07 August 2011

Contest Day 2

Had a good flight on day 1, yesterday. But found myself all alone in the blue. Got low once over ugly terrain and decided to take it a bit slower and stay high. Consolation is that I was faster than the other non-flapped ships in the 15m class, including an LS-8 piloted by Lit Beaudoin, a world class pilot from Belgium. It is interesting to compare speeds across classes. 15m was almost as fast as 18m and both 15/18m outraced Open Class.

For today we decided to change our routine. Sonia and I went out at day break to rig before breakfast. It was a beautiful sunrise.

15m is first to launch today with a 4 hr area task, minimum 344 km, max 625 km. It will be a long day in the heat.

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