Defending champion Emirates Team New Zealand and the three challengers were set to sail their radical sloops for the first time last spring but America’s Cup World Series preliminary regattas in Italy and England were cancelled due to the pandemic.
Ainslie said it will be 10 days to two weeks before the boat is ready to be splashed. For now it’s being called RB2 — race boat 2 — until it is christened and named. Ainslie said a lot of structural testing was conducted in the shed in the UK. Ainslie, 43, the most-decorated sailor in Olympic history with four gold medals and one silver, helped Oracle Team USA stage its remarkable comeback to beat Team New Zealand in the 2013 America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay.
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