Torvar Mirsky


Author: Justin Chisholm December 6, 2020 Duration: 1:00:10
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Torvar Mirsky

Australian World Match Racing Tour skipper Torvar Mirsky is the guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast.Now 34, Torvar has been competing on the World Match Racing Tour on and off since 2006 and was crowned champion in 2017.He has been based in Europe for the last several years and happily that meant Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm was able to record this interview in person in Palma, Mallorca. Justin sat down with Torvar not long after he had returned from the 2020 Match Racing World Championship at the Bermuda Gold Cup and as you will hear it’s a really insightful interview in which there is plenty of chat about the art of Match Racing – but also lots more besides.

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