I sure love being back at Cucco. This is one of the most pleasant, relaxed places for a big competition and it's all put together by one of the best organizers on the planet. Even if we didn't fly all week, the food, the wide, the countryside, the friendly Italians....it's just heavenly here.
I got to have a nice practice day flight day before yesterday in pretty strong winds. My days at Rainbow Beach have made me feel so much more confident in strong wind that I didn't even think twice about launching in 30-35kph breezes. It couldn't have been a more perfect day, with nice strong lift pretty much everywhere. I only wish we could get about 10kph of that wind down in the landing field sometimes. It always seems to be pretty darn calm down there.
Yesterday was another practice day but the wind was ever so slightly stronger and it was just plain cold, so we were lazy and didn't bother to fly. The forecast was for really nice conditions today, so most decided to just rest up.
Today was Task 1 - 93km zigzag back and forth between the south part of the main ridge and Gubbio. The sky looked awesome and winds were fairly light on launch (for Cucco anyway). I believe there were probably 15-20 in goal with Alex coming in first just a few seconds ahead of Christian. But the best part of the day by far, was watching my twin Maria make goal!! She's flying so incredibly well on her little T2C.
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