Cowes Week 1851 Cup - Brits to take on America's Cup Champions

2:19 PM Tue 6 Jul 2010 GMT

'BMW Oracle Racing and Team Origin during the Louis Vuitton Trophy in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy in May 2010. The friends are set to race against each other during Cowes Week.' Chris Cameron/ETNZ

Cowes Week, 1851 Cup contestants Ben Ainslie (Team Origin) and James Spithill (BMW Oracle Racing) will lead their teams in contesting the Cup for 2010. They are two of the hottest match racing skippers in the world. Britain's Team Origin will be the be first potential challenger for the next America's Cup to race head-to-head with BMW Oracle Racing, winners of the 33rd America's Cup. Competition will take place on the historic waters of the Solent and around the Isle of Wight upon which a race won by the New York yacht America gave rise to the America's Cup, the ...

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