Worlds 2007, Day 11

Today started out with lots of sunshine and very little Cu - it looked pretty stable but it also looked taskable. A ~60 km task was set going out west, just a straight line to a tiny town called Baan Baa, no turn points. The conditions were weak and it was another really tough day.

There were a ton of gliders in huge gaggles over launch, and unfortunately there were two midair collisions. The two pilots came apart on the first one - a boom 5 recovered, but the other wing was so tangled up in itself that the pilot had to deploy. I heard the pilot was ok.

The second midair was low out over the east launch, the two pilots did not separate and both had their reserves out, there were injuries on that landing. Seems like knowing how to Gaggle fly is a really important skill to have, especially on the light and weak days...

I was able to get over an hour in the air as I tried to fly upwind back to Manilla. There was some big Cu to the NW, and even some rain coming out of it, and I heard the course had some very shaded areas.

A few competitors were struggling to get away from launch very late in the day. I have heard that 20+ pilots made goal, James Lawson was the only Aussie in Goal. USA: Kari and Tom in goal. Only 2 days left in this comp!

Tomorrow's forecast looks ok. Results should be here.

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