Meet some of the team behind Ben Ainslie's mission to win the America's Cup.
The Americas Cup is seen as the pinnacle of yacht racing, the world's oldest sporting competition that continues to be the 'Holy Grail' for a British team that's never lifted the trophy.
Jamie's job is to calmly manoeuvre the boat out of the hanger and on to the water using a remote-controlled crane. For example, the hydraulic power to trim the sails and make the boat go faster is produced by Cyclors who must maintain up to 500+ watts on a static bike for spells of 20 minutes."We do anything up to eight meals or snacks a day for the team here. Starting with breakfast at around 07:30 and then various meal sittings throughout the day, as well as snack boxes and energy bars to take out on to the water during training.
The balance between reliability, optimum performance and durability is an ongoing discussion in the design process and development.She said: "There's so much that can go wrong in a boat as complicated as ours, such as hydraulic failures, electrical failures, corrosion, water ingress and any number of those things could stop you on a race day and lose you a point.
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