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INEOS Founder and Chairman, Jim Ratcliffe described Ben Ainslie as the `Usain Bolt` of sailing - shown here soon after winning his fifth Olympic medal and fourth Gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Regatta, Weymouth
© Richard Gladwell
Gladwell's Line: British Challenge ups the tempo
Last Friday, at the Prospect of Whitby, a Thameside pub dating back to 1520, Ben Ainslie announced that there had been a major change in the financial backing of the British America's Cup team. Richard Gladwell writes