The forecast for today was the best we have seen for the contest. Dr Jack was calling for 4-5 kts with light NE winds. At the meeting we asked how many pilots wanted to attempt their 300 km flight today. All the hands in the novice class went up, so the contest task was set to Priceville Tillsonburg a 305.8 km triangle.
Paul Fish was the only pilot to complete the 300 triangle - congratulations Paul!
The seminar for today was how to use Winscore the scoring program.
We started the launch at 1230 with some heavy cirrus to the north that was threatening to shut down the leg to Priceville. South of the high cloud in the sunny areas clouds were already based over 5000 with 3 kts lift. We decided to stick with the task as called despite the high cloud.
As the gate opened, most gliders were about 5 km south of SOSA as the northern part of the start cylinder was in the shade. After a smooth glide across the 10 km to the north edge of the cylinder we were on course under the shade. Most made it to the cu over Guelph and and slowly made their way north. Some got low in the Guelph area, but eventually connected with cu in the Fergus area. In the Priceville turn area the cu were based at 6000.
By now, the high cloud had moved sputh out of the task area, but the second leg was blue, and many had trouble in the Elmira area. Once south of the 401 we were back in to the cu still based at 6000 ft. My final glide home from 51 km out took 19 and a half minutes!
The weather for the weekend looks good, so we are hoping for 2 more flying days.
