Day 2

Despite the prediction that the base would be lower by 2000ft and blue, we experienced 14400 (one could go a little higher, but airspace ends at FL145) and there were some magnificent thermals - some reported 4.5ms before the start and the first half of the task had cloud. It was a 315 km task - to Mirage (north of Bothaville) and R9 (west of Hoopstad).
I had a lone run out to the first turn where Attie in the JS1 joined me in a welcome 3.5 plus as we turned ;-) A little way down the second leg LG pulled in on my starboard wing - OG could not be far away i thought to myself and sure enough there he was. In close company was our chairman in his brand spanking new Ventus CXT and together with QM we put up a formidable challenge to the head wind (40kph) and blueing sky. It was very squeeky beyond Hoopstad - we ran in dead quiet air for far longer than any of us liked. And it was not altogether easy, but the gaggle worked well - QM tried to run away at some stage but we caught up with him. After the turn we had the tailwind helping us, but it was only approaching Wesselsbron that we came into good air again - the JS1 really showed its mettle in this run, we could not push too hard and he just gained on all of us all the time.
In the final instance Oscar beat my by 4 secs (1 point) - and i raise my cap to him. Laurens just a few points behind.

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