Ben Ainslie's record win at Round the Island Race
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Britain's most successful sailor in Olympic history, Sir Ben Ainslie, has set a new world record - in the Round the Island Race.
The annual 50-mile boat race runs anti-clockwise around the Isle of Wight.
Ainslie and his team finished it in less than three hours - breaking the record by more than 16 minutes!
Ainslie and his crew on their yacht
He said: "The conditions were perfect, the boat was fantastic, the team did a fantastic job getting the boat around the course."
The crew were racing in memory of their sailor friend Andrew "Bart" Simpson, .
Ainslie has - more than any other British sailor.