Sir Ben Ainslie closed trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday (4th May) in preparation for the America's Cup.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sir Ben Ainslie, four time Olympic gold medal sailor (on publicity for the America's Cup):

"It's great publicity for the team to be here at the New York Stock Exchange to launch that we're racing on the Hudson this weekend. Land Rover's here and we have a partnership with them and we want to get people in the US market excited about the America's cup and our team.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sir Ben Ainslie, four time Olympic gold medal sailor (on preparation for the America's Cup):

"Preparation is going well for the weekend. The weather forecast looks like it might be a challenge. Sunday looks like good conditions for racing and the guys are getting the boat ready for tomorrow. We have a little bit of practice time then we get into the racing on Saturday."

SOUNDBITE (English) Sir Ben Ainslie, four time Olympic gold medal sailor (on the course):

"It's going to be a really tough course on the Hudson River. It's a very confined space for this type of racing. Also the wind is really confused because it's coming over the city and the Manhattan shore line. We can definitely expect some tough racing, lots of competition. I'm excited o be racing on the Hudson with the New York City skyline n the background."