We all sat on launch for hours today waiting for the wind to drop. It was an 'ordered launch' which means your position in the scoring from the previous days total is where you are in the que. That put me at the back. Lots of hard work resulted in me being in the mix at the start. Pushing on one thermal too early left me at the back. I pushed hard and we had an amazing final glide form about 20km out, full speed for most of the glide with the instrument showing a required glide ratio of 12:1 to goal. I was not getting that, but being able to see pilots ahead climbing meant I could 'join the dots' and get the height I needed. So, I finished 7 minutes behind the winner. That is a millenium at this level and I will probably be around the middle of the field :-(
Neil Robberts did well in a top 10 position, Russel was in the top 20, Jamie pretty quick, Adrian beat me by 2 secconds. Craig took a risky final glide and landed a kilometer short.
With the scoring system we all drop our worst task score tomorrow so I may even have clawed my way into the top 100. Hmmm, not where I want to be :-(
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