Dave's Day 1

I had trouble climbing away from tow and had to take a relight which wasn't much better, but I did manage to get to 3000 feet and then into the start cylinder where I thought a nice looking cloud would get me to start height.  I couldn't find any lift under it and nothing else was close by, so I started at 2000 feet and headed out on course.

Five km on course I was down to 1000 feet and the water was all gone. I managed to climb away and make my way around the course and caught up to some of the guys who started 15 minutes before me.  In the end we were all too late and ran out of day about 6o km from home.  The last climb to 4000 provided enough height to glide closer to home, but not to the finish line!