Solid Day 2 For Mirsky Racing at Korea Match Cup
MRT Ahead of Black Match in Korea
A solid day on the water for Mirsky Racing Team sees them sit at 4-1 on day two of the Korea Match Cup
In a comfortable 8 knots breeze MRT found their feet by taking three straight victories.
In an exciting race against K-Challenge/French Team, last years Korea Match Cup winners, MRT was on the end of a penalty in an intense prestart but sacrificed their advantage on the start line to equalise the penalties. K-Challenge narrowly lead around the course up until half way down the last run when MRT applied the pressure and forced an error on K-Challenge to pass in the final stages of the race.
Tomorrow MRT will race their remaining races in the round robin where the top 8 will advance through to the quarter final stage of the competition.
A special thanks to Line7, Harken and the Royal Perth Yacht Club for their support.
Live video coverage of the racing is being shown at http://www.vidzapper.net/live/iframes/matchcup2009/ with onboard cameras and mics.
Mirsky Overtakes Col on Final Run in Korea
Results after day two
- Peter Gilmour, (AUS) YANMAR Racing 7/8
- Ben Ainslie, (GBR) Team Origin 8/11
- Torvar Mirsky, (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team 4/5
- Ian Williams, (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar 6/8
- Mathieu Richard, (FRA) French Team 4/8
- Paolo Cian, (ITA) Team Shosholoza 5/11
- Adam Minoprio, (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing 3/5
- Bjorn Hansen, (SWE) Team Onboard 5/8
- Laurie Jury, (NZL) SLAM NZ 3/8
- Philippe Presti, (FRA) French Match Racing Team 2/8
- Sebastien Col, (FRA) French Team/K-Challenge 1/5
- Byeong Ki Park, (KOR) Geogi 0/11
