SAFA Skysailor Magazine

13 March | April 2023 SKY SAILOR overhead. The day was cancelled before it had started with half the field still on the ground. Day 4 was cancelled at 9am – it was raining! Task 3 After yesterday’s rain, we have blue cu’s and light winds and a triangle task. The sky looked amazing for task 3, a 126.7km triangle back to BMIA and a 51km task to Trundle for the Sport class Jonny Durand: “A 126.7km triangle today. I managed to get low when the first start went, so Ollie Chitty and I both waited the 20 minutes for the second start. We had a pretty good run for the first leg but struggled to get the good climbs on the headwind leg. Towards the end of the task, we were only 10km behind, but conditions got tricky on the last leg with many landing. We went off course to stay up and managed to make goal, but not fast enough. Attila won the day ahead of Olav Opsanger and Trent. I placed sixth for the day and move up a place overall.” We set up our marquee at the back of Bill’s paddock, with cold drinks, cold watermelon and waited for the pilots to come in! Sasha Serebrennikova (Austria) was the first woman in goal. We thought Sasha and Vic were last in just after 6pm, so we packed up and left the paddock. We found out later, that two more warriors arrived after 7pm. Congrat- ulations to Neal Halsall and Bruce Wynne! Practice day seen from the Aeroclub towards Bill’s paddock Goal waiting task 3 – a triangle back to BMIA Stuart McElroy, first in Sport Class Launch crew (l-r): Mick White, Greg Cain, Alan Bond Photos: Vicki Cain