Team Origin
| Team Origin | |
|---|---|
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| Career | |
| Yacht club | Royal Thames Yacht Club |
| Established | 2007 |
| Nation | United Kingdom |
| Team principal(s) | Sir Keith Mills |
| CEO | Grant Simmer |
| Skipper | Ben Ainslie |
| Notable sailors |
Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
| Notable victories | The 1851 Cup 2010 World Match Racing Tour |
| Yachts | |
| Sail no. | Boat name |
| GBR–75 | GBR 75 |
Team Origin was Great Britain's bid to compete in the 33rd and 34th America's Cups. It was launched in January 2007 but stopped running the racing team in 2010. The syndicate was founded by Sir Keith Mills, also known for being the deputy chairman for the organizing committee of the London 2012 Olympic bid. Grant Simmer is the CEO and the team competed under the burgee of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
Britain's involvement in the America's Cup dates back to the very start when the Aurora was second in the original race won by America in 1851. Britain has unsuccessfully challenged many times since.
Ben Ainslie went on to form Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) in 2012 to compete in the 2017 America's Cup.
Sir Keith Mills initially announced his intention to create a team to challenge for the Americas' Cup on the 4th of January 2007, and announced the decision to appoint Mike Sanderson as Team Director on March 29, 2007. In May of the same year, Team Origin announced it was becoming a partner of the RYA Onboard scheme, which has over 60 centres across the UK. Mike Sanderson commented at the time that he hoped to "raise awareness and participation of the sport.
Less than a month later, it was announced that Team Origin would be partnering the Royal Thames Yacht Club (of which Sir Keith Mills is a member), supposedly because of its balance between old and new, tradition and technology, and also its central location in Knightsbridge, London.
After its acquisition of SUI-75 in May 2007, an almost identical boat to SUI-64, which was used by the Swiss to win the 31st Americas' Cup match, all that was missing was the crew, the majority of which were announced in September 2007.
In December 2007 the team announced its intention to scale-back activities in anticipation of legal wrangling causing significant delays to the 33rd Cup's schedule, anticipating that 2009's cup would be delayed by at least 2 years.
Team Origin competed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in 2009 and are a participant of the Louis Vuitton Trophy. In 2010 Team Origin appointed Grant Simmer as the team's new CEO who replaced Mike Sanderson.
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