Sir Richard Branson claims staff from his Necker Island retreat had to rescue Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie after he ran into trouble sailing in the area on his honeymoon. The Virgin boss said the four-times gold medallist ran into difficulties when a furling system, which controls the sail being rolled out, broke. The British Olympian was on honeymoon with his new wife Georgie Thompson, after they married at Hampton Court Palace last month, when the incident occurred. Scroll down for video Necker Island staff members (from left) Marco Bava, George Lambert, Adam Chubbock pose with Georgie Thompson and Sir Ben Ainslie after they helped rescue them following a technical fault on their yacht
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Sir Ben Ainslie and Georgie Thompson rescued by Necker Island staff
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Yacht's furling system jammed and sail could not be hoisted or lowered
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Virgin boss wrote a blog post about the unexpected rescue
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Newlyweds now spending a few days on Necker Island
Sir Richard said: 'Unsurprisingly, @placeholder kept an amazingly cool head whilst directing operations - he just needed more hands to sort out the mess.'