Mirsky Racing Team sail onboard SWE 63 in Valencia
by Kyle Langford on 14 Jun 2009
MRT Sail Swe 63 Downwind. Mirsky Racing Team
http://www.mirskyracingteam.com/
Mirsky Racing Team arrived in the America's Cup city of Valencia direct from Korea, for two days of sailing on the Victory Challenge syndicate's America's Cup class yacht and training with ETNZ BlackMatch Racing, ahead of their next World Match Racing Tour event, the Troia Portugal Match Cup.
MRT was given the chance to go for a training session on SWE 63. With Torvar Mirsky on the helm and other MRT members filling key crew positions, the training session ran smoothly and gave the local journalists a glimpse of what lies ahead for the young Australian team.
'It was great to get a go on the helm of an AC boat, I have been working towards this for a while now and to be given a glimpse of this sort of sailing is very exciting' said Torvar on the dock afterwards at the Victory Challenge base.
'Its a great opportunity for our team to experience first hand the inner workings of an organisation whose business is elite sailing' commented MRT bowman Graeme Spence.
MRT, being from Perth, know about the history behind the Cup and its importance in Australia, and for a young Australian team to be out sailing on SWE 63 is not only monumental for MRT, but for the sailing community of Perth and Australia.
It seems to be that the team's natural progression is to step onto the America's Cup scene, and with the amount of uncertainty with the America's Cup, who knows what will be next for the rising stars of the yachting world.
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