High stakeson the high seas for Ben Ainslie in America’s Cup – The Times (subscription)

Team will be back but future format unknown as Kiwis take stand against change

David Walsh, Chiefsportswriter, Bermuda

Walking through a back street at Bermudas Royal Naval Dockyard on Wednesday, not far from where Oracle Team USA have their gymnasium, it was easy to pick out Jimmy Spithill. He is Oracles skipper, and as he is a slave to the boxing ring they have erected one. His bouts with the teams tactician, Tom Slingsby, are said to be worth watching. They dont hold back.

Nor does Spithill when he stops to shoot the breeze. Seven years ago he became the youngest skipper to win the Americas Cup, and in 2013 he drove the Oracle-USA boat that overturned an 8-1 deficit against Team New Zealand in San Francisco. In this quiet back street you would take him for nothing more or less than a

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High stakeson the high seas for Ben Ainslie in America's Cup - The Times (subscription)