Worlds 2007, Day 6

It has rained so many days in a row now that the ground is saturated - I saw mushrooms growing in the west bomb out. The wet ground slows the heating and when thermals do rise, they take heaps of moisture up with them. So even really weak thermals make a lot of cloud, and that shades the ground, which slows heating even more...

Last night the forecast was looking pretty grim, and with everyone at the free pilot BBQ at Cloud 9, and a band, and free drinks, well, the sacrifice to appease the weather gods was a whole lot of human brain cells... The sacrifice worked, and sunny skies greeted the many hung over pilots this morning...

The task was a 60 km zig zagger that ended at a physical goal "line" at the caravan park again. There were 3 start times, but conditions were so weak on launch that no one made the last start time. Sticking with a gaggle was the way to get to goal today and I am guessing 20 or so pilots made goal, with a lot more still on course when the task ended at 6:30pm.

For the USA, Josh and Tom were somewhere in the top five today. The Aussie's had a tough day with no one in goal. For New Zealand, I watched Middy cross the finish line with 2 meters to spare... At least one of the Canadians made goal today.

The forecast looks good, there should be more tasks to follow.

Results should be here.

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