Killarny Comp, Days 7 & 8

Yesterday it was blowing like stink, day cancelled. Today we had more hope and up at the East launch it was looking doable. A task was set and 20 something pilots launched and then it got really windy. A few more DHV 2-3's launched and each one went up and then backwards and was barely able to penetrate - and they were stompin' on the bar. The day was cancelled.

The pilots that got in the air went XC, several people flew over 100 km.

The start was a race to goal, and I heard many pilots wondering if an elapsed time start would have been better for the conditions. Either way, I don't think it would have made much difference to me, I wasn't going to launch with the wind that strong.

Gaven Zahner won the comp, Christian Maurer was second, Phil Hystek was third, full results are here.