Land Rover BAR

Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing (Land Rover BAR) is a British yacht racing team formed by four-time Olympic gold medalist and 34th America's Cup winner Sir Ben Ainslie. This team was founded after Team Origin abandoned plans in 2010 to challenge for the 2013 America's Cup. The team won the 2015–16 America's Cup World Series. Land Rover BAR is representing the Royal Yacht Squadron in the challenge for the 2017 America's Cup.

In January 2012, Ben Ainslie announced the formation of a team to compete in the America's Cup, called Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR). His team competed in the AC45 class for the remaining races of the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series to develop experience and generate interest from sponsors. The team was also known as J.P. Morgan BAR in this early period and competed not under the RYS but for the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club.

In January 2014 Ainslie began the process of raising £100M to fund the team, as well as development of racing yachts which was projected to take 30% of the budget. The project was initially backed by 12 core supporters including Sir Charles Dunstone and Sir Keith Mills. In December 2014 Ben Ainslie Racing and Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) announced that they would work together on the America's Cup project, with Formula One designer Adrian Newey leading RBAT's efforts regarding design and engineering.J.P. Morgan indicated that it was not planning to continue sponsorship and the team began the search for a new title sponsor.

In April 2014, as part of the launch of Rear Admiral Rob Stevens's 'Transforming Solent' report, which makes 36 recommendations with 15 prioritised at an investment cost of £91M, Ainslie announced plans to build a team headquarters in the Solent area. Having reviewed a number of sites, the project put forward plans to develop an operational building at Camber Dock, as part of the wider redevelopment of Portsmouth Harbour. On 18 June, Portsmouth Council approved plans for the £12M main operations building, which Ainslie confirmed would be built subject to £8M of requested UK Government-backed development funding. On 1 July 2014, in a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, central government funding of £7.5M towards the operational building's construction was confirmed, with construction reliant on final planning permission from the council and the project raising the additional required funds. The operational building is also where the boats are designed and manufactured, and contains administration and full crew development facilities. The design was developed by HGP Architects, which also designed the nearby Spinnaker Tower. The building was opened in June 2015 and featured solar arrays, ventilation features and insulation to improve its sustainability.

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