By Matt Hardy In the early afternoon of 18 September 2013 – 4,046 days ago – Team New Zealand crossed the finish line in San Francisco Bay 15 seconds ahead of Oracle Team USA and took an 8-1 lead in the America’s Cup. The sailing contest has no prize money on the line – it is a rich man’s game – but is the oldest international competition in sport and Team New Zealand, led by world champion sailor Dean Barker and tactician Ray Davies, were within one victory of taking the old trophy back to the Land of the Long White Cloud for the first time since 2003. Enter, then, Ben Ainslie. The Team GB le…