Ben Ainslie is confident Team Origin's relaunched America's Cup campaign will not prevent him from defending his Olympic title at London 2012.

The three-time Olympic champion is skippering Team Origin's bid to become the first British boat to win the America's Cup in its 158-year history.

After 18 months of uncertainty in the sport, that challenge was essentially kickstarted with confirmation that Team Origin have taken a preferential share in the Louis Vuitton Series, which starts this November in Nice.

The crew will enjoy around 200 days of sailing next year and they will also compete in the TP52s and the World Match Racing circuit as they build towards the 34th America's Cup.

The earliest that event could be held is September 2011, which would leave Ainslie facing an uphill battle to secure his place for the Olympics.

The British team are well blessed with Finn sailors, with Ed Wright the current World Cup holder and Giles Scott also pushing hard.

Ideally for Ainslie, the America's Cup would be held back until 2013 - but if not he is still confident of being able to juggle both balls successfully.

He did, after all, manage it in 2008 after being involved in Team New Zealand's America's Cup campaign.

Ainslie has the backing of Origin team principal Sir Keith Mills, who is also the vice-chairman of the London Olympic organising committee.

"It has always been a very firm goal to compete in 2012," said Ainslie.

"It is a little bit like the situation I had with the last Games. Team New Zealand took precedent for the first couple of years and I was able to switch over 12 months before the Games and get back into Olympic mode.

"A little bit depends when the next America's Cup is but just because I am not sailing in the Finn does not mean I am not working on things behind the scenes.

"I have been watching the guys down in Weymouth this week (at the Sail for Gold regatta). They have had some good wind, which has made me jealous.

"That is a good thing because I will be motivated when I get back into the boat."

Mills added that Ainslie would be given the chance to get in all the training he needs for 2012, even if it means he sits out some of the TP52s or World Match Racing regattas.

"Ben is such a professional. I would be astonished if we weren't able to ensure he gets all the Olympic training he needs," said Mills.

"We have had long discussions with the RYA on how we can work together to ensure Ben and Iain Percy are able to compete at the highest level in 2012, but it will take some planning."

The Team Origin campaign had stalled because of legal wrangles between defending champions Alinghi and BMW Oracle, who will compete for the 33rd America's Cup in February.

But Ainslie believes that with all eyes now turned towards the racing, the time is right for Team Origin to win Britain's first America's Cup.

"Britain have been the top performing nation at the last three Olympics and we have some fantastic young talent in the UK," said Ainslie.

"And with some existing America's Cup talent and Volvo Ocean Racing talent we believe we can win. That would be an amazing achievement."