But with a forecast of 10% cloud cover that meant that there had
to be cirrus clouds. In fact there were cirrus cloud overhead all day.

This is what it looked like at around 1 PM (and all morning before that):

Later, when we were flying it looked somewhat like this:

The soarcast called for good lift and a high TOL at 5,900', but with an north
east wind at 5 to 6 mph (ground, 2000' and 4,000') and an inversion that would
make it so there wouldn't be any cumulus development.

The direction was not all that great so it meant that we would have to do a
cross wind task again. I had a better attitude than on the previous day even
without the chance for cu's, with lighter winds up above. Still I waited until 2
PM to launch along with others.

Misael was off first and had a short tow so that seemed to indicate that there
was good lift. I was second and Tim took me upwind to the northeast just as he
has Misael, who appeared to be doing well before I launched.

Tim towed and towed and towed me to the northeast and I got higher and higher
and we did not hit a bump of lift unlike what happened with Misael. Finally,
getting higher than I had ever been on tow I pinned off at 3,700'. By then I
knew what was happening. We were suffering from the "lake effect."

The wind was coming off Lake Apopka to our northeast and suppressing the lift.
At about 3,000' I came to that realization and decided to hold on so that I
could fly downwind away from the sink. I did just that.

It was a nice coincidence that the first turnpoint at Bay Lake was off to our
southwest and three kilometers past Wilotree Park I found a thermal at less than
200 fpm which got me to 4,300'. Three kilometers further southwest after topping
out and getting to the turnpoint I climbed to 4,700' at 250 fpm.

I saw Misael low over Wilotree Park as I passed over it high to get downwind. As
I headed to the turnpoint to the south I heard from John and Pedro that they
were working lift behind me. It was good to be out in front.

I was searching for lift heading south working less than 50 fpm then less than
100 fpm getting only back to 3,500' over the groves north east of the Seminole
Glider Port. I kept hoping for lift that was coherent enough to get me back high
again. The cirrus clouds periodically shaded the ground.

After the weal lift I didn't find anything until I was down to 1,500' just north
of a large landable field west of the intersection of 474 and 33 south of the
glider port. There was lift over a forested swamp so I took it knowing that I
had a safe landing area nearby. I was able to climb to 3,300' at less than 200
fpm.

I could hear from Pedro and John quite a ways behind me. They seemed to be doing
okay but not great. The wind was northeast at 5 mph.

I pushed myself to the south east to get over highway 33 and to areas of
reasonable retrieval and lift. Down to 2,300' I took 130 fpm to 3,900'drfiting
south west toward the turnpoint at Dean Still Road, then drifting and searching
in bits and pieces of lift to the south of what was the core at first.

I worked 120 fpm back to 3,600' just before the turnpoint at the red and white
towers that are on both sides of highway 33. Nicking the turnpoint I had to
glide back 6 kilometers stopping on the way for  minus 13 fpm, until down
to 1,300' I found almost 200 fpm to 3,700' again over a forested area. I
couldn't seem to get back over 4,000'. The wind was now out of the east at 4
mph, so heading north toward Wilotree Park was a lot easier than I thought it
would be. The ground was completely shaded by the cirrus.

A couple of kilometers north but still south of 474 I worked 140 fpm to 3,500'.
I could see Misael down at 1,500' surfing the trees and drifting south toward
the Dean Still turnpoint. He was just not getting high and really did not look
like he could find a core of lift.

John radioed that Pedro was a couple of miles to my north. John had landed a
while ago while heading south and Pedro, who was flying with him, was just
barely hanging on. I came in over him. He was just west of the 474 and 33
intersection and apparently that was as far south toward the Dean Still
turnpoint that he had been able to get. Apparently John was right below us.

We worked a bit of 80 fpm and 70 fpm to 2,500' before I headed north to see if
there was any lift ahead. There wasn't for me. Pedro, thinking that we were
landing, spotted a bird to the west and then more bird further west as I headed
for the biggest field 5 kilometers up the road. I worked a little 50 fpm, but
perhaps I should have forced the issue a bit more.

Pedro got up slowly with the birds and was able to make it back in after cutting
the task short. Misael stayed low but was able to make the turnpoint at Dean
Still and back a little ways. I was 11 kilometers short.