FOUR-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie will wed his TV presenter fiancee Georgie Thompson over the festive period.

The most successful Olympic sailor of all time, who is from Lymington, revealed the marriage plans in his column in a national newspaper.

Writing about his achievements this year, the sailor said: ''To top it all off, I got engaged to Georgie Thompson a couple of months ago and we will be getting married over the festive period. Truly, this has been a remarkable year.''

Sir Ben hinted that the couple's honeymoon might involve sailing, saying: ''And yes, there may be a boat involved on the honeymoon.''

The couple got engaged in October, with former Sky Sports News and Formula One reporter Georgie tweeting: ''This just in... ''With luck, I will not be sneezing and sniffling my way down the aisle.''

In his article, Sir Ben said his team, Ben Ainslie Racing, will ''return with renewed vigour in the New Year. I've just got a small date to keep first''.