Hi Yaall,
Finally an official day win after the unofficial one on day1!
Had a great day [obviously] after a pretty slow one yesterday. Great start just behind a good group on a day forecast for possibility of storms which did not happen in the task area. Slowly caught up to the gaggle from behind, at the second turn made a tactical decision to go a bit further from the big climb with the idea of joining the bottom of the gaggle, but they had all left. After 30km or so I saw the gaggle coming from my right, low, and ended up on top again! Maxed out next sector from in front and then alone for most of the way home.Slowed down a bit as the lift reduced in a normally weak area and pulled up to a pretty efficient final glide. After my Father’s death last week and a number of logger issues this week, today was the first day everything “clicked”. Stats show 98.8 mean L/D & 19% thermalling.
Bruce had a good one and up to 2nd overall. We plan to just keep chipping away slowly.
Tom
Finally an official day win after the unofficial one on day1!
Had a great day [obviously] after a pretty slow one yesterday. Great start just behind a good group on a day forecast for possibility of storms which did not happen in the task area. Slowly caught up to the gaggle from behind, at the second turn made a tactical decision to go a bit further from the big climb with the idea of joining the bottom of the gaggle, but they had all left. After 30km or so I saw the gaggle coming from my right, low, and ended up on top again! Maxed out next sector from in front and then alone for most of the way home.Slowed down a bit as the lift reduced in a normally weak area and pulled up to a pretty efficient final glide. After my Father’s death last week and a number of logger issues this week, today was the first day everything “clicked”. Stats show 98.8 mean L/D & 19% thermalling.
Bruce had a good one and up to 2nd overall. We plan to just keep chipping away slowly.
Tom
