Team Australia began sailing their AC45 on Sydney Harbor, training with Oracle Team USA. CEO Iain Murray announced that their skipper will be Mat Belcher, gold medalist in the 470 at the 2012 London Olympics. Belcher will be sailing against another Australian gold medalist from London – Tom Slingsby, Laser gold medalist, is helming the OTUSA AC45 in the training races in Sydney. The two teams will train with each other in Sydney through June.
