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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Sir Ben Ainslie and the JP Morgan BAR AC45 catamaran to be at the London Boat show 8th of January

A snippet from the Round the Island Race (UK) facebook page.  Sir Ben Ainslie and the JP Morgan BAR AC45 to be at the London boat show on 8th of January.

https://www.facebook.com/roundtheisland

STAR OF THE SHOW!
 
London Boat Show, Excel Wed 8th January 2014. Join us for an exclusive Q&A session with the one & only Sir Ben Ainslie and see his AC45 JP Morgan BAR.

America's Cup Discovered, Edition 94

2013 JP Morgan Round the Island Race, video highlights

America's Cup World Series, AC Uncut talk to Ben Ainslie

Genny Tulloch and the AC Uncut crew talk to Ben Ainslie about the upcoming Naples ACWS event as part of the JP Morgan/BAR team and adapting to multihulls and new sailing techniques.