America s Cup 2021: INEOS Team UK s boat problem revealed as syndicate hits back at British pundit s brutal analysis
11 Dec, 2020 05:30 PM
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“Beating you Kiwis on home water, it doesn’t get tougher that that.” - Sir Ben Ainslie. Video / INEOS Team UK / Ben Ainslie
“Beating you Kiwis on home water, it doesn’t get tougher that that.” - Sir Ben Ainslie. Video / INEOS Team UK / Ben Ainslie
NZ Herald
INEOS Team UK has hit back after their new America s Cup boat was slammed in a brutal blog post by a British pundit.
The boat is currently being worked on after damaging its mast and missing the first two days of practice racing ahead of next week s World Series and Christmas Cup regattas.
Britannia is put through its paces on Auckland s Waitemata Harbour.
Sir Ben Ainslie’s new America’s Cup boat has been labelled “the lamest of ducks” in a damning summation on the eve of proper racing. British pundit Magnus Wheatley has delivered a brutal blog on Ainslie’s chances as the INEOS Team UK boat sits behind closed doors being desperately worked on after missing the first two days of official practices. Wheatley likened it to the feeling of the midweek club racers who regularly experience “the utterly deflating feeling of hauling a boat that is at least two clicks slower around a racecourse”.