Briefing at 10:00am, the tasks today were set with yesterday in mind…. a similar forecast, just with more blue! The Juniors were the second group on the grid so a 200km A Task was set. Gridding began at 11:45, and again we waited!!!!!! First launch was finally taken at 2:30pm, taking a number of pilots by surprise (most thinking it was going to be scrubbed that late in the day) Task B being chosen, 109km.
Dan on the grid (Sally Hender)
With eight tug planes today, again the huge grid was efficiently launched. Shrek class went first, then Juniors, then Donkey class last today. Dan was also very near the front of the Juniors again. The gate was opened over an hour later, Dan true to form, didn’t hang around going through the start gate, following him on Glide and Seek, he seemed to do well, keeping high, and getting some good lift, however, on his return, he admitted it was a tricky task.
Evening debrief (Rob Hender)
Proved by another round of landouts, including a member of the British Team! Dan did one of the local retrieves, so wasn’t available for comment on his flight! However, he did the task in 1 hour 34 mins, at 74.06kmh. 15th place today with 408 points, overall 20th place. - Sally Hender
