Dinners with Mourinho. Swearing intentionally at Stephen McIvor to inspire team spirit. Strategy. Building blocks. Success and a partnership, of sorts, with Emirates Team New Zealand. This was an interview that revealed much about Ben and how he has grown and continues to grow into a powerful voice at sailing’s highest table. Regrets? Yes there were a few and his wife Georgie teased and charmed them out of Britain’s greatest sailor in their Performance People Vodcast but it’s at the end where perhaps arguably the real nuggets came and gave a glimpse to what’s brewing in these dog dark months after Barcelona.
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