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An awful lot can happen in the three final races, but the prospect of Ben Ainslie equalling Britain's best Olympic sailing record - Rodney Pattisson's two golds and a silver in 1968, '72 and '76 - is ...

Born in Campbeltown, Argyll on 4th August 1943, Rodney Stuart Pattisson can justifiably claim to be Scotland's most successful sailor ever, winning two Olympic gold and one silver medal. Having been ...

A DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist from Poole has been snubbed from next summer’s list of Torch-bearers. Sailor Rodney Pattisson MBE, who triumphed in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1968 and 1972 Games ...

Dexia Eure et Loir has won the Hoya Round the Island race in a record time. Co-skippers Rodney Pattisson and Frances Joyon recorded a time of three hours, eight minutes and 29 seconds, shattering the ...

Tower Bridge's central spans were lifted in tribute to Ainslie, who retained his Finn class title in Qingdao to move him ahead of Rodney Pattisson as Britain's top Olympic sailor. Jacques Rogge, the ...