Nick, Day 4

Nick, ST - Day 4, 8 Aug

Very similar weather to yesterday's, with a 4 hour area task today.

There were areas again today with no or few Cus, that you had to navigate around or through. This can cause significant detours and wasted distance, such as 12 km wasted on the 4th leg, skirting the edge of a blue hole. No difficulties overall, except on the final leg. Tried to bump to get on to final glide but didn't get quite enough as I encountered strong sink. Had to detour for a small climb. 543 Km at 126 km/h was much better than yesterday, but only 85% of the winner's speed.

Some stats for today:

Circling Number:  36
Circling Time:   01:02:23
Circling Speed:   69 Kts
Circling Radius:  591 Ft
Circling Rate:     29 sec/circle
Circling Count:   128 circles
Circling Gain:    29291 Ft
Circling Avg:      4.6 Kts
Circling Best:     7.4 Kts
Circling Percent: 24.7%

Glide Number:    36
Glide Time:     03:09:52
Glide Speed:     97 Kts
Glide Distance: 571 Km
Glide Avg:       16 Km
Glide Longest:   42 Km
Glide L/D:       56:1
Glide Loss:     33645 Ft
Glide Avg:       -1.7 Kts