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Truro sailor hits the big time
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Double Olympic champion Ben Ainslie is backing Truro's James Grant to carry on the legacy of British sailing's golden generation.
Ainslie - who like Grant went to Truro School - is expected to once again lead the gold medal charge at the Beijing Olympics and shared the waves with the 15-year-old at last weekend's JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
Grant is currently part of the RYA's elite Youth Squad and Ainslie believes there is no better place for the Restronguet Sailing Club member to be learning the tricks of the trade.
He said: "The generation like Iain Percy, Nick Rogers, Sarah Ayton and myself all came through the RYA together although in my day it was on a lot smaller scale.
"It has been fantastic to have been a part of that. In the future we have got the talent coming through again - we just need the right level and amount of support for them to go out there and achieve their dreams.
"My message to James would be put the right amount of effort in and realise you are the only person who can go out there and win it - you can't rely on anyone else."
A record entry of 1,875 boats took part in the 55-mile Isle of Wight race but there was bad news for Ainslie when he along with crewmate and F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton were disqualified for breaking another boat's mast.
Grant, together with ten other RYA future Olympic hopefuls, finished the lumpy Solent course in a time of seven hours 25 minutes and 30 seconds.
And the Truro sailing star - who won radial gold at the RYA Youth National Championships in April - has vowed to following in the footsteps of Ainslie after a one-on-one chat with the Sydney and Athens hero.
"I was lucky enough to have lunch we Ben Ainslie because we both went to the same school - it was a great experience and I would love to be as good as him.
"He just said to keep my head down and train hard and focus on everything that I do - and if I did that then I would get the best out of yourself.
"I really enjoyed myself on the island - there was a lot to take in and a lot to learn but it was well worth it. Normally we would be training so it makes a nice change."
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