According to all met men it was supposed to be the best day of the comp. Nice and fast. Well, it was supposed to ... In the end it was the slowest and possibly trickiest day of the comp. Tasks were not long but we needed forever to complete them fighting against up to 20 kts winds. Asia and I went on task and were flying together again. After the first turn point we met up with the "Germans + followers" gaggle. We then escaped again and Asia got bit lower so I continued forward till ... I got low. Asia rolled me over on top and stayed in the front from there. So did the gaggle. I shifted gears and caught up with the "Germans + followers" gaggle and stayed with them till the end. We managed to get closer to Asia but never completely got her. She was doing really well yesterday. It was bloody windy up there, thermals were low, weak and broken up. The 90 km leg into the wind was a huge struggle. Every time we stopped to top up altitude in at the most 1.5 m/s the wind pushed us back 3 km. It went on and on like this. Carrying water in the weak thermals was painful but being without it with this headwind was almost suicidal. I stuck to the golden middle and dumped 1 min 45 sec. This gave me enough comfort to use the thermals and also to penetrate into the wind.
All photos below are either by Ogonek or the Organisers:
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| Ziggy helping me to strap in |
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| showing off my braces |
Here are the daily results:
Total after 8 days:
And "the pain" on the OLC:
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| all good - get me up there |
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| no, we're not talking about tactics |
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| I think he's pretty serious |
Today will be a lower day with more wind. Gliders are on the grid and we are waiting for the briefing. I'm taking off from the very first row today and will have the "privilege" to explore the conditions. Let's hope it will be sort of flyable. This is how we look from the air perspective (yesterday's grid):
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| photo by organisers |
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