Barton Thought of the Day: Christian Brewer reflects on the America's Cup
INEOS TEAM UK's Britannia racing in the PRADA Cup © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com The Optimist and the AC75, now what do these extremes of our sport have to do with each other you may ask? Well, Sir Ben Ainslie, tactician Giles Scott and grinder Richard Mason all started out in these diminutive One Design dinghies, 'great oaks from little acorns grow'! I have been following Richard Mason's meteoric rise in sailing from his early days sailing off Lymington in his Optimist to joining Skandia Team GBR in the 470 and 49er classes then moving into racing One Design Figaro single ...
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