TeamOrigin take 1851 Cup beating America's Cup Defender



9:54 AM Sat 7 Aug 2010 GMT
'ENGLAND, Cowes, 6th August 2010. 1851 Cup Regatta. Day 4.' Ian Roman/TEAMORIGIN Click Here to view large photo
Ben Ainslie and the crew of TeamOrigin have won the 1851 Cup, sailed off Cowes, Isle of Wight in a celebtration of events that led to the America's Cup competition. On this the fourth day of racing, both teams appeared to have their aggression glands fully open going into today's third race. In the pre-start Ben Ainslie at the helm of TeamOrigin did a fine job shovelling James Spithill's BMW Oracle Racing crew well beyond the right side of the start box and the starboard tack layline back to the committee boat. As a result both boats were late for ...


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