0:00:02 > 0:00:05Absolutely superb from Ainslie.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10Sir Ben Ainslie has always lived to race...
0:00:10 > 0:00:11and to win.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16For 20 years, he dominated single-handed dinghy racing,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20becoming the world's most-decorated Olympic sailor of all time.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25His historic medal tally propelled him into the record books and
0:00:25 > 0:00:28won him a knighthood.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Nobody will ever, ever forget that we were here when Ben
0:00:32 > 0:00:35became the greatest of all time.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Now Ben has entered the biggest race of his life...
0:00:41 > 0:00:45..by attempting to win what many consider to be the ultimate
0:00:45 > 0:00:46of yacht racing.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51It's the world's oldest sporting trophy.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The America's Cup.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Today, teams from around the world battle it out in a series of
0:00:59 > 0:01:03gruelling races to go head to head with the current titleholder.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11The modern contest is a battle of cutting-edge technology and design.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17The boats cost millions, and they don't simply sail...
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Up on the foils is Team USA.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20..they fly.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22This is just a new sport that we're witnessing here in
0:01:22 > 0:01:24the 34th America's Cup.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It's exhilarating and potentially dangerous.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33He almost capsized. Oh, my gosh!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Since the first race in 1851,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39no British team has ever won the trophy.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Ben Ainslie aims to change that.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52In 2013, Ben was recruited by the American team Oracle
0:01:52 > 0:01:55to help them defend the trophy.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It's the defender.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Oracle Team USA versus the challenger,
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Emirates Team New Zealand.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Their New Zealand opponents were leading 8-1 in the
0:02:05 > 0:02:07first to nine race.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13But Ben's skill and experience contributed to one of the
0:02:13 > 0:02:16greatest comeback stories in sport...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Stars and Stripes sail on.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21..as Oracle Team USA went on to win.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27I was there on the stage, and we were lifting the America's Cup.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Part of me did think this needs to be with the British team.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Stars and Stripes that are flying there, not the Union Jack.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39In pursuit of his dream, Ben has launched his own team.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Land Rover BAR.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45They'll compete side by side with teams from
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Japan, Sweden, France and New Zealand for the right to win
0:02:50 > 0:02:56the trophy from Team USA, and their billionaire backer, Larry Ellison,
0:02:56 > 0:03:01who reportedly spent $100 million of his own money on the 2013 campaign.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Ben will be the underdog, having to start from scratch.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12He'll have to raise millions of pounds.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17His team will have to design the fastest boat.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20It's a colossal challenge.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27In 160 years, only one team has ever lifted the trophy at their
0:03:27 > 0:03:29first attempt.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I think it's the toughest America's Cup in recent history,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34if not ever. Ultimately, to go out there and win,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37we're going to have to sail bloody well.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54At the crack of dawn each day, Ben makes the hour-long commute
0:03:54 > 0:03:57from London to the team's new base in Portsmouth.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I have to leave the house at 6.15.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's a bit of an early start but we have to get into the day
0:04:04 > 0:04:08so we start at the gym at 7.30, and it all kicks off from there.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Ben formed the British team in 2014 but his desire to win the
0:04:14 > 0:04:17America's Cup has been a long-term ambition.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I grew up down in Cornwall and I remember as
0:04:21 > 0:04:25a kid seeing these two America's Cup boats and just being in awe
0:04:25 > 0:04:30of these amazing, what seemed then to be massive 12-metre boats.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Then thinking, "I'd really love to be part of an America's Cup team
0:04:34 > 0:04:39"and a British America's Cup team," and that really stuck with me,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42that goal and trying to get to the Olympic Games and winning an
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Olympic medal.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Getting to the America's Cup start line is expensive.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56The team has had to pay a $3 million entry fee,
0:04:56 > 0:05:01build its own ?20 million base and employ over 100 people, including
0:05:01 > 0:05:06a crew of world-class sailors willing to join an unproven team.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12One of his first recruits was Jono Macbeth,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15a three-time America's Cup winner from New Zealand.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Setting up a team of this size, it takes a huge amount of effort
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and work in these, you know, more-established teams.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27They've got a huge head start on us in that respect.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32To beat the established teams, they'll have to outperform
0:05:32 > 0:05:38them at every level, and competitive sailing now requires elite fitness.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I think a little bit like rugby.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Rugby went through a huge change from where it was perceived to be
0:05:44 > 0:05:46a very amateur sport,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48a lot of drinking and overweight guys.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Sailing's going through the same transition.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54They work hard on the boat and they work hard in the gym
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Love it. Best part of the day.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04Apart from sailing, eating and the meetings and having coffee,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08going home and coming to work, it's my favourite part of the day.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Team USA, the current cup holders, have the privilege of setting
0:06:13 > 0:06:19the rules of the race, including the overall weight limit of each crew.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20For Land Rover BAR,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24every sailor has had to lose weight, including Ben.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It's a bit like being a jockey at the moment for me,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32because when I was sailing in the Olympics in the boat that I sailed,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35the Finn class, I had to be about 15 kilos heavier,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38whereas now it's really about being as light as I can.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40It's one end of the spectrum to the other.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Physical strength will be key to winning the America's Cup.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The power to control the boat's sail will be generated by the
0:06:48 > 0:06:52sailors turning mechanical grinders.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56We've looked to professional cycling for some gains in what we're
0:06:56 > 0:06:59doing because the Tour de France cyclists hold high power for long
0:06:59 > 0:07:02periods of time, and we need to do the same thing.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06What I want to be able to do is maintain a constant wattage on
0:07:06 > 0:07:08the grinder, basically.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I want to be like the diesel engine that keeps everything ticking over.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14The America's Cup eight years ago in Valencia was much more
0:07:14 > 0:07:17repetitive strength. You'd stand up, do a massive tack,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20big power output, and then sit down for two minutes, whereas now,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23you're turning the handles non stop for 40 minutes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34The next America's Cup takes place in Bermuda in 2017.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Before that, a separate series of more than ten races.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46The Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series will help decide which
0:07:46 > 0:07:51team eventually goes forward to challenge the defenders, Team USA.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00At their purpose-built headquarters in Portsmouth, Ben and the
0:08:00 > 0:08:03team are working on their boat.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07So this is the AC45F, which is our race boat for the
0:08:07 > 0:08:09America's Cup World Series.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12The boat is in two parts -
0:08:12 > 0:08:18a lightweight carbon-fibre multihull, and a detachable sail,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21which is actually a solid wing,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24taken straight from the world of aviation.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Sailing the boat is challenging and highly technical, but race rules
0:08:30 > 0:08:33restrict how much any team can practise.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38We're limited to ten days' training on this particular race boat,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41so it is really important that we maximise the time out there
0:08:41 > 0:08:45on the water, we get used to the nuances of this boat, how
0:08:45 > 0:08:48it reacts, how we sail it fast, how we handle it round the racecourse.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Every minute that we're out there on the water counts.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54We have to absolutely maximise the time that we get.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Today is the first of their ten practice days.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02The team want to focus on foiling,
0:09:02 > 0:09:07a technique which relies on a unique device called a foil.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Each foil sits at the end of a daggerboard and, like an
0:09:13 > 0:09:18underwater wing, creates lift, pushing the boat out of the water.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23So, these are the daggerboards, which are pretty fundamental
0:09:23 > 0:09:26in foiling boats now. That's what lifts us out of the water.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29It's pretty critical that we get the control of the daggerboard right.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32If we get that wrong, or the timing wrong in a manoeuvre,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34the boat will crash.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Not literally crash and break up, but it'll crash down on the water.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Ideally, we'd be on the foils all of the time,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45because it's less drag and resistance, the boat will go faster,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48but we need a certain amount of wind to reach takeoff speed,
0:09:48 > 0:09:53and takeoff speed for these boats is around 15, 16 knots, 20mph.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Every boat that sails in the series races is identical,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10so winning relies purely on the skill and fitness of the crew,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and a bit of team bonding helps, as well.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I've actually got the second-smallest guns on the team,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21would you believe? Ben Ainslie has the smallest guns.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Focus on what you're doing. Watch it!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29There's idiots like CJ, just spend every day doing bicep curls
0:10:29 > 0:10:32to try and out-gun people, and then he orders small T-shirts
0:10:32 > 0:10:35so his biceps just fit into the T-shirts, and then when he's
0:10:35 > 0:10:39walking through the office in front of the communication team and all
0:10:39 > 0:10:42the girls, he just flexes a little bit as he walks past, like this.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Absolutely pathetic. REPORTER: Is this true?
0:10:45 > 0:10:51No, it's just natural size from me, and then this little fella,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53you know, he's always been a bit of a fat man and now he's
0:10:53 > 0:10:56struggling with the fact that he's lost a bit of weight and he's
0:10:56 > 0:11:00actually just lost all his muscle and has got no power left.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Out on the water, the winds are strong enough for the boat to foil.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28To foil successfully, all the sailors must synchronise
0:11:28 > 0:11:31their movements perfectly.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Ben, at the helm, steers the boat and calls the shots.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46CJ, a qualified pilot, controls the wing, constantly making minor
0:11:46 > 0:11:50adjustments, trimming it to maximise the wind's power.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Freddie and two other sailors coordinate the sails and ropes
0:11:58 > 0:12:01at the front of the boat to lift one of the daggerboards out of the
0:12:01 > 0:12:06water just as the one on the other side of the boat is dropped down.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15They repeat this exhausting routine every time the boat makes a turn.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21To maintain maximum speed,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24the team needs to work on a critical manoeuvre...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29..turning the boat while it's out of the water,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31called the foiling jibe.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37What we're looking for when it's the foiling jibe,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40that the boat can stay up in the air,
0:12:40 > 0:12:45because it's much less drag, so the boat will go faster.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49The real difficult manoeuvre is to jibe the boat while staying
0:12:49 > 0:12:50on the foils.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57To avoid losing speed, the team must keep both of the hulls out of
0:12:57 > 0:12:59the water the whole way through the manoeuvre.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06This is a jibe they're doing now.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10But time and again,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14the boat is falling off the foils and decelerating.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19The jibes at the end were awful.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21There's ten jobs that need to be done during the jibe
0:13:21 > 0:13:25and if you mess one of those or if one of those isn't perfect,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27you don't form a jibe.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30We're probably messing up two or three, but it's all things we're
0:13:30 > 0:13:31learning from, so it's good.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34The racing that we do in the World Series,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37the boat handling is going to be absolutely critical.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's going to be really tough for all the guys but, you know,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41that's the challenge.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52The history of the America's Cup goes back to 1851,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56when a schooner from New York, named America,
0:13:56 > 0:14:01sailing at a stately 7mph, beat the fastest British yachts in
0:14:01 > 0:14:05a race around the Isle of Wight, with Queen Victoria looking on.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18For 132 years, the Americans held on to the trophy before finally
0:14:18 > 0:14:22being beaten by an Australian team in 1983.
0:14:25 > 0:14:2916 previous British challengers have all failed.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34In over 50 years, none have even made the final.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38If Land Rover BAR were to win,
0:14:38 > 0:14:43it would be the first British team to win the oldest trophy in
0:14:43 > 0:14:47international sport and bring the cup home.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51To win the America's Cup is definitely one of the
0:14:51 > 0:14:55toughest things you can do and, if we are successful,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58it will be an incredible achievement for this team.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02But unlike most teams which have traditionally been bankrolled by
0:15:02 > 0:15:07tycoons like Larry Ellison, they're working with a more limited budget.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13Certainly, for a new team to come in and overtake somebody like
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Larry Ellison and Oracle is incredibly hard.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20They will be very tough to beat but I don't think they're unbeatable.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29To stand a chance of winning,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Ben must rely on some of the best boat designers in the world.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Hello, Benjamin, you all right? How is it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Sailing, and the America's Cup in particular, has changed
0:15:41 > 0:15:43a huge amount in the last five years.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It's much more about the aerodynamics, the control systems.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50It's no good having the best sailing team in the world if the boat's
0:15:50 > 0:15:52slower than the competition, and vice versa.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Over the coming months, they'll invest millions of pounds
0:15:58 > 0:16:04designing and refining a series of test boats, called T Boats,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08before committing to the design of their final race boat,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11ready for Bermuda in 2017.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Today, boat captain Richy O'Farrell
0:16:16 > 0:16:20has come to the team's construction site in Hythe to collect their
0:16:20 > 0:16:23first in-house designed test boat, T2.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31The design is highly secret, and the team would like to keep it that way.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32This is the boat. T2.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It's quite a step on from the boats we've been sailing for the
0:16:35 > 0:16:37last year. It looks a lot meaner,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39it looks a lot quicker,
0:16:39 > 0:16:40it's going to be a lot quicker.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Most noticeably for the guys -
0:16:42 > 0:16:45they'll be inside the boat this time rather than on the platform.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50This boat alone has cost millions to design and construct, and it's
0:16:50 > 0:16:55only a stepping stone to what the team hopes will be a winning design.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00This is a huge investment of both the team's time and financially.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03You always hope you're building the best boat in the world but
0:17:03 > 0:17:07until the day you line up against someone else, you never really know.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Richy is going to be taking the boat from Hythe 20 miles along
0:17:12 > 0:17:16the coast back to the team's base in Portsmouth.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Stern's away.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25But with the wing not yet built, one of the fastest sailing boats
0:17:25 > 0:17:30in the world is making its first sea journey being towed.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Halfway back to Portsmouth,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39there's suddenly an unwelcome sight on the starboard side.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47REPORTER: What's happening?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I've just got one of the other chase boats from another team
0:17:49 > 0:17:53obviously quite curious of what we're bringing round to Portsmouth.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57You can see the video cameras are out and the photo cameras are out,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01so I suspect they'll be escorting us back into Portsmouth.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05The Artemis team from Sweden are boldly taking pictures of the
0:18:05 > 0:18:10boat's secret design, which could give them a competitive edge.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13REPORTER: Is that cheeky? Yes and no.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Everyone's interested in what everyone else is doing.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Yeah, I think it's part of it, part of the game.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Even as T2 enters Portsmouth harbour,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27it's still under close surveillance from their rivals.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29The other competitors are all around at the moment
0:18:29 > 0:18:32so the quicker we can get her back in the shed and hidden away,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34the happier we'll all be, I think.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43With three weeks until their first World Series race in Portsmouth,
0:18:43 > 0:18:48the team now only has nine days of allotted practice left, and today
0:18:48 > 0:18:52they've organised a training race against another one of their
0:18:52 > 0:18:54main rivals, Team New Zealand.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58In my career as a professional sailor,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Team New Zealand has been one of the standout teams and certainly
0:19:01 > 0:19:04a team you always look up to.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07It's the first opportunity to see how the team fares against
0:19:07 > 0:19:09world-class opposition.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Going to start off pretty soon.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15To get off to the best start,
0:19:15 > 0:19:20they must combine judgment of distance and precision timing...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Three, two, one, now.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25..to hit the starting line at full speed.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30That's given Land Rover BAR the lead to the first mark.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39In the early stages of a full afternoon of exhilarating racing,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42the New Zealand team have the edge.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Race one looks like it's going to be a win for Team New Zealand.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49It was good, though. They kept it close at various stages.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51There was little gains and losses around the course
0:19:51 > 0:19:54but first blood to the bad guys, unfortunately.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Even though this is a pre-season friendly,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Ben doesn't like to come second.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Not so great to be around if things don't go well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08It's very much about winning. I'm not in it to come second.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09I'm not interested in that.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I decided when I was very young that I wanted to be...
0:20:12 > 0:20:16try and be the best in sailing and, you know,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18if I don't achieve that, then I'm not happy.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Ben has been sailing competitively for more than 25 years.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33He learned to sail when he was just eight in Cornwall.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Four years later,
0:20:34 > 0:20:39he entered his first international competition in Japan.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I still remember to this day, as a kid, sailing my Optimist.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Thought to myself, "That's it, that's what I want to do.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50"I want to try and go to the Olympic Games but also I really
0:20:50 > 0:20:52"would love to be involved with the America's Cup."
0:20:53 > 0:20:56At 15, Ben won the World Championship title in the
0:20:56 > 0:20:59laser class.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02He'd go on to win a further ten.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I was pretty talented as a youngster but it wasn't really until I was
0:21:05 > 0:21:1016 or 17 that I started really, I think, working out
0:21:10 > 0:21:16my competitive skills and I guess it was around then that I felt I could
0:21:16 > 0:21:21be in the Olympics, to potentially challenge for an Olympic medal.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26In 1996, Ben travelled to Atlanta for his first Olympic Games.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28He was 19.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32He brought home the silver medal,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and he never came second at the Olympics again.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45All the sailors will need to be in peak physical condition
0:21:45 > 0:21:46for race day.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Come in for a little bit more mobility.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52So today, fitness trainer Ben Williams
0:21:52 > 0:21:58has organised a final gym session aimed at deciding team selection.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Last big one, then, before Portsmouth.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I basically want you to go out hard from the start and then live
0:22:04 > 0:22:06there as long as you can.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09You've got another couple of minutes of mobility left,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12then a five minute warm-up and then we'll all go in together. Happy?
0:22:12 > 0:22:17As Larry. It's six o'clock on a Friday afternoon.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19We've sailed four days this week.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Trained our arses off and we're about to do the hardest
0:22:22 > 0:22:26session of the week. All the shore crew are in the pub having a pint.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Andy has put a microphone on the coach, which means
0:22:29 > 0:22:33he'll be spouting absolute nonsense. All right, Ben?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36All right, mate. Just saying, "I can't wait."
0:22:38 > 0:22:42If anyone underperforms, it may mean losing their place on the boat.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Every time we go into some sort of physical testing, if somebody
0:22:48 > 0:22:52underperforms today, then there's a chance they won't be picked.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It doesn't matter how good a sailor you are,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57if you're not physically capable of sailing the boat to
0:22:57 > 0:22:59the standard that we want, somebody else will do.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04OK, get ready, fellas. Five, four, three, two, one, go.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Nice, gents.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Let's go at it. Let's go at it.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Into your last 90, then. Come on, fellas.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Come on, big one, big one.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Good.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Ultimately, it's physical fitness that will decide who will
0:23:33 > 0:23:35sail in the races.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Just done a 2K row, which is pretty miserable, and they've all PB'd what
0:23:41 > 0:23:45their times have been throughout the year, which is amazing.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48What's not nice is now, usually on a day where they would do that 2K
0:23:48 > 0:23:52row, then that would be it, but now they've got another 40 minutes
0:23:52 > 0:23:55of training ahead of them so...
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Yes, I'm pleased with the first bit.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01OK, fellas. 80s bike.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Got 25 seconds till I go again.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07PB'd the 2K, though.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Normally I'd lie down for two days but I'm on this silly thing.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Away you go, Fred. Good, good. Let's try and max these scores.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21After another 40 minutes of constant effort,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25rotating between the bikes and rowing machines... Stick with it.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Don't let your head nod. Head nod is a sign that you're tired.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31..all the sailors have put themselves through the mill.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34One more pull, one more pull. Good.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48Nick nearly went then and so I'm just putting it out, just in case.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52He has been sick a couple of times on my Airdynes,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55which is a bit of a nightmare because they spin round and
0:24:55 > 0:24:56send sick everywhere but...
0:24:58 > 0:25:03It's torture. I've got to keep up with these young bucks, though.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It's worth it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17It's now only 48 hours until the crew will line up for the
0:25:17 > 0:25:20team's first-ever competitive race in Portsmouth.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26And coach Rob wants to practise the race starts.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31We're into the last day here and last few hours of training so,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34you know, it's really trying to polish up any of those areas
0:25:34 > 0:25:37that we think we can make slightly bigger gains in.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The start plays a huge part in race results.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50It's also one of the most dangerous moments of a race, when boats
0:25:50 > 0:25:53will jockey for the best position at the starting line.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05And today, the strong winds and perfect foiling conditions
0:26:05 > 0:26:11mean the boat is hitting speeds of over 35mph as it
0:26:11 > 0:26:13accelerates from the start line.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22At these speeds, the team is sailing at the very limit.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35The boat has crashed off the foils, violently nosediving
0:26:35 > 0:26:36into the water...
0:26:38 > 0:26:41..catapulting Ben through the air.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The crew call the emergency medical team from a following boat.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55If Ben is hurt this close to their first race,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57it would be catastrophic.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Since the introduction of foiling,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08high-speed accidents have become an unwelcome part of the sport.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10A shocking yacht accident.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14An Olympic gold medallist killed, another sailor injured when their
0:27:14 > 0:27:18America's Cup boat capsized during practice in San Francisco Bay.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23In 2013, the Swedish team, Artemis, capsized.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28The crew of the massive catamaran was on a training run near
0:27:28 > 0:27:34Alcatraz when the 72-foot boat flipped, landing on its side.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Among the crew that day was a British sailor, and one of
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Ben's closest friends, Andrew Simpson.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Most of the sailors were thrown overboard into the frigid
0:27:44 > 0:27:47waters but Andrew "Bart" Simpson,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51a two-time Olympic medallist, became trapped under the boat's platform.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56The person apparently was submerged for approximately ten minutes.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Despite their efforts, the doctors weren't able to save Andrew's life.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07Losing Andrew was definitely the worst moment of my life.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15Such a close friend, mate, and just the circumstances
0:28:15 > 0:28:19around the accident. If you asked Andrew,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22he would still say to get back out there and get on with it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Their final practice session is now complete.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Ben has escaped his crash without serious injury.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37It was tough, you know.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It was a reminder of the dangers of sailing these boats and,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42you know, we're pushing it to the limit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45In that instant, you don't really know what's happening.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47You don't understand how you got from where you were
0:28:47 > 0:28:49to where you ended up.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I think it shakes you up because of, you know,
0:28:52 > 0:28:56the history of these boats and it's, I guess, a timely reminder of just
0:28:56 > 0:28:59trying to keep on the right side of pushing it too hard.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04There's nothing more the crew can do until race day.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10We've got to make that mental switch from training, where you can
0:29:10 > 0:29:13afford to make mistakes, to racing, where we can't.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15You can feel the tension rising a bit.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Ultimately, though, we've just got to go out and do it
0:29:18 > 0:29:20on the day, and that's sport.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Hello, and welcome to an historic day for Portsmouth and
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Great Britain, where the scene is set for the start of
0:29:29 > 0:29:31the 35th America's Cup cycle.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35160 years after the first America's Cup race around the
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Isle of Wight, today, the competition has returned
0:29:39 > 0:29:40to British waters.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Today's the day, finally. We've been waiting a long time for this day
0:29:46 > 0:29:47and it's a great day.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Sun's shining, breeze is blowing and here we are. The America's Cup.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Boo-ya!
0:29:52 > 0:29:55The last time Ben raced in the America's Cup, he was with
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Oracle Team USA, skippered by Australian Jimmy Spithill.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03But this time the two will be going head to head.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Obviously, Ben's got the hometown support.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08He's had his boat here
0:30:08 > 0:30:10longer than anyone.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13We're just looking forward to getting out there
0:30:13 > 0:30:14and going head to head.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17REPORTER: Are you going to beat them? That's the plan.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Yes, that is the plan.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20Come on, guys.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Over the last four weeks,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25the crew has trained on the water for over 100 hours.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Now it's race day.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Sailor Matt Cornwell hasn't made the final selection.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Instead, he's analysing the racing from the team's base.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45I'd much rather be out there in the water, but my heart's in this team.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I care so much for this team and I really,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50really want to see us do well out there
0:30:50 > 0:30:53and I really hope the boys can bring home the chocolates.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56As the clock ticks down to the race start,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00the team's America's Cup campaign is finally underway.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Here we go. Three, two, one, the America's Cup racing is
0:31:03 > 0:31:05officially underway
0:31:05 > 0:31:07here in Great Britain.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10But the team gets off to a bad start.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Back in fourth place.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18Halfway down the first run but it's not gone well for us, really.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22With some competitive sailing, the crew comes back through the
0:31:22 > 0:31:27field, passing team New Zealand to take the lead.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Has Land Rover BAR passed Emirates Team New Zealand?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33They have.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35We're rolling the Kiwis.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Good old-fashioned rolling over the top of them.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42The crowd on shore is beginning to go wild.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44They like what they see ahead.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46You can hear the cheering.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Ben Ainslie and crew.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Their first debut and they have done it, winning race number one
0:31:52 > 0:31:55of the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01It's the dream start for the British team.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09In the second race of this first series,
0:32:09 > 0:32:13a strong start sees the home team leading from the outset.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15We're in good shape.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18We're going to be the first one or two round the reach.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Ben gambles on finding the strongest winds on one side of the course.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Choosing to jibe right away. Very interesting...
0:32:27 > 0:32:29It doesn't pay off.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It looks like a big change here.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Look at the gap between the front three,
0:32:34 > 0:32:35who didn't jibe.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38We jibed off early, which paid in the last race.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42This race, it was not the thing to do and we actually went from
0:32:42 > 0:32:45first to basically pretty much last.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50It will be Emirates Team New Zealand and crew taking race number two.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Although Team New Zealand come over the line first,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56the British team take second place...
0:32:56 > 0:32:59And what a comeback by Ben Ainslie Racing.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02..putting them at the top of the leaderboard on the first day.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Good comeback. Nice.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16On the second and final day, the weather takes a turn for the worse.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22As you can see, this occluded front just a bit further west.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27Fears over safety means all of today's races are cancelled.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29It's too windy to go sailing, basically.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33It's average over 25 knots, gusting 30, which is too much.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35It would be dangerous.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Ultimately, it means that we won with yesterday, which is great.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Stoked.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44So with the weather playing a hand, Ben and the team have won the
0:33:44 > 0:33:48first event of the America's Cup World Series.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49We would've loved to have raced.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51A lot of people put effort into this event,
0:33:51 > 0:33:55so it's a real shame, but at the same time,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58for us, it's great to have won this first event
0:33:58 > 0:34:00so we're delighted with that.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04I ask the winners to come forward and collect the victory trophy.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07It is Sir Ben Ainslie and his Land Rover BAR team.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12APPLAUSE
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Despite the team's maiden victory in the World Series, there's no
0:34:23 > 0:34:27time for Richy and the shore crew to celebrate as millions of pounds
0:34:27 > 0:34:33of investment are riding on them getting test boat T2 in the water.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37But it's now weeks overdue.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43The initial schedule, we're a long way behind but rather than
0:34:43 > 0:34:47just having lots of problems and solving them, we find one,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50solve it and that leads to us finding the next one which, I guess,
0:34:50 > 0:34:54which has been the frustration rather than the big problem.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58The main issue has been with the all-important daggerboards,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01which raise and lower the wing-like foils.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05They don't fit in their casing.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08This is probably the most complicated boat any of us
0:35:08 > 0:35:10have ever had anything to do with.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Ultimately, we'll get on the water in the next week or so
0:35:13 > 0:35:16and hopefully we'll learn a lot from it, and all the hard
0:35:16 > 0:35:20times will become relative and it'll feel worthwhile.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23At the moment, it certainly doesn't feel that worthwhile.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Today, they want to see if they've cured the problem.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33If they can get the daggerboards to fit,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36the boat will be ready to sail in days.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Yep, this is it. Go, go, go.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Despite all the work, the boards still aren't going straight in.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50So we've got three springs here.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53As the board goes up and down,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57it keeps the pressure on the board, but to actually open the
0:35:57 > 0:36:00springs up to get past, initially, is really difficult.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I think it's just a brute force thing now.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Yeah, it should just go.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Told you. Is it in?
0:36:13 > 0:36:18It's in the initial first piece. It's good news.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Richy still needs to get the daggerboards all the way to
0:36:23 > 0:36:25the end of the casing.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28This has certainly been our biggest hold-up of the...
0:36:28 > 0:36:30CLATTER ..build.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34What was that?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46There was a slight cracking noise as we pushed the board in there
0:36:46 > 0:36:51but, erm... We're not 100% sure what it was yet, so...
0:36:52 > 0:36:55We'll run the board all the way in and then when we run it out,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57we'll find out, I guess, but...
0:37:02 > 0:37:04The foils cost hundreds of thousands of pounds,
0:37:04 > 0:37:08so any breakage could be an expensive setback.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13But it's not until they remove the daggerboard that they can
0:37:13 > 0:37:16properly investigate the extent of the damage.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25So, we've got these two skateboard wheel bearings at
0:37:25 > 0:37:30the bottom here and as the board's gone in,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33the loading has broken a bearing on this side.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36It's a nice idea to use skateboard bearings, but not always the
0:37:36 > 0:37:40most reliable things in the world.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52Getting test boat T2 on the water is going to be delayed again.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02A month after the team's victory in the first World Series race,
0:38:02 > 0:38:06the next event takes them to Gothenburg in Sweden.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13The crew gets off to a good start but their overall performance
0:38:13 > 0:38:16is not as strong as in the series in Portsmouth...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21..partly due to an error in setting up the boat.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29The result is that the team slips into second place on the
0:38:29 > 0:38:32leaders' board, behind Team New Zealand.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38For Ben and the team,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42advancing the design of their test boat is critical,
0:38:42 > 0:38:46so they're turning to a sport where aerofoil technology is vital -
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Formula 1 motor racing.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Morning.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55And they've recently recruited Martin Whitmarsh as their new CEO...
0:38:57 > 0:39:00..bringing his experience from the world of Formula 1, where
0:39:00 > 0:39:03he spent 24 years with McLaren.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07And T2 is his first priority.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11There have been mistakes made on T2.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13It's difficult to criticise people
0:39:13 > 0:39:15and organisations for being too
0:39:15 > 0:39:16ambitious, but we were.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22It will be a powerful development tool for our programme,
0:39:22 > 0:39:27so, as soon as we get it wet and start using it, the better.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Martin knows there's pressure to deliver.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34We've got a budget and we've got sailors and we've got the resources
0:39:34 > 0:39:36that enables us to win, but, ultimately,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39we've got to develop the fastest boat so that Ben can win the cup.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45The team has two more test boats - T3 and T4 - to build
0:39:45 > 0:39:49so that they can test every design feature
0:39:49 > 0:39:53ahead of the launch of their ultimate race boat in 2017.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08As the design team work around the clock to ready the test boats,
0:40:08 > 0:40:12the sailing team makes the 3,000-mile journey across the
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Atlantic to Bermuda.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20And after Gothenburg,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23the team is keen to get back on top of the leaderboard.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28We're set for race number one here at the
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series, Bermuda.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35In the first race, the team finishes third.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41But they've given up ground on Team USA, who've taken second spot
0:40:41 > 0:40:45in the overall standings.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Set to start race number two.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52And as the second race starts, the team is sitting in fourth place,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54trailing the Americans on the water too.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Some brilliant sailing sees the British team leapfrog all of the
0:41:01 > 0:41:05others, and they look to be leading as they arrive at the third gate.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11The team must now decide which side of the racecourse might offer
0:41:11 > 0:41:13the best wind.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17They gamble on the right-hand side of the course.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Are they going to cross the other guys? Oh, is this close!
0:41:20 > 0:41:21My goodness.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23It proves costly.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27To avoid a collision, Ben has to give way to Artemis,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29losing precious time.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Scott was trying to get Ben Ainslie to do one thing
0:41:31 > 0:41:34and Ben did something else.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Lost five boats because of that.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Then, at the worst possible moment,
0:41:39 > 0:41:41disaster strikes.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43The foils have malfunctioned,
0:41:43 > 0:41:47meaning the team finishes in last place.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57They rally in the third race and finish second but end the
0:41:57 > 0:42:02year's racing behind the American and Kiwi teams.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Pretty frustrated. We knew we couldn't win the event.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07The guys are good, you know,
0:42:07 > 0:42:09even in adversity when things aren't going well.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12You keep pushing hard, you keep thinking about the next race.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15That's something for us to focus on when we're sailing
0:42:15 > 0:42:17back home with our testing boat.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22After the disappointment in Bermuda,
0:42:22 > 0:42:27the team focuses on the first launch of test boat T2.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34They hope they've fixed the problems with the daggerboards.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Out on the water, it's the moment of truth.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47It's looking good, with the boards successfully lowered.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51It's not long before the boat is up flying on its foils.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58It's a big day for the team to get T2 on the water and they've
0:42:58 > 0:43:02been working ridiculously long hours these last few months to get
0:43:02 > 0:43:05us to this point, so a huge thank you to those guys.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Really our first proper step in the design process to the
0:43:08 > 0:43:09America's Cup proper.
0:43:11 > 0:43:17The success of T2 boosts morale but just before Christmas,
0:43:17 > 0:43:18there's a major setback.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Normally with capsizes, it happens pretty quickly,
0:43:33 > 0:43:36but in this situation it was a very slow process.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I think we were doing about 4 or 5 knots of boat speed at the time and
0:43:39 > 0:43:44due to a technical glitch, we went into a very slow, painful capsize.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47It took us a while to sort it out.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I think the team did a good job, in the end, in recovering both the
0:43:50 > 0:43:52platform and the wing.
0:43:53 > 0:43:58T2 capsizing means Christmas is cut short for the shore team.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Shore team did an incredible job, working through the Christmas period
0:44:03 > 0:44:06to get us back up and running.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10It actually had quite a minimal effect, which is fortunate.
0:44:12 > 0:44:17February 2016, and with the America's Cup final only 18
0:44:17 > 0:44:23months away, the team is in Oman for the next World Series race.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26We're currently lying in third and with the intention of
0:44:26 > 0:44:27moving forward.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30It's supposed to be light winds here in Oman and we've been
0:44:30 > 0:44:34doing a lot of light-wind practice so we feel pretty ready.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36After last year's string of setbacks,
0:44:36 > 0:44:39they're hoping to start the year with better fortune.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43And they're off to a flyer.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Ainslie's going fast.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48That's what all the rest of the teams are saying right now.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52They're going superfast up there. Great comeback there, guys.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Really good effort.
0:44:54 > 0:44:59Land Rover BAR dominates the first day of racing in Oman.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03Ainslie is going to pass both boats here right at the last second.
0:45:03 > 0:45:08A massive change of events for the overall in this regatta. Wow!
0:45:08 > 0:45:13A spectacular comeback yet again by Land Rover BAR.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Days like today do give us a boost as a team.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17It's really important to perform well,
0:45:17 > 0:45:20to perform right at the top of this level of America's Cup,
0:45:20 > 0:45:22and I think for the rest of the team, as well.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Our boat builders, our designers, the shore team,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27everyone back at the base in Camber.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33It's a great start to 2016 and helps the team
0:45:33 > 0:45:36close in on New Zealand and the USA.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Land Rover BAR.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54The celebrations continue back in the UK as the team launch
0:45:54 > 0:45:57test boat T3 on time.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59I name this boat T3.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08It's the next step in designing the team's ultimate race boat to
0:46:08 > 0:46:12challenge the US cup-holders in 2017.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21It's wicked. It's a good boat.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24The design boys and the boys who put the thing together have done
0:46:24 > 0:46:28an amazing job, as you'd expect, and it's performed very well.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Felt like a nice step towards what we're going to be racing,
0:46:31 > 0:46:32basically, doesn't it?
0:46:32 > 0:46:35There's no time to rest on their laurels.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40The coming months see the team compete in series races in
0:46:40 > 0:46:45New York and Chicago, with mixed results.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47Racing here in New York City,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49the six boats are ready to do battle on the Hudson.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52First thing you're going to see is really puffy conditions.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56Unpredictable weather makes the going tough.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01With erratic wins, the team's fortunes take a turn for the worse.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04That was the biggest load of BLEEP I've ever sailed in my life.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07The last leg in the last race was probably very painful to
0:47:07 > 0:47:09watch for everyone at home,
0:47:09 > 0:47:12but it was ten times more painful for us on board.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Chicago, however, is a completely different story.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23For the first time, the Louis Vuitton America's Cup
0:47:23 > 0:47:26racing here in Chicago.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Finally have the sort of conditions which we want for the
0:47:31 > 0:47:34America's Cup World Series, to showcase what the sport
0:47:34 > 0:47:36is capable of for the spectators and the fans.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40For us, as competitors, that's what we're after, this great racing.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43The boats were tearing along.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47With strong winds, quick thinking and skilful manoeuvres,
0:47:47 > 0:47:49the team outwits its rivals.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Ben did a really nice job of just slowing them down,
0:47:54 > 0:47:58bearing away and still laying the far left hand of the finishing line
0:47:58 > 0:48:00and that's ultimately what got us second place.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04Would've loved to have won but we're past Oracle now, and the next guys
0:48:04 > 0:48:08we're chasing is Emirates Team New Zealand to get on top.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Looking forward to the Portsmouth event up next.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Our home town and we want to do well,
0:48:13 > 0:48:16perform well in front of our home crowd.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26It's been an incredible journey for the team.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27Winning race number one...
0:48:27 > 0:48:30After two years of frustration...
0:48:30 > 0:48:31What was that?
0:48:31 > 0:48:32..exhilaration...
0:48:34 > 0:48:35..and sheer determination...
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Come on, fellas.
0:48:37 > 0:48:42..Land Rover BAR has just a few more series races to compete in...
0:48:43 > 0:48:45..ultimately deciding which team
0:48:45 > 0:48:49goes through to the America's Cup final
0:48:49 > 0:48:53to challenge the US cup holders.
0:48:53 > 0:48:59Whatever the outcome, Ben is under no illusions of his team's skills
0:48:59 > 0:49:04and the significance of bringing the cup home for Great Britain.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08I am really proud of what the team has achieved.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11To think back to where we were two years ago,
0:49:11 > 0:49:14it was an incredible achievement and effort by everyone involved.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17There's only one team in the history of the America's Cup that's
0:49:17 > 0:49:21ever won at their first attempt. Our goal is to be the second,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23something that we've never won.
0:49:23 > 0:49:27If we can actually right that wrong in our maritime sporting history,
0:49:27 > 0:49:30if you like, that would be a massive, massive moment.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08The England Men's and the England Women's cricket teams
0:50:08 > 0:50:10are both in action this summer.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Wherever you are in the UK,