The results:
http://www.moyes.com.au/Forbes2007/Results.aspx.


Pride goeth before a fall. Here's a little lesson that gets "learnt" so many
times.


We were given a new turnpoint and we had to input it manually. I dislike the
fact that they are using degrees, decimal degrees here instead of the world wide
standard of degrees, minutes, decimal minutes. This means that we are constantly
changing display formats.


The launch lines were even more organized today with all the tugs coming into
one line. It is more and more like the Florida operations especially Quest Air.
Bill Moyes and Bobby created a third line way a way from the others for the
pilots that are a little shaky on tow.


When the launch line opened no one jumped in line unlike the day before. I
wonder what changed in people's minds. Don't they know we got to get the start
time in an hour? I wandered out and finally took the third launch spot,
surprise, behind Bobby. I wonder why he wasn't over at his special launch line.


At 1,000' AGL Bobby and I parted ways quickly as we hit a hard thermal and the
weaklink exploded. The sky was molted but the lift was good to over 9,000'.
There were only a few of us in the air and I wondered why folks were waiting and
whether they would get up in time.


The start circle was 25 km, so we really had to go a long ways to get to the
edge of the start circle in time. It looked like I would just make it, what was
holding everyone back?


I moved west to stay upwind of the southwest course line and moved quickly
toward the start circle, but there was no one with me. Why were they doing this?
Had I skunked them? I called Belinda on the radio to check and recheck to make
sure that I had start time right. Yup, what was up?


Off I went at 2:30 PM the start time still trying to figure out the problem.
Then I thought that maybe I really was to blame and the problem was that I had
made a mistake when I put in the turnpoint. I called Belinda again and yup I had
the wrong coordinates. I climbed to the top of the thermal;, went on glide and
changed the coordinates with the vario not sounding and not looking an anything
but the vario (don't try this at home).


When I got it all straightened out, I was 50 km west of the turnpoint instead of
upwind of it like everyone else (there was a strong north wind). It sure took me
a while to figure out that I was not the coolest guy on the planet and everyone
else were not bloody fools.


I had a great flight cross wind to make the turnpoint, but didn't catch anything
useful after getting the turnpoint plenty high.


Forty pilots made goal quickly. Jonny Durand won the day with Dave Seib second.