Day 1 : Task 1 62km
An extremely early breakfast today in the chilly morning ... its REALLY cold here first thing! An then up to launch for another sunny valle day. Though today the wind appeared pretty strong from launch and base was forecast to be 200m lower than yesterday BUT as with most things, they are not exactly as they might seem! Base was more than 600m higher than expected though the wind was still strong at altitude.
The task committee of local guru ;-) Ronny, Pepe & Raul came up with a shortish 62km task for this first day with goal at the lake.
There were some dramatic 'lift-offs' from the take-off as the gusts rattled through stronger & stronger but all the pilots were in the air pretty quickly and waiting for the +1:30hr start.

Goal at the lakeside

The armada arriving over the lake was an impressive sight made even more interesting by a few minor 'dunkings' in the water ... the rescue boat was on standby to fish out & ferry pilots to dry land! ;-)

Eduardo kiting/flying/drying ...

The services at goal included a local 8 year old boy groundhandling the wet wings & then packing them professionally all for a few pesos!

The unintended arrival statistics sit at: 3 in the trees & a few wet wings, but all are safe & accounted for and ready for battle to recommence in the morning!
Hasta mañana!

Task results here