Najuspješniji olimpijski jedriličar u povijesti sa četiri zlatne medalje, zajedno s vojvotkinjom od Cambridgea, Kate Middleton u nacionalnom pomorskom muzeju pompozno je najavio britanskog izazivača za 35. America's Cup. Iza Sir Bena stoji Royal Yacht Squadron i još jedan Sir - Charles Dunston, inače 664. na Forbesovoj listi najbogatijih sa 2.7 miljarde dolara.
Pretpostavlja se da će za ovaj izazov Ben Ainslie Racing Teama biti potrebno ludih 135 milijuna dolara, od čega je kažu, već 40% osigurano...
Ben Ainslie Racing Team:
Investor Group and Board Members
Sir Charles Dunstone – Founding Shareholder and Chairman
Sir Keith Mills GBE – Founding Shareholder and Board Member
Chris Bake – Founding Shareholder and Board Member
Peter Dubens – Founding Shareholder
Robert Elliott – Independent Board Member
Lord Michael Grade CBE – Independent Board Member
Lord Irvine Laidlaw – Founding Shareholder
Ian Taylor – Founding Shareholder
Jon Wood – Founding Shareholder and Board Member
Management Team
Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) – Team Principal and Skipper
Jono Macbeth (NZL) – Sailing Team Manager and Sailor
Andy Claughton (GBR) – Technical Director
Andy Hindley (GBR) – Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer
James Stagg (GBR) – Shore Team Manager
Jo Grindley (GBR) – Head of Commercial, Marketing, Communications and Events
Design Team
Andy Claughton (GBR) – Design and Naval Architecture
Dirk Kramers (NED/USA) – Design and Engineering
Clay Oliver (USA) – Design and Performance Simulation
Rodrigo Azcueta (ARG) – Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Luc du Bois (SUI) – Instrumentation and Performance Analysis
Francisco Azevedo (POR) – 3D Modelling
Jason Ker (GBR) – Design and Naval Architecture
Matteo Ledri (ITA) – Computational Fluid Dynamics
Johannes Mausolf (GER) – Performance Prediction and Software Development
Benjamin Muyl (FRA) – Design and Naval Architecture
Simon Schofield (GBR) – 3D Design and Modelling
Benjamin Vernieres (FRA) – 3D Modelling
Sailing Team
Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) – Skipper
Jono Macbeth (NZL) – Sailing Team Manager
Andy McLean (NZL)– Sailing and Design Team Liaison
David Carr (GBR) – Sailing Team
Matt Cornwell (GBR) – Sailing Team
Nick Hutton (GBR) – Sailing Team
