Day wun - we have begun

The weather forecast looks very promising. A number of pilots enjoyed their excursion yesterday.
One Libelle pilot commented that it was actually nice to see the countryside from well above 4500ft (his experience from a previous visit. The South Island representative feels much better after exploring the countryside and seeing the strips and landable areas.

Last nights safety briefing was well done by Safety officer Bill.  Excellent work, an insight from a paramedics point of view was refreshing.  Some discussion about the finish circle haveing a lower limit.  Decision was to remove any lower limit as all teh pilots put their hand on their hearts and said they would not do any high speed pullups thru the circle :-)

Its a hard job being Safety officer! 

Task for today is a Racing Task  

274.6 kms

Tirau
Rotoaire (SW of Lake Taupo)
Mokai
Home via a control point.

We expect to launch just after 1pm

6:30 pm.

Launch started at 1pm.  Slow in the Waikato but better on the western side of Lake Taupo.
All gliders accounted for.....
2 land backs. One had battery problems(DF), one some öther"problem.(PV)
One landout 23kms South of Mokai turnpoint (ML)




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