Perth International Regatta - British sailors face Australian test

7:47 PM Mon 15 Nov 2010 GMT

'Ben Ainslie at the opening press conference for the Perth International Regatta - Perth International Regatta' Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR Click Here to view large photo

Perth International Regatta - Triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie returns to Finn class action at the Perth International Regatta, which gets underway off the shores of Fremantle on Tuesday (16 November). Ainslie - who made his first foray back into the Finn at this summer's Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta after a two year break from Olympic classes racing - joins 29 of Skandia Team GBR's elite sailors on the trip Down Under, which has seen the team preparing in predominantly breezy conditions for the regatta - the official test event for the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships ...

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