Taking Flight - Britain's America's Cup Challenge

Behind-the-scenes access to the most successful Olympic sailor in history, multiple gold-winning Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie.

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Released 2001
Broadcaster BBC Two
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Quest for the America’s Cup

Taking Flight Britain s America s Cup Challenge

Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie, and his team as they prepare to try and win the America's Cup, sport's oldest international trophy - a sporting challenge Britain has never won since it was first raced in 1851.

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