Mystic Cup Task 6

The weekend has ended - and we got 2 tasks in for the Mystic Cup.  Today's conditions were more challenging - stronger SE winds aloft made us think a little harder out on course.  We were getting tired of the same cats cradle tasks we do so often, so the task committee decided to use  a few new turnpoints and do something different...

The sky was absolutely gorgeous - big cumulus cloud showing were the lift was and where it wasn't.  The SE winds made launching tricky, but once off the hill, the climb out was straight up at 4 meters/second right to base... couldn't ask for more...

The western most turnpoint at the Deer farm was in the blue, and I watched several wings speeding downwind over the valley, but I figured it would be best to get really high before going in there, so I slowed down and then noticed there were clouds on the buffalo side of the valley, and also one Fred Gungl, so I took that line in and out of the Deer Farm turnpoint.  It seemed to work.

The Burrs decked a good percentage of the field, which is not unusual even on a normal day...  We thought the valley wind down low would draw up valley as usual, but I never got low enough to find out... 

The final glide from Porepunkah Airstrip to goal at the main LZ(ed) took about 15 minutes on full bar as it was almost straight into the wind.  They say the hardest part should be last, but a high base really helped...

Check out the Mystic Cup online, and have a look at Geoff Wong's web-based competition scoring software while you are at it.

Stay Tuned...