was the first time the six teams went head-to-head. Sailing fans had

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never seen anything like it. The event was a resounding success. Not

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least because the man they all came to cheer topped the podium. British

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team Land Rover BAR took a spectacular win here in Portsmouth

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last year to the delight of the very partisan home crowd. All here to

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cheer on their sailing hero, Sir Ben Ainslie. Ben Ainslie and crew, their

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first debut, and they have done it. Before we find out just how the rest

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of the World Series has been going for Ainslie since his win here last

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year we will take a quick time-out for a quick history lesson. As we

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have already seen the first ever race for the America's Cup was

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sailed around the Isle of Wight Way back in 1851. At the time it was for

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a new trophy then called the Hundred Guinea cup, awarded to the first

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yacht across the line in a race around the Ireland. That yacht was

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called America. And in winning the trophy her owners decided it was

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appropriate to rename it the America's Cup. They took the

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silverware back to New York and in doing so they started the longest

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ever winning streak in world sport. For an astounding 132 years the

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trophy stayed with the New York yacht club until, in 1983, Australia

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two wrestled the trophy from the American sliced like grip. They took

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the cup on US soil for the first time since that race back in 1851.

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Since then the cup has been contested a further nine times. It's

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only seen three different winners. But it's the most recent cup, held

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back in 2013, that really caught the attention of the sporting public.

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And that is where our man Ben Ainslie enters the fray. Held out in

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the waters of San Francisco Bay, the last cup was raced on the most

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advanced, most expensive, fastest sailing machines ever built. The

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previous winners, Oracle Team USA, were defending the cup against the

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challenging team, Emirates Team New Zealand. 8-1 down in a first to nine

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contest it was all over for the Americans, the cup was on the way to

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New Zealand. In a last throw of the dice they changed tactician and up

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stepped Ben Ainslie. Fresh from London 2012 Olympic success, Ainslie

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helped mastermind the greatest ever comeback in sporting history. As the

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USA sailed to an incredible eight straight wins and thus keeping their

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hands on the oldest Choate fee in world sport. And still the defender

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of the America's Cup, Oracle Team USA -- the oldest trophy in world

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sport. For Ben Ainslie, that win was a career defining moment. He would

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return home cup winner. But the cup would remain in the USA. The next

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big challenge was to set about winning it again. But this time as a

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British team with British backers. A team that could win the America's

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Cup and bring the oldest trophy in world sport back to where it all

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began. You know what it is like, the final build-up, you are a cup winner

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already. How different is it now you are in charge of the whole thing?

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Well, I think having founded the team, and sort of being involved in

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every area, you realise just how much more is going on other than

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just the sailing or the design. Whether that be commercial or

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illegal, or, you know, we have a lot of investors heavily involved with

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the team as well. -- legal. So yeah, there's a lot to occupy the mind, a

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lot to think about. There are so many things going on with the team

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on a day-to-day basis that you have to learn to take it all in, cycle it

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through and try to make the right decisions and then move forward and

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keep, ultimately keep the team going and pushing to get the desired

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results. I was going to ask you about your relationship with your

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competitors, particularly Jimmy Spithill. Team members three years

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ago, batting for the same side. How has that changed as you become more

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competitive? We have always had a great relationship, Jimmy and I. We

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first met back in 2001 or something like that. We came back together

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many years later for the Oracle Team USA. I think there is our healthy

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respect. We are very different people, but opposites attract to a

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certain extent. One thing is for sure, when we are both out on the

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water, we want to win and we want to beat each other. That's great,

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that's what you want can sport, you want those rivalries. Certainly from

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my point of view I love knowing that I'm going out against the best guys,

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and if you can actually beat them you know you've achieved something

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special. I wonder if you take a moment of thought when you go into

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work in the morning and there are over 100 people working towards this

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common goal, do you take a moment to think you can't believe what's

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happening and what is going on? Sometimes we definitely have to

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pinch ourselves, because it is really amazing, building the base in

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Portsmouth, getting it to where we are now, performing well on the

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World Series. We are and we should be very proud of what we have

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achieved as a team but we are also hugely competitive. We want that

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America's Cup back home. Until ultimately we win it, you can't

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relax, you've just got to keep pushing, keep trying to improve, and

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work out things to be better and smarter. That team is all working

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towards that goal, and they are pretty focused on it. Having raced

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the required funding, Ainsley's team set up base in the city of

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Portsmouth, the home of the British Navy, a city steeped in British

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maritime history, the perfect environment to mastermind the return

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of that elusive silverware. Ainsley's team set up here, built an

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impressive base and are well into a cup campaign. We are about to head

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out onto the water but before we do and going to take a minute to

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explain how this America's Cup business works. The teams are all

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currently racing on the America's Cup World Series. It's a preliminary

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series of nine rounds that being raced in the build-up to the

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America's Cup 2017. This will take place in June in Bermuda a year from

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now. When the World Series finishes the six teams will then gather in

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Bermuda for the cup qualifiers. First and second in the World Series

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will take points into these races. Once completed, the top four will go

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into a final Challenger series play-off. As we've ready seen

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Ainslie himself helped the Americans win the cup in 2013. That means that

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Oracle Team USA are the defenders and they will race in the America's

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Cup against the winner of the Challenger series play-offs. Put

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simply that is how this edition of the cup is going to run. In June of

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next year over in Bermuda Oracle Team USA will go head-to-head

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against the successful challenger in a battle to win the oldest trophy in

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world sport. So that's how this all works. Finish in the top two in the

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World Series and you carry points forward to the next H and so

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performing well is vital. It's round seven here in Portsmouth and to date

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competition between the teams has been nothing but fierce. Lying sixth

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in the table at the moment, French team Groupama, late to the America's

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Cup party as the last team to confirm entry but on the racetrack

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they are a force to be reckoned with. Helmed by a French sailing

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legend Franck Cammas, he knows a thing or two about competition. He

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won the gruelling Volvo Ocean race at first attempt and is desperate to

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take the trophy back to France for the first time ever. SoftBank Team

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Japan lie in fifth place. Run by Kiwi Dean Barker, at the helm of the

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losing entry last time out. Chris Draper is on the boat, Barker's

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right-hand romance. Great to see you in Portsmouth, is it nice to be

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home? It is, and England has been turning on the weather. Nice to see

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friends I have not seen for a long time and really enjoying being back

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here. It certainly feels that SoftBank Team Japan have been

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getting better and better. What can you expect to do here? I think we

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really don't have any expectations. We've been working really hard in

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Bermuda on our testing boat and that's been the priority. We are

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trying to focus on improving in this when we get the opportunities at the

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offence. At the same time because we are a small team we only start

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focusing on these events when we arrive at them which makes it tricky

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to improve. But we have been thinking about strategy and the way

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we position people in the boat and trying to make the most of

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opportunities and I think that can improve our performances. I think

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with any sailboat racing you learn a lot, it's about ticking the boxes

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and making sure you execute everything well. Making sure there's

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none of processes missed an if we do that we will get good results.

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Fourth place in the rankings sits one of the powerhouses of the

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America's Cup. Privately funded campaign, Artemis Racing from Sweden

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come support Smith without their usual Olympic gold medallist who is

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in Rio preparing for the games. They are one of only three teams to have

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won a World Series event. In fact they've won twice. Run by British

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double Olympic gold medallist Percy Dunne Iain Percy. You are fourth in

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the table, two of them wins, how happy are you? We've won a third of

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the events but lying in fourth sums up our series so far, really. Had

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some moments of great sailing but also some stuff we really should

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have done better. So overall I'm not happy about being fourth, not happy

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about those bad results. What it probably fit in more with our

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programme where we are concentrating on the events in 17. You've been in

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the Olympic team with Ben Ainslie for absolutely decade and you are

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great friends. As rivals, both running and America's Cup team, how

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has that relationship changed? In friendship turns our relationship is

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as good as ever. The important stuff in life we can chat about as old

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mates. Maybe in a lot of ways it is enhanced because we are both in the

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same role now, running and America's Cup team comes with a lot of

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pressures. In some ways it is quite a lonely position. Having an old

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mate going through the same things, there's often a time we will grab a

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beer and just wine without giving much away about our respective

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pressures. But here we are getting on really well. This weekend weather

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looks promising, of excitement building, what can we expect? I

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think it's going to be fantastic racing. These boats, for those who

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have not seen them, are incredibly fast and spectacular. Faster than

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most cars go on the road flying above the water. At the same time

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very tight, close racing. I think what people will realise is that

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they can understand sailing in a way they never have before with TV

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graphics. Those on the sure we'll have a great show. I think any team

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can win which is where we sit with these boats now which adds another

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element to it as well. We've already established who the defenders of the

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cup are this time around. Team Oracle USA are currently third in

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the rankings but unbelievably hard yet to win a World Series event.

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Helmed by the tenacious Aussie Jimmy Spithill, they are desperate for

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their first series win. Every single team that goes to a World Series,

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their goal is to win. And that's exactly our goal, to come here and

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win, especially this one in front of Ben's home crowd. How much would

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that mean to you to beat Ben Ainslie's team here? Oh, it would be

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great. Not just Ben, it's really all of them. They all are so tough now.

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There's no weak links in the fleet. And for sure, I think this event

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will be even bigger than a year ago, just given what's happened, his team

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has been set up. It will be awesome. But also we are under no false

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illusions, it will be very tough, very competitive, and saving these

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boats, man, you can't be perfect. It really is the team that can make

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fewer mistakes. are, the team based here in

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Portsmouth. They kicked up with that victory here and the whole team are

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keen to repeat in front of thousands of fans. Plenty of expectation to

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put that cherry on the cake and get the second win here. We want to go

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out, we are desperate to get another victory here. It will be really

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tough. The competition is getting higher and higher. If this sea

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breeze kicks in, it will be amazing, incredibly tight racing. Great for

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people to watch on TV and on the shore and on the water. Leading the

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rankings at this stage of the cup, Emirates Team New Zealand have

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sailed a consistent series. Two event wins and helmed by an

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up-and-coming star of the America's Cup. He will also be looking for

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gold in Rio, the responsibility in Portsmouth relies on Ashford. You

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are top of the leaderboard for ages, can you hold that position? We will

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see how we go this weekend. The racing will be fierce whether it be

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windy or light. It is a fairly new crew sailing here this weekend and

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for me in particular, steering. I haven't done so for more than about

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15 minutes on an A/C 45. The guys had better give us some room on the

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start line because anything could happen. That is the form guide

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coming into this event, what a day we are going to have. The wind is

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building and thousands of people are lining the shore and race one is

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about to kick off. COMMENTATOR: All set to go, race one on the America's

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Cup World Series here in Portsmouth on the historic waters where it all

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began way back in 1851. They are away. Three other books -- three of

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the boats are a way early. The two rookie helmsman, Francesco Bruni on

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Artemis and Glenn Ashby on Emirates Team New Zealand. You can see two or

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three feet can make all the difference in the world to being a

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hero or zero off the start line. Just as we saw yesterday, the French

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off to a flyer. The practice races yesterday, that was a mark of the

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French team. Franco mass leading them towards that first mark. A

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relatively tight manoeuvre. Not a huge amount of margin for error. He

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flew the hull up and over the back of Oracle there, that is confidence

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in your ability, I tell you that. We also see group, team France in

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front. Then a easy going 12 or 13 knots, the other guys going 11. He

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did a nice job clearing the pack and sailing his own boat in his own

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breeze. The French have taken off on this leg, they are in their own race

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and gone, literally. This would be only the third race the French have

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one in the entire America's Cup World Series. A massive boost for

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this team and their supporters. They have struggled as a whole but they

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take victory in race number one. They may have to wait for British

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victory, the French have taken control. STUDIO: Not the hope the

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British team would have hoped for, a fifth-place finish but a quick

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turnaround for the next race, there was no time to dwell on the

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disappointment. The team had to refocus and refocus quickly before

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race two. COMMENTATOR: About to get underway in the Solent in front of a

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big crowd. The jostling for position as intense as ever. There will be a

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lot of the boats going over early, five of the six boats are over early

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team France is the only one not over the starting line early. The current

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did not hold them back quite as much as they wanted. Groupama will have

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to let them through. Around the first mark, Land Rover BAR in first

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place. Emirates Team New Zealand behind Artemis racing and not

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enjoying themselves so far this afternoon. Land Rover BAR certainly

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caught a break. They are over early with the rest of the pack but did a

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better job burning off their penalty than anyone else and came at in

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second place after a penalty. I guarantee you Ben Ainslie has never

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had a penalty before and still come out in second place. Emirates Team

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New Zealand trying to gybe in front of the group. Ben Ainslie going

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several knots faster. Emirates Team New Zealand trying to get across.

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They were the burden boat, the give way boat. They had to stay clear of

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the starboard tack is, they could not get across and this will be

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really costly as all six boats pile into the first gate with Ben Ainslie

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poking through. Artemis racing seemed to be picking up speed at the

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bottom of your picture right now. But still in front by a religion of

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Lee small margin, Land Rover BAR who have taken a very different path.

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Again they have done a nice job of splitting. It is part of their

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strategy, Land Rover BAR to try and stay away from the group. Artemis

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coming across right now, they are on port tack, the give way boat, they

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have to get out of the way of Groupama team France, which they do

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successfully. Single-minded sailing from Sir Ben Ainslie and company as

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they head to date three clear of the rest. Something for the home crowd

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to cheer. Oracle Team USA led by Jimmy Spithill, the man to the right

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of the picture. Still around 200 metres off the pace of Land Rover

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BAR. This is business, it is all about

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winning an home waters in front of the home crowd, giving them

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something to celebrate as they head into gate four and contemplate the

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finish. Land Rover BAR well in front of the rest. Picking up some speed

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as well now. On this final flourish for Land Rover BAR, there will be no

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catching them now. Look at the crowd, do you think there will be

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much of a raw? This is real stadium sound. Time to celebrate in the

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sunshine for the British sailing fancier. Sir Ben Ainslie, owner of

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four gold medals as done it again on home waters. Leading them in. It has

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been a commanding performance in race two from the British boat, much

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to celebrate. A win for the home team in race two, a great comeback

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from Land Rover BAR, can they take that winning streak into race three?

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The last race of the day, the world's best going head to head in

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the scramble for points in the Portsmouth sunshine. They will be

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getting away to a flyer this time around? Penalty on Oracle Team USA

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and Softbank team Japan, what will stick at to any sailor at home is

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how good these guys are at getting close to the starting line.

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Literally a foot is deciding if you are a hero or zero coming off the

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starting line. Ben Ainslie again shooting that the top-of-the-line to

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stay clear of everyone else. He may not be the favourite but getting

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himself clear. It looks like he might get off into second place. And

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there is the French boat again, starting much better. Didn't pull

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off the slingshot but he was helped out by the two boats were over early

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and he might be leading coming to the mark. Heading into gate two with

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Groupama team France leading the pack against -- ahead of Softbank

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team Japan. As they look to head closer to shore and those

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spectators. The French skipper asking which mark, at the top of the

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screen, it looks like very glassy water. And the better pressure where

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they make games is offshore a tactician is called for make the

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manoeuvre and go back offshore again, it looks to be better

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pressure out there. A breakaway of three, the French, Japanese and

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British. Oracle Team USA in very light air trying to get around the

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other bluey, do they have to give ground to Artemis racing. The moment

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of truth in this race right now whether they can cross or not. It

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looks like they will cross Softbank team Japan who are dipping in behind

:24:35.:24:39.

them. Let us see what happens with our friends at Groupama. Nothing

:24:40.:24:47.

between the two. Ben Ainslie said to focus on the handling, he has got it

:24:48.:24:51.

so it may not have gone as smoothly as he would have liked. Will

:24:52.:24:57.

Groupama have enough speed and not let Ben Ainslie roll over the top?

:24:58.:25:03.

The instructions clearly working because Land Rover BAR have moved

:25:04.:25:05.

ahead of Softbank team Japan and the French, hitting the front. As they

:25:06.:25:18.

head into gate three. Wonderful third to first move in this last

:25:19.:25:27.

leg. Ben Ainslie on Land Rover BAR saying they are in a match. That if

:25:28.:25:32.

Ron start to gybe, Land Rover to one macro will start to gybe. The

:25:33.:25:39.

decision taken in a flurry of activity. Working so hard to

:25:40.:25:48.

minimise the time lost. The French have simply sailed better so far in

:25:49.:25:52.

this event. They are really in the hunt, they are sailing and more

:25:53.:25:59.

aware and confident with each other. But did they just put themselves in

:26:00.:26:03.

a tough spot? Gybing right into bad air behind Ben Ainslie. It has

:26:04.:26:13.

allowed Land Rover BAR to take the lead that they are building towards

:26:14.:26:20.

as they round gate four. They are ahead of the French by a small

:26:21.:26:24.

margin. Emirates Team New Zealand suddenly back in the picture as

:26:25.:26:29.

well. Softbank team Japan have to give way straightaway, the French

:26:30.:26:34.

have do gybe they have to go around the mark. This a dangerous spot for

:26:35.:26:43.

this time in the race. Every sinew being stretched but it does look as

:26:44.:26:48.

if British sailing fans will have more to celebrate here. On the

:26:49.:26:54.

shores of Portsmouth as Ben Ainslie and Land Rover BAR storm their way

:26:55.:27:00.

to the finishing line, they both put up a handy lead and this would

:27:01.:27:05.

represent an excellent return for their hard work. Still powering the

:27:06.:27:17.

boat forward. Two victories for Land Rover BAR and Ben Ainslie with

:27:18.:27:22.

another special moment for British racing and the man at the helm

:27:23.:27:27.

congratulated by his team-mates. A job well done, two wins out of three

:27:28.:27:32.

and giving the crowd exactly what they came for. The racing was very

:27:33.:27:37.

tight, as you saw. A lot of boat handling was critical. Especially

:27:38.:27:42.

going round the gates, the guys did a good job in stressful

:27:43.:27:46.

circumstances. You have five of the best teams in the world breathing

:27:47.:27:51.

down your neck so it is not easy. We have all seen Ben Ainslie,

:27:52.:27:54.

particularly in the Olympic arena pull something out when he had to,

:27:55.:27:58.

way surprised at how he came back from the first race? Absolutely not.

:27:59.:28:03.

He has so much more experience in this type of boat and at this venue.

:28:04.:28:09.

It would be amazing to me if he doesn't come out on top this weekend

:28:10.:28:13.

frankly. They have probably done 100 more days in this boat than anyone

:28:14.:28:18.

else out here. That doesn't excuse the performances from guys like

:28:19.:28:21.

ourselves and some of the other top teams who didn't do well today. We

:28:22.:28:27.

just need to start making less mistakes around the racecourse. Day

:28:28.:28:31.

one imports must and not the easiest day? A tough day for everyone. A

:28:32.:28:36.

locked position changes, you can be first or last in an instant. Not a

:28:37.:28:41.

bad day for us, we are sailing better yesterday. Two second places,

:28:42.:28:47.

we made a mistake in the last one but it is all tied up for tomorrow

:28:48.:28:54.

and it is really open, the regatta. After three complete races here on

:28:55.:28:58.

day one in Portsmouth it is the home team who topped the leaderboard.

:28:59.:29:01.

Courtesy of two race wins. A good David Dean Barker and

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Softbank team Japan. Jimmy Spittal and Oracle Team USA will not be

:29:13.:29:18.

happy down in fourth. It is quite a sight watching these boats fly

:29:19.:29:21.

around the Solent but in Bermuda next year they will not be racing in

:29:22.:29:26.

these boats, these machines promise to take the sport to a whole new

:29:27.:29:28.

level. The teams are not allowed to launch

:29:29.:29:38.

the boats for next year 's cup until just after Christmas but they are

:29:39.:29:41.

allowed to make test builds which is exactly what they have been doing

:29:42.:29:52.

and the results are spectacular. The boats the teams are striving towards

:29:53.:29:56.

will be 50 foot long, and just like the World Series boats they will be

:29:57.:30:00.

foil and wind powered multihulls. They can only build one ultimate cup

:30:01.:30:08.

built, so they have looked outside of hailing and are drawing on

:30:09.:30:10.

technology from all manner of industries. And at Land Rover BAR

:30:11.:30:17.

the man running the show is a very high-tech person. Martin, sailing is

:30:18.:30:22.

not your world, where have you come from? I was 25 years motor racing,

:30:23.:30:29.

mainly Formula 1. I got involved in this as a non-sailor knowing nothing

:30:30.:30:33.

about the America's Cup. A lot of people wondered why I wanted to do

:30:34.:30:37.

this, and it is a much smaller environment compared to motor racing

:30:38.:30:41.

but that is part of the appeal. I think it's fresher. The rule book is

:30:42.:30:44.

more open, there's more opportunity to differentiate. Formula 1 has

:30:45.:30:49.

grown stacks of rules and regulations such that it's

:30:50.:30:53.

increasingly difficult to make a difference. Here I think there's a

:30:54.:30:57.

great opportunity. 165 years after the cup was made, it's never been on

:30:58.:31:01.

our mantelpiece in this country and I think to be part of that process

:31:02.:31:04.

which hopefully achieves that I think is exciting for all of us.

:31:05.:31:08.

From a technological approach just explain to us what you have to do to

:31:09.:31:15.

do that. Well we don't know yet. But we think we know. I think the

:31:16.:31:19.

history in America's Cup is generally the quickest boat wins.

:31:20.:31:24.

Simply put within the confines of the class will we've got to give

:31:25.:31:29.

them the quickest boat and that's what we are hoping to do. What are

:31:30.:31:34.

the challenge to making that happen? These are big, powerful, complex

:31:35.:31:37.

boats. America's Cup has really changed. They were already complex,

:31:38.:31:44.

big powerful catamarans, foiling has changed the sport. The challenge is

:31:45.:31:49.

how to develop these technologies. When they are performing well, less

:31:50.:31:55.

than 1% of the surface area is in water, so they are not boats as we

:31:56.:32:00.

know it. That means the sport changes, the technical challenges,

:32:01.:32:02.

materials, control systems, electronics, hydraulics, all things

:32:03.:32:08.

that were present before are probably orders of magnitude more

:32:09.:32:12.

complex and critical. What do you think you have brought to it? Well I

:32:13.:32:16.

think more importantly I think there is a fantastically strong team here.

:32:17.:32:20.

We've got a team where we've got America's Cup grandees, these are

:32:21.:32:23.

guys who have been around for awhile, done America's Cup

:32:24.:32:26.

challengers, they know what it's like to win the Cup. More recently

:32:27.:32:30.

we've brought people with backgrounds such as myself,

:32:31.:32:39.

automotive, aerospace. They bring, commentary skills which is crucial

:32:40.:32:44.

to us getting the most out of the process -- complementary skills. The

:32:45.:32:48.

crowds are back in their thousands on day two and Land Rover BAR are

:32:49.:32:53.

the team to beat. In the world of the America's Cup Eckel Sunday super

:32:54.:32:55.

Sunday because it's double points racing which means we could see

:32:56.:33:04.

dramatic changes on the leaderboard. Setting up for the first race of the

:33:05.:33:09.

day in these iconic waters, a brand-new opportunity, then, for the

:33:10.:33:13.

whole fleet. Very different conditions to yesterday. The wind

:33:14.:33:14.

has picked write-up. The first race of day to, the breeze

:33:15.:33:26.

having kicked in, the fleet ready faction to make their mark on the of

:33:27.:33:30.

the Solent. Double points on offer, and they are away at speed. Lets see

:33:31.:33:36.

who can get up on the foil the quickest and Ainsley starts the

:33:37.:33:43.

closest to us. He's been doing that consistently you just want clear

:33:44.:33:46.

air. He has confidence on his ability to get through the fleet if

:33:47.:33:50.

he gets behind and he doesn't want to take the chance of getting spat

:33:51.:33:54.

out the back. Good, conservative start by Ben Ainslie that might have

:33:55.:34:00.

him first coming into mark number one. Sucked and incinerating site to

:34:01.:34:04.

see these boats upon the foils. Really going for it in the early

:34:05.:34:10.

stages, as they hit Mach one, Land Rover BAR and Sir Ben Ainslie in

:34:11.:34:11.

front. All action on the Artemis Racing

:34:12.:34:26.

boat. They are heading down wind at high speed. Everybody chasing the

:34:27.:34:35.

home team boat right now. Ainslie has come to play, two out of three

:34:36.:34:39.

race wins yesterday. Nice little jump today. At Oracle Team USA, it's

:34:40.:34:46.

amazing how close they are to the leaders of the overall series, yet

:34:47.:34:48.

they haven't won regatta. So come into gate to, and it is Land

:34:49.:35:06.

Rover BAR rounding it the quickest, they are informed by some 20 metres

:35:07.:35:11.

or so. But Oracle Team USA are hard on the heels. Coming a little bit

:35:12.:35:18.

deeper. You see the other boat struggling to get their angle is

:35:19.:35:21.

correct behind them. This will be a nice gap for first and second placed

:35:22.:35:26.

boats. It could turn into a two boat race quickly. Everybody chasing Land

:35:27.:35:32.

Rover BAR currently, who are ripping their way forwards. And once again

:35:33.:35:36.

we are seeing this battle between Sir Ben Ainslie and Jimmy Spithill,

:35:37.:35:40.

former team-mate but great rivals. They will be relishing this battle

:35:41.:35:45.

together. What a sight for tens of thousands of sports fans. These

:35:46.:35:49.

aren't just sailing fans. You walk around the waterfront and talk to

:35:50.:35:53.

people and ask them, are you a sailor? At least 50% of the time

:35:54.:35:57.

they say no, they are just here to watch a cool sporting event, and

:35:58.:36:01.

what a venue for it. Amazing location, amazing sight. Another

:36:02.:36:05.

thousand or so boats on the water watching as well. This is what the

:36:06.:36:11.

modern America's Cup is all about. Land Rover BAR and Oracle Team USA

:36:12.:36:24.

locked in battle. Ainslie will definitely be keeping a close eye on

:36:25.:36:27.

Oracle Team USA. These two boats had a big jump. They had a big jump on

:36:28.:36:34.

the rest of the fleet. So it turns into a bit of a match race, they

:36:35.:36:39.

will watch each other, and Ainslie will not let Oracle out of their

:36:40.:36:49.

sites very far. Teamwork in action. Going up wind, they overstepped the

:36:50.:36:54.

mark a little bit which means they probably went a little too far onto

:36:55.:36:59.

their lay line, onto the closest course of the mark, but it allows

:37:00.:37:02.

them to pop up on the foils before they go round the mark, probably net

:37:03.:37:07.

even when it's all said and done. Lose a bit of ground but go quite a

:37:08.:37:12.

bit faster. We saw those manoeuvres taking that much longer yesterday,

:37:13.:37:17.

didn't we? These are altogether different conditions, hence the

:37:18.:37:22.

flight time for Land Rover BAR, time spent literally in the air.

:37:23.:37:28.

The beauty of this course, as we were mentioning throughout

:37:29.:37:33.

yesterday, just how close they are the 30 metres offshore. Stadium

:37:34.:37:39.

racing here in the Solent. Sir Ben Ainslie ripping through the gears.

:37:40.:37:42.

Ripping through the gate and 24 knots right now. This is not your

:37:43.:37:51.

grandmother's America's Cup. Ramsgate four and back up wind they

:37:52.:37:57.

go. Very smooth rounding. Nice smooth job getting from on the foils

:37:58.:38:00.

back into displacement mode as they go back up wind. That was a perfect

:38:01.:38:07.

mark round. So still it is Land Rover BAR who are bossing the race,

:38:08.:38:12.

this opening race of day two of the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World

:38:13.:38:20.

Series. Unlike five of seven. You look back at the pack, Oracle racing

:38:21.:38:23.

has a nice lay line meaning the direct cause into this gate down

:38:24.:38:28.

forward on the right-hand side of our screen is Artemis Racing who

:38:29.:38:31.

have passed Emirates Team New Zealand. Into third place the

:38:32.:38:39.

Swedes, behind Oracle Team USA. Land Rover BAR leading from the front as

:38:40.:38:45.

they round gate five. Artemis Racing might make this mark and actually

:38:46.:38:49.

get around and be very close to second place. Bit of an over

:38:50.:38:54.

stand-by Oracle racing which means they've allowed Mr get right back in

:38:55.:39:00.

the hunt. Great regatta last time out in Chicago for the Swedes.

:39:01.:39:08.

SoftBank Team Japan disputing fourth and fifth, and the French in six as

:39:09.:39:16.

they head down wind once again. Very close call between Emirates Team New

:39:17.:39:21.

Zealand and Artemis Racing. Land Rover BAR flying across the water,

:39:22.:39:28.

46% of the time up on the foils. We are going to see this time and again

:39:29.:39:32.

in the coming months particularly as we had to Bermuda where the boats

:39:33.:39:36.

are very much built for this kind of thing. Exactly. They are talking

:39:37.:39:41.

about for healing in Bermuda up wind up as well as down wind, so they are

:39:42.:39:46.

flying all the time down wind, and they are not flying upwind. In

:39:47.:39:51.

Bermuda we might see it close to 100% of the time. Absolutely

:39:52.:39:59.

steaming away to the finish line. Land Rover BAR and Sir Ben Ainslie

:40:00.:40:02.

driving the boat to the finish line to the delight of thousands of

:40:03.:40:10.

supporters revelling in these conditions, revelling in the success

:40:11.:40:15.

of seeing their men, the hometown team. STUDIO: So Land Rover BAR

:40:16.:40:19.

start dating with another win putting them one step closer to

:40:20.:40:24.

victory here in Portsmouth. They are a tight-knit team, fully focused on

:40:25.:40:27.

winning together in whatever they do, as I found out last week.

:40:28.:40:33.

Sailing America's Cup boats is really full on, you've got to have

:40:34.:40:37.

some relaxation. To get a bit of time off, what do they want to do?

:40:38.:40:39.

Something competitive. I want to see a good 200 yard are

:40:40.:40:58.

here unleashed. You be quiet. Heh heh! Nice. That's quite the opposite

:40:59.:41:06.

of mine. Grown-up sailing against each other in the programme and

:41:07.:41:13.

started match racing. In every book I have sailed with him I've always

:41:14.:41:16.

wanted him to be the guy at the front, got confident he will do the

:41:17.:41:20.

right thing at the right time, and then you can abuse him afterwards

:41:21.:41:24.

when he does and which is just as much fun. We are good mates and

:41:25.:41:29.

we've known each other for a long time and it's part of what makes us

:41:30.:41:34.

so strong, when we get into the nitty-gritty bit of it, we just want

:41:35.:41:37.

to work for each other. It is massively important, if you all pull

:41:38.:41:41.

together you will be much better together. You are going to win this

:41:42.:41:47.

hole, I can see it. He's the only one who can beat me. He's the only

:41:48.:41:52.

one who can't hit the ball off the floor, can't hit it far enough to

:41:53.:41:57.

lose it. Great guys to have on-board, you can guarantee that not

:41:58.:42:01.

only they will give 100%, at the boat handling will always be spot

:42:02.:42:05.

on. You can suggest something to them, it's all constructive just to

:42:06.:42:09.

try to make the boat go faster. It's good to have that relationship with

:42:10.:42:12.

the guys that everyone can say what they think and know one will take

:42:13.:42:15.

offence and everyone will take it on board. I thought you were going to

:42:16.:42:26.

get it close. No chance. Ho Ho! Bend's are really amazing guy.

:42:27.:42:31.

There's a lot of joking. When it comes to getting serious it gets

:42:32.:42:36.

properly serious. He's a mate all sailors and everything but he's

:42:37.:42:41.

also, he wants to win as much as anyone, more than anyone, and is

:42:42.:42:44.

pretty serious about getting the job done. He's probably the most focused

:42:45.:42:48.

out of everyone that we get on the water, and he's a good example for

:42:49.:42:54.

all of us. Then is probably the biggest man in our team. It's his

:42:55.:42:59.

name above the door, he's the one that brings the money in, gets the

:43:00.:43:02.

team rolling. He's putting everything into this and we need to

:43:03.:43:06.

be doing the same. Come on then, you've got to make it off the tee.

:43:07.:43:18.

Hey hey!. It's great to be part of something British. Everybody goes

:43:19.:43:21.

that extra mile to try to help bring the cup home. To achieve something

:43:22.:43:27.

that no other team has done that's represented this country basically

:43:28.:43:29.

means everything and this is a massive opportunity for us to do it.

:43:30.:43:34.

So all we want to do is get it done, bring it back. They are a passionate

:43:35.:43:45.

bunch Sir Ben Ainslie has on-board. It was a lot of fun filming that.

:43:46.:43:48.

There's no messing about now, they've got their game faces on.

:43:49.:43:53.

Let's get back out on the water. COMMENTATOR: Lined up for race two,

:43:54.:43:57.

the penultimate race of the Portsmouth event, just two more

:43:58.:44:00.

chances to snaffle the valuable points, with the boats all vying for

:44:01.:44:04.

position already. You could see it was all clear. Artemis Racing and

:44:05.:44:08.

SoftBank Team Japan with really solid starts. Four boats in the

:44:09.:44:14.

front line going into Mach number one with Ainslie getting spit out

:44:15.:44:19.

the back a bit. On-board Oracle Team USA in these early stages as they

:44:20.:44:27.

get up on the foils nice and quick. Just radical action! Oh, that's

:44:28.:44:29.

fantastic. We go on board with Artemis Racing.

:44:30.:44:43.

It is more like stockcar racing that anything we have seen. Cutting in

:44:44.:44:48.

front is not exactly drafting but you are in a position to go three

:44:49.:44:58.

wide going into a corner. Testing racing for all of these sailors and

:44:59.:45:01.

everything happening at breakneck speed. Not a perfect job for Oracle

:45:02.:45:09.

Team USA but they come out of it OK. You can see how unstable things get

:45:10.:45:14.

from time to time, especially when gybing for positioning going into

:45:15.:45:17.

gate number one. Fascinating on the water views of these things foaming.

:45:18.:45:26.

Oracle Team USA setting the pace from SoftBank Team Japan and Artemis

:45:27.:45:32.

Racing and Land Rover BAR contesting fourth and third. The French at the

:45:33.:45:38.

back. Roles reversed in the second race of the day. It is the Americans

:45:39.:45:42.

leading the way currently with a 90 metres lead over Land Rover BAR who

:45:43.:45:49.

were victorious in the opening race of the day. Jimmy Spittal Hill and

:45:50.:45:52.

Sir Ben Ainslie going head-to-head once more at the front of the fleet.

:45:53.:45:58.

They will love this battle. Jimmy Spithill arrived with the stated

:45:59.:46:05.

intention of spoiling Ben Ainslie's day. So many people have turned out

:46:06.:46:09.

to see him. The most decorated Olympic sailor in history. A tight

:46:10.:46:17.

battle between all three of these guys, Emirates Team New Zealand come

:46:18.:46:23.

across ahead of Japan and Britain. This is a change of events. --

:46:24.:46:31.

Britain. One point is so desperate for these guys. Ben Ainslie

:46:32.:46:35.

concentrate so much on SoftBank Team Japan that he is passed by Emirates

:46:36.:46:40.

Team New Zealand. These are the runaway leaders.

:46:41.:46:50.

So well led by Jimmy Spittal, the youngest skipper to win the

:46:51.:47:01.

America's Cup way back in 2010 as a 30-year-old before producing the

:47:02.:47:06.

goods in 2013 in the waters of San Francisco. Tom Slingsby saying they

:47:07.:47:13.

are on a match with Ben Ainslie, so they want to stay between Ben

:47:14.:47:17.

Ainslie and the mark. Another fascinating dynamic. They want to

:47:18.:47:23.

know how much the Americans are keeping a close eye on the Brits.

:47:24.:47:27.

Are they keeping one eye all the time on Ben Ainslie and Land Rover

:47:28.:47:33.

BAR. Right now they are. For two reasons, they want to beat them in

:47:34.:47:37.

the race and they want to give Ben, if they are close enough, as much

:47:38.:47:43.

disturbed air, wing wash as we call it, not much Jimmy Spithill can do

:47:44.:47:49.

from an interference level on a downwind leg like this. He could

:47:50.:47:55.

throw a bit of bad air, 34% of flight time in this race, not nearly

:47:56.:48:00.

as good as 48% that Ben Ainslie had in the first race but not bad. It

:48:01.:48:05.

will be interesting to see a comparison against everybody else

:48:06.:48:09.

when the race is over. That number seeming to rise as they powered

:48:10.:48:13.

downwind towards the finishing line. The Americans are some way out in

:48:14.:48:17.

front, 26 knots being cranked up here. Land Rover BA are and Japan

:48:18.:48:25.

occupying second and third places. The Americans are runaway leaders in

:48:26.:48:31.

race two. Oracle Team USA and Jimmy Spithill rounding gate six and the

:48:32.:48:36.

short stretch to the finish. They have been incredibly consistent here

:48:37.:48:41.

in Portsmouth. They have yet to top the leaderboard. That will happen

:48:42.:48:46.

here in a few moments time as they reorganise themselves and power

:48:47.:48:50.

towards the finishing line. It will be a first victory here on the

:48:51.:48:55.

Solent for Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA. One in the eye for the

:48:56.:49:02.

British crew and it has perhaps come from their main rival, Jimmy

:49:03.:49:06.

Spithill and Oracle Team USA. Not far away, Land Rover BAR and Sir Ben

:49:07.:49:11.

Ainslie but having to settle for second this time. The Japanese

:49:12.:49:16.

following in behind them. That win for the American set up a tense

:49:17.:49:21.

finish in Portsmouth. Land Rover BAR just three points ahead of Oracle

:49:22.:49:27.

Team USA. This is it, the final race of the weekend. The points are so

:49:28.:49:33.

close that it is all on. Last chance for the fleet to show their

:49:34.:49:37.

capabilities in front of this huge crowd on the waterfront, the final

:49:38.:49:41.

race of the day and of the series. Emirates Team New Zealand riding

:49:42.:49:47.

very close to that marker but they are away. Oracle pulled the trigger

:49:48.:49:50.

better than anyone else in that start. Ben Ainslie caught up in a

:49:51.:49:55.

ball of four bugs but it looked like he might have escaped it but Oracle

:49:56.:50:01.

mailed the timing. Oracle Team USA off to a great start. All hands to

:50:02.:50:08.

the pump as they reach for the first mark with the bank looming

:50:09.:50:14.

interview. We already have battle joined between Oracle Team USA and

:50:15.:50:19.

Land Rover BAR. Sir Ben Ainslie looking to guide his crew to a

:50:20.:50:23.

second victory today. So to, Jimmy Spithill, huge imbalance by the Land

:50:24.:50:31.

Rover boat there. Not the smoothest gybe but this is a game of inches

:50:32.:50:35.

right now so I don't think you can make any mistakes and come out

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ahead. One bad gybe and look how big the lead is now for Oracle compare

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to how it was before that gybe. Oracle Team USA hard at work.

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Forcing that boat further, faster and stronger. Trying to apply

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pressure at every key moment. The current leaders of this race. Oracle

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Team USA. Streaking ahead and downwind to gate four. If the race

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were to stop now, it would be Land Rover BAR who led the series as they

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head to Bermuda next June. The first and second places in the America's

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Cup World Series over all carry points through to the America's Cup

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qualify as proper in Bermuda. With this setup right now and the double

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points, I was not very good in mathematics at school, the Americans

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are one point by kind, they need a boat between themselves and Ben

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Ainslie. Will they be computing that on board? They will be talking about

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it. They have to be talking about it. It depends if they are happy

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with second place overall in the event. They could slow them down,

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team New Zealand are not far behind now. Can they slay Ben Ainslie done

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enough to get team New Zealand back in the game. It is tricky, they

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would have to get one boat in between and going at speed it is not

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easy. A game of cat and mouse out on the Solent. For the time being, no

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sign of respite from Oracle Team USA. Oracle Team USA really sailing

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high right now which means close to the wind. Land Rover double tacks

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and so do Oracle, there is cat and mouse going on, I am surprised

:52:29.:52:32.

Oracle has not come back a little more to affect them even more.

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Interesting move by Ben Ainslie. He let team New Zealand go in the top

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left of our screen. In order to stay with team Japan on this side of the

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racecourse, he just needs to keep in second place. If he does too many

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manoeuvres, he slows the game down and lets the others back in. Heading

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towards gate five. That'll well and truly joined. Oracle Team USA 130

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metres in front of the British boat. Going at some speed now. Another

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manoeuvre from the Americans which will slow them up a touch. The

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Americans tacked right on the lay line. Ben Ainslie tacks right on top

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of Dean Barker to make sure he stays in between but where are the Kiwis?

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Did they make enough of a game? It looks like Ben Ainslie is still

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ahead of that pack as we go back out to the wide screen in a. You can see

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Ben Ainslie racing right on top of SoftBank Team Japan. Same strategy

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that Oracle would doing to him, he is doing to them. Using wing wash to

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affect them and push them backwards. He now just needs a smooth ride into

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the finish. Land Rover BAR into gate five, Emirates Team New Zealand are

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in third place. Ben Ainslie and Land Rover BAR just need to finish

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second, the regatta will be theirs and the series lead will be theirs

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were just a single point. That is how tight this is right now. I was a

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bit ignorant with my mathematics earlier on in this game but that is

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the case. One boat has to be in between the Americans and the Brits

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for the Americans to win. The Brits have been so smooth downwind. He is

:54:27.:54:30.

looking around to deciding what to do, will they stop at this next gate

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to mix it up on the last gate. Is that a possibility? Absolutely. Land

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Rover BAR operating at speeds of up to 19 knots, slowing on the turn.

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Looking to apply a little extra heat to Oracle Team USA. SoftBank Team

:54:49.:54:55.

Japan some 130 metres behind the British boat. Seemingly second-place

:54:56.:54:59.

in the bag but nothing can be discounted at this stage. Up towards

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gate six. The final gate, it is a short finish remember. Oracle Team

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USA seemingly intent on heading there at some lick. No slowing up

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from the Americans. Land Rover BAR at ten behind them looking to finish

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in second place and take the regatta and the America's Cup World Series

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lead. Cheered on by the thousands on the waterfront, the union flags are

:55:34.:55:37.

up but it is Oracle Team USA who win the race. And they are some 85

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metres clear of Land Rover BAR who will scheme in for second place. It

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will mean victory in the regatta here in Portsmouth. Active back wins

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for the British boat. The double in Portsmouth for Land Rover BAR and

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four Ben Ainslie. With it comes the series lead over all. Fantastic

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racing, obviously a little bit of emotion. Everyone works hard out

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there but to win in front of your home crowd, there is nothing more

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special. It is amazing for us as a home team to be able to win these

:56:17.:56:20.

home races. It is why we train and compete. We try and do Portsmouth

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proud, a fantastic event. I cannot say enough about how well the guys

:56:29.:56:31.

sailed these boats, it is meant to be tough to sail around these tight

:56:32.:56:37.

courses. It was as good as anyone, if not better and put us in good

:56:38.:56:42.

stead for the weekend. That is it for the weekend, what a win for the

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local team, Land Rover BAR, topping the leaderboard import smut.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the local team, Land Rover BAR. CHEERING

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And there is now just one point separating first and second on the

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World Series rankings. Land Rover BAR jumped up into first place but

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right behind them, Oracle Team USA. Emirates Team New Zealand drop-down

:57:37.:57:41.

two places to third. It has been quite a weekend here in Portsmouth.

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That if that is a taster of what we can expect next year in Bermuda, we

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are in for a real treat. This weekend will be remembered for the

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home team Ben Ainslie and his boys delivering when it matters most.

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Another special moment for British racing, victory in the regatta here

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in Portsmouth and with it comes the series lead over all.

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This place is home to more than 80,000 refugees,

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