MainSail Heads to the Rolex Maxi Cup in Sardinia

This October, MainSail looks at how some of the best sailing teams in the world stay at the top of their game, featuring the Rolex Maxi Cup in Sardinia.

Host Shirley Robertson investigates how two teams who won their respective classes last year have approached defending their titles, exploring whether it is harder to remain world’s number one than it is to make first place.

Robertson has also led the ranks having won the Olympic Gold twice, and is with the man who has won Gold at the last three Olympic Games – if he is able to repeat the performance in 2012, Ben Ainslie will be the most successful Olympic sailor ever.

The programme finds out just how Ainslie tries to stay on top of the world in the single-handed Finn class and also meets the Oracle Racing team who are out to defend the oldest trophy in sport, theAmerica's Cup.

MainSail airs;

Thursday 20th October at 1030 BST / 1130 CET and 1830 BST / 1930 CET; 
Saturday 22nd October at 0730 BST / 0830 CET, 1600 BST / 1700 CET and 2330 BST
Sunday 23rd October at 0030 CET , 0430 BST / 0530 CET, 0830 BST / 0930 CET and 1930 BST / 2030 CET