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Knife-edge decisions, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races they are all in a days work for sailings superman Ben Ainslie. Ben has won successive golds in the last three Olympics, making him a British hero and our greatest Olympic sailor ever. In 2012 he plans for a fourth.

In Close to the Wind Ben reveals the truth behind his awesome achievement. A charming spokesperson off the water, he reveals just how ruthless he is on it. He admits to fierce rivalries, above all with Brazilian Robert Scheidt, who robbed a nineteen-year-old Ben of gold in his first Olympics.

Bens twenty-year sailing career, which began on a dinghy in a remote Cornish bay, has a scope unmatched by other sports. In Olympic races he is alone, in his tiny boat, channelling aggression and plotting tactics.

From his proudest moment representing Team GB, to one tough decision that almost risked destroying his career, this is a unique insight into the man who cannot be second best. It shows what really takes place in the white heat of competition and lifts the lid on this toughest of sports.

About the Author

Ben Ainslie, CBE, was born in 1977 in Macclesfield. He started sailing at age four and first competed at the age of ten. He has won three Olympic gold medals and was awarded Yachtsman of the Year in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2002.

Close to the Wind
The Autobiography of Britains Greatest Olympic Sailor
Ben Ainslie
With Nick Townsend

To my family for all their love and support Sailing at 5 years old - photo 1

To my family, for all their love and support

Sailing at 5 years old Steering our boat Sule Skerry it means Seal Rock in - photo 2
Sailing at 5 years old
Steering our boat Sule Skerry it means Seal Rock in Gaelic and thats where the - photo 3
Steering our boat Sule Skerry; it means Seal Rock in Gaelic and thats where the boat ended up!
Dad far right and the crew of Second Life during the Whitbread Round the - photo 4
Dad (far right) and the crew of Second Life during the Whitbread Round the World race 1973-4
Dad teaching me how to steer to a compass heading He was a great teacher very - photo 5
Dad teaching me how to steer to a compass heading. He was a great teacher, very patient
Mum helping Jim Saltonstall the British coach at the Optimist World - photo 6
Mum helping Jim Saltonstall, the British coach, at the Optimist World Championships, Argentina 1992. Left to right there is me, Nick Rogers, Owen Ashton, Verity Slater, Jim, Chris Draper and Mum
With Dad celebrating winning the 1999 Laser World Championships in Melbourne - photo 7
With Dad, celebrating winning the 1999 Laser World Championships in Melbourne
Me trying to push Iain Percy back in the water at the Laser European - photo 8
Me trying to push Iain Percy back in the water at the Laser European championships in Sardinia in 1993. Iain was tenth in the full rig and I won the Laser Radial class
My nemesis and probably the best sailor I have ever raced against Robert - photo 9
My nemesis and probably the best sailor I have ever raced against, Robert Scheidt
On the podium in Atlanta with Robert Scheidt of Brazil and Peer Moberg of - photo 10
On the podium in Atlanta with Robert Scheidt of Brazil and Peer Moberg of Norway. My first Olympics
The biggest race of my life Taking on Robert Scheidt in the final race of the - photo 11
The biggest race of my life. Taking on Robert Scheidt in the final race of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney
Mum and Dad watching the battle with Scheidt unfold from the banks of Sydney - photo 12
Mum and Dad watching the battle with Scheidt unfold from the banks of Sydney Harbour
Team GB putting sailing on the map in Sydney winning 3 golds and 2 silvers - photo 13
Team GB putting sailing on the map in Sydney, winning 3 golds, and 2 silvers. With fellow sailing medallists Ian Walker, Mark Covell, myself, Iain Percy, Shirley Robertson, Ian Barker and Simon Hiscocks
Top The man who nearly stopped me winning my second gold medal in Athens - photo 14
Top The man who nearly stopped me winning my second gold medal in Athens - photo 15
(Top) The man who nearly stopped me winning my second gold medal in Athens Guillaume Florent of France. He went on to win bronze in Beijing
(Bottom) Taking a dunking after winning the second gold in Athens
The gym is an everyday occurrence Contrary to popular belief the sailors are - photo 16
The gym is an everyday occurrence. Contrary to popular belief, the sailors are as fit as the cyclists or swimmers
On the podium in Athens with my good friend Rafael Trujillo of Spain and - photo 17
On the podium in Athens with my good friend Rafael Trujillo of Spain and Mateusz Kusznierewicz of Poland
Surfing the waves on the way to winning gold in Athens Reacting to another - photo 18
Surfing the waves on the way to winning gold in Athens
Reacting to another bad Kiwi windup during training The legendary bowman - photo 19
Reacting to another bad Kiwi windup during training
The legendary bowman Joey Allen talking me through a pre-start The 3km - photo 20
The legendary bowman Joey Allen talking me through a pre-start
The 3km running test not my favourite pastime Dean Barker and I looking - photo 21
The 3km running test, not my favourite pastime
Dean Barker and I looking serious in Valencia It was a huge honour to be - photo 22
Dean Barker and I looking serious in Valencia
It was a huge honour to be announced as helmsman for TeamOrigin in September - photo 23
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