The Virgin boss shared his surprise at finding the four-times gold medallist had run into difficulties when a furling system, which controls the sail being rolled out, broke.
He
wrote on his blog: "It was great to see Ben Ainslie sailing past Necker
Island as he enjoyed his honeymoon with his delightful new wife Georgie
Thompson.
"Seeing as Ben is one
of the greatest sailors of all time, what we didn't except to see was his boat
getting into trouble!"
Members of the island's
water-sports team came to the couple's rescue, cutting the sail and avoiding
the vessel being wrecked on a nearby reef.
Sir Richard added: "Unsurprisingly, Ben kept an amazingly
cool head whilst directing operations - he just needed more hands to sort out
the mess."
Sir Richard even invited
the couple to stay on his famous island for a few days.
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