SAFA Skysailor Magazine

18 SKY SAILOR May | June 2023 Results Top 3 overall 1 Honorin Hamard 2 Baptiste Lambert 3 Alexander Schalber Best newcomer Antoine Dubois-Mercé (6th) Top 3 women 1 Meryl Delferriere 2 Nanda Walliser 3 Violeta Jimenez Top 3 teams 1 Ozone 2 Northwest Paragliding =3 Çameli M =3 Niviuk 1 Overall podium winners Photo: Goran Dimiskovski Top 3 in task: 1st Ronnie Koerich, 2nd Honorin Hamard and 3rd Baptiste Lambert. Top 3 women: 1st Meryl Delferriere, 2nd Marcella Uchoa and 3rd Nanda Walliser. Final task 6 – 25/3/2023 An 86km race covering new terrain. Due to a higher cloudbase and better conditions, new arenas in the high terrain became available which led to quite a few decisive points. The first decision came even before the start, with two prominent gaggles more than 10km apart. One at the large Forno Grande formation upwind, and one directly behind launch. Those who started at Forno quickly gained an advantage, tagging the first TP without stopping to climb, while the other group spent the rest of the race catching up. Strong climbs up to 4m/s were scattered along course line, enabling the pilots to fly faster than any other task this week. For many, today’s task was the most spectacular they had ever flown. Stephan Morgenthaler won the day by more than two minutes, with the first large gaggle arriving four minutes after he crossed end of speed. With 86 pilots in goal, all relatively close together, lead out points played a large role in determining final rankings. This task was full of options, which threw the overall scores in the air but proved the best pilots always win. Well done, Honorin Hamard, Meryl Delferriere and team Ozone. Top 3 in the last task: 1st Stephan Morgen- thaler, 2nd Honorin Hamard and 3rd Michel Cervellin (newcomer). Top 3 women: 1st Nanda Walliser, 2nd Violeta Jimenez and 3rd Alexia Fischer. We would like to say a very big thank you to Frank Brown and all his team here in Castelo and to the local people who have given us such a warm welcome. PWC Castelo, Brazil