Great Conditions for Practice days

All the pilots competing in the World Champs beginning tomorrow have arrived over the past few days. The conditions on the practice days have been great with strong thermals and plenty of cloud development.
Personally I have taken the opportunity to try a less conservative style of flying (flying alone without the gaggle) and have found it quite difficult to make any advantage, but taking all the (tactical) risks. This has reaffirmed our team strategy for the first few tasks of the competition - "to be conservative and make the goal".

It is thought that many of the teams will adopt this approach at the beginning of the competition. As the competition continues some of the lower ranked pilots will push harder (to try and win days) and the speed of the flying will increase.

Craig Collings