04 January 2017

Dave's last unofficial practice day

Today we had a racing task for the 18 m class that took us north then west.  As we were on the grid, cu started to pop to the north and by the end of the day we had a sky full of cu based around 8000 ft.  The total task distance was 340 km and we completed it in just over 2.5 hours at speeds around 130 km/hr.

Good climbs were in the 6-7 kt range today, but at times we also had to accept 3 kt climbs when low and faced with some holes to cross.  One problem area was the third turnpoint just in the foothills to the south.  There was a large hole with a lot of sink going into the turnpoint.  At this point, I stopped and took a couple of 2 kt climbs so I wouldn't arrive too low in the foothills.  This cost some speed on the day, but I am not comfortable pushing low into the hills.

All in all, a good practice day.
 
Dave

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