Day 2 - a classic Uvalde day

We had a classic Uvalde day today - cloud streets in every direction with bases at 7000ft and 8 - 10 kt thermals. Everyone had great flights.
Jerzy won the day in 18m with a whopping 152.9 kph over 560 km.

15m was the first to launch. Initially it was difficult to keep the heavily loaded gliders airborne in the weak morning thermals. Dave and I started shortly before 2p. By that time cloud base had risen to 6000 ft.

As conditions improved further, I found myself cruising at 100 - 110 kts under cloud streets, occasionally stopping for 8-10 kt thermals. My best climb of the day averaged 9.1 kts bottom to top. It took only three minutes, six seconds to gain 2858 ft. I placed 13th for the day, doing 132.9 kph over 532 km, again ahead of the other standard class ships.

Joerg Stieber - JS