Olympic and America's Cup winning sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie, aboard his Truly Classic yacht with girlfriend Georgie Thompson

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Olympic and America's Cup winning sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie, aboard his Truly Classic 65 yacht 'Rita' with girlfriend Georgie Thompson on the opening day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The pair sat on deck as the competitors finished racing on the opening day of the regatta. The event began in in 1826 and plays a key part in the British sporting summer 'season'. It now stages up to 40 daily races for around 1,000 boats and is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world with 8,500 sailors competing. Picture date Saturday 2nd August, 2014. Picture by Christopher Ison.

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