Skandia Sail for Gold: Britain's team for Weymouth Test in August

11:00 AM Mon 13 Jun 2011 GMT

'Ben Ainslie (left) from Great Britain on his way to winning the Gold Medal, battles with fellow Brit Giles Scott (right), in the Finn class on the medal day of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, in Weymouth and Portland, the 2012 Olympic venue.' onEdition &copy Click Here to view large photo

Top international yachting correspondent, Stuart Alexander of The Independent, was in Weymouth for the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta. Here's his view of the final day of the event, and where to from here for the worlds most successful Olympic sailing nation: The best was saved until last when, despite coming last in the final race, quadruple Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie secured gold for Britain in the heavyweight Finn singlehanded dinghy at the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta. He first snuffed out any chance of his great rival Giles Scott scoring highly enough to overtake him and then, job done, ...

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by Stuart Alexander