Friday 10 January 2014

Extreme Sailing Series update, JP Morgan/Ben Ainslie Racing to compete in the 2014 series

 From the following article on the JP Morgan/Ben Ainslie Racing website

http://bar.americascup.com/news/615/sir-ben-ainslies-j-p-morgan-bar-to-enter-extreme-sailing-series-2014-2

Sir Ben Ainslie’s J.P. Morgan BAR to enter Extreme Sailing Series 2014

Sir Ben Ainslie has announced the continued partnership with long term sponsors J.P. Morgan who will support Ben Ainslie Racing’s (BAR) entry into the Extreme Sailing Series 2014 (ESS). In addition to this, J.P. Morgan also announced that their title sponsorship of the iconic Round the Island Race will continue to reside with J.P. Morgan Asset Management for a further two-year period up to and including 2016. These announcements came at the annual London Boat Show on the stand, exhibiting BAR’s AC45 that broke the Round the Island Race Multihull record last year.

Also revealed were three of the four sailors who will compete with Ainslie in the Extreme Sailing Series 2014: Team GB teammates and Beijing Olympic Gold Medallist’s, Paul Goodison and Pippa Wilson, alongside bowman Matt Cornwell, a previous Match Racing World Champion with Ainslie. The final crew member will be revealed before the first event of the season in Singapore.

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