Yesterday was a cracker with Alex coming in 3rd and Nick 4th over a 500k task.
Campbell did well to get round 360k in the club class. Philip had a few glider issues and ended up landing back.
Today is forecast to be even better, temperature 35deg, thermals up to 13,000'.
15m task is 605k which looking at the weather is quite realistic. Club class are doing a 4 hour AAT min 284k max 597.
See http://soaringspot.com/jg2014/results/15-meter/task/day3.html
All in all we are pleased with how things are going. I've captured a few sound bites from the Pilots:
Alex: Going good, gotta catch Scutter
Nick: Getting used to the Ventus now (took a wee bit) and looking forward to the rest of the week.
Campbell: Big learning curve - a lot different to the Auckland thermals
Philip: Sorted out yesterdays issues and ready to go today.
Mike (coach): Can't eat anymore ice-cream, up to 3 a day
That's all from the Kiwi camp for now, I'm looking forward to seeing some smiling faces at the of today.
Cheers
DT