We got a contest day in today, but it was not a great day. The task was a 1:30 hour turn area with a maximum distance of about 91 miles. After a rainy practise day Saturday the ground is pretty damp so a lot of the sun's energy went into drying the ground instead of creating thermals. To add to the challenge today, the winds were forecast to be about 25 kts.
In fact, the weather was weak enough that around half of the contestants landed out today. I was one of four in the Standard Class to get home, along with Chris Gough.
Today was another one of those days where a good defence is a good offence. You can't often win a contest on a day like today, but you can certainly lose the contest if you land out. My goal was to get around and not land out. As it turns out it looks like I won the day in the Standard Class by not getting into trouble and not having any low spots.
