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Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup dream

Portsmouth has been confirmed as a host city for the 35th America's Cup World Series.

The two long weekends in 2015 and 2016 are expected to bring the world's greatest sailors, hundreds of thousands of spectators and millions of pounds worth of business into the local economy. The Great Britain team is basing itself in the city.

The sailor who's being seen as the man who can lift the world's oldest sporting trophy is Sir Ben Ainslie. He 91热爆 Radio Solent's Neil Sackley that his dream of bringing the cup home for the first time since 1851 is becoming a reality.

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