Today was the best day of the contest so far, but still not a bullet-proof day. The forecast was for blue conditions up to about 4500 agl. The list was to be in the 2-4 kt range.
The task was a 2:30 hour turn area with 20 mile circles for a min distance of about 116 miles. We won't bother with the max and nominal distances since no one could make those distances today! Just about everyone was overtime flying close to 3 hours.
I flew about 138 miles at 44 mph today and that was good enough for third on the day with 995 points. The winner and second place were about 0.25 mph faster then I was. My plan for the day was to fly with the 15 m class gaggle and have lots of markers on course and it worked. In fact only one pilot in the 15 m class was faster then me today.
I am still in first place about 600 points ahead of second place. So tomorrow is another get home day - fly with the pack and don't take any silly risks!
Youtube video of the Pilot's meeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_B1E8M8I0
