Disappointing to be out of the America's Cup says Ainslie

4:57 PM Tue 2 Nov 2010 GMT

'Ben Ainslie during the finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup 2010.' Gareth Cooke - Subzero Images &copy Click Here to view large photo

'The decision to pull Team Origin out of entering and competing for the Americas Cup was obviously extremely disappointing. For some of us it has been three years of work, getting the team to a position where we had a strong core group to move forward, with enough talent and experience to have a realistic shot at winning.' Personally, the biggest disappointment is losing the opportunity to work with such a strong group of people and despite the relative failure it has been a huge learning experience. The Cup is still a huge ambition of mine and the lessons learned ...

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