1.45pm We gridded and waited for the temperature to rise. We had local glider CC airborne and he acted as a sniffer, he was only able to climb to 2000' at the airfield. We waited but unfortunately the temperature did not rise as we had hoped by launch time.
We cancelled the unballasted class and launched Mak and Graham as sniffers. We towed them to 3000'+ towards the remote start at Freeling - 20km from the airfield. Mak didn't find any lift and came home empty. Graham flew 20km further North (he has an engine) and found a climb to 6000'.
We decided it would not be fair to launch the rest of the gliders as Graham reported conditions were deteriorating in the release area. Reluctantly we cancelled the day.
We have 3 days so it is a valid competition.
10.30am Briefing is over and we are hoping to fly a task today. We need 33C but the wind is already from the SW so we are watching the wind and temperature closely. We are using more Northerly start points with the option of towing a little higher if we need to. Fingers crossed.
The Open Class have 330km Sports 209km.
First launch 12.15pm.
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