Macclesfield sailing legend Ben Ainslie has revealed he wants to take to the skies and learn how to fly.
Having conquered the seas – winning four Olympic golds in the process – Sir Ben now wants to take to the skies and learn how to fly.
The sailor, who was knighted last year, appeared on today`s Desert Island Discs and said he wanted a “proper commercial flight simulator” as his luxury item.
He told host Kirsty Young: “That would be perfect because I`ve been trying to learn to fly and I really haven`t been able to find the time”.
The sailor, whose choice of tracks included Emeli Sande`s Read All About It which the singer performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 games, admitted he sometimes “scared” himself because he was so competitive.
He said: “I morph into almost a different character and I suppose in the past I have scared myself on the odd occasion”.
Asked for an example, he said: “A couple of years ago I got taken out of this race by a media boat and I ended up jumping onto the media boat and in no uncertain terms mentioned to this driver of this boat that he certainly shouldn`t have been where he was and he`d ruined my race and it got me into a lot of trouble”.
Sir Ben, who also said he could be a “little bit dark” when he lost a race, said his “one burning desire” was to win the America`s Cup with a British team.
Last year, he helped the US team to an amazing comeback to win the trophy against the odds.
His other tracks included Coldplay`s Fix You which was played at the funeral of fellow sailor – and Olympic champion – Andrew Simpson who died when his catamaran flipped over during training for the cup in San Francisco Bay.
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