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Task 3 - 85 km - schwierig, nur wenige Piloten im Goal... Never give up!

Stefan Wyss, 21. January 2017
Nach einem guten und einem "normalen" brasilianischen Flugtag (vorgestern und gestern) gabs heute recht schwierige Verhältnisse. Die Aufgabe, ein Dreieck über 85 km, liess den Teilnehmern schon von Anfang an viele verschiedene Möglichkeiten, und so war das Feld meist ziemlich auseinander gezogen. Nach einem einfachen ersten Teilstück mussten wir eine grosse Abschattung überqueren, was für viele schon das vorzeitige Ende bedeutete, dabei leider auch Tim, Michi, Pädel und Yaël. Ich war ebenfalls sehr tief, und konnte mich nur mit viel Geduld und ebenso viel Glück wieder hochkämpfen. Never give up! Danach gings, endlich wieder an der Sonne, recht flott vorwärts, die Wolkenbasis war stellenweise über 2000 m hoch und die Thermik bis zu 5 m/s stark! Auf dem Rückweg wurde es dann zeitwese wieder sehr zäh, die Aufwinde seltener, schwächer und schwieriger zu finden. Auch hier musste mit viel Geduld, und möglichst in einer Gruppe geflogen werden, sonst stand man praktisch schon am Boden. Torsten Siegel z.B. war einmal bereits am Landen, als er ganz unverhofft von einer Termik "überrascht" wurde, welche ihn von seinem vermeintlichen Landeplatz wieder zurück ins Rennen beförderte. "Never give up" war heute die richige Devise! Schlussendlich erreichten rund 20 Piloten das Ziel, darunter auch Adi und ich. Jan verpasste es leider nur ganz knapp. Trotzdem kann unsere kleine, aber feine schweizer Truppe die Führung vor der riesigen französischen Übermacht behaupten... ? Morgen geht's weiter, hoffentlich mit wieder etwas sportlicheren Verhältnissen.
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Task 4: 55 Km in better conditions, Swiss day!

Michael Küffer, 5. October 2016
Today, the feared north wind stayed away and a 55km Task was set, an out and return around the tricky corner to the flat parts on the other side with landing in St. Leu. Conditions were remarkably better than yesterday and climbing to cloudbase at 1’300m was no problem. As expected and discussed before the task, the most difficult thing was (again) the part after 5km around the corner with headwind. Like in the two tasks before, many pilots bombed out there. We (5 Swiss pilots and a bunch of French guys) found ourselves in a gaggle with a comfortable lead over the second group. The thermals were quite nice and reliable with beautiful clouds. After 15km, I chose a line over the plains closer to the sea and had some fantastic thermals while the rest of the group closer to the mountains struggled with a lot of shade and weak climbs. I managed to get in front and after we turned around, Jan caught up. Together we flew back to goal quite defensively in weaker conditions. 10 minutes later, Michael Sigel flew over the line in third position! Christoph and Markus followed within 20 minutes, also in the top 15. Overall, there are now 5 Swiss in the top 10. In the nations ranking, we could catch up a little but it will probably be almost impossible to beat an army of 40 French pilots... Life’s still good down here, we just came back from the beach and tonight is the first pilots dinner in St. Leu. We still don’t know if the scary north wind will strike soon, our experience so far has shown that neither the forecast nor the weather judgement of local pilots can be trusted… We’ll see!
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Task 3 - 56km

Michael Sigel, 4. October 2016
When we arrived on the takeoff, the task committee was already busy setting a task. The conditions seemed to be similar to yesterday, but the North wind should be stronger. Indeed, the big waves with white caps caused by strong winds are almost at the normal landing. That’s why the task was set to go to the South. After window open, pilots were still waiting, because the thermals in front of the takeoff were weak. But on the North side – caused by the convergence of the strong North wind – the thermals were strong and reliable. Thermals were so strong that the clouds produced a lot of shadow at the airstart (5km) and further to the first turnpoint. Like yesterday, the crux was to go around the corner as high as possible. But again, more than half of the field was too low to make it. Most of the Swiss pilots did very well but still found themselves scratching low on the slopes to the next plain. Because the sky was 100% overcasted, we had to fight for every meter. Luckily the conditions improved a lot and the cloudbase rose from 800m to 1400m. Especially our first group got a really nice cycle to the first and then back to the second turnpoint. Probably because of that, we got too enthusiastic and went too low into the final glide. Because of the rather strong South wind in this region we could not get it and had to fly back. 10min later Ludovic (local pilot) got a better line and managed to get to the ESS and down to the goal at the beach. All of my fellow pilots had to land, while I was scratching 50min between 300m and 500m just within a stone’s throw of the ESS. Finally I got a good climb and managed to get to goal as last – but also as second pilot. Michael Küffer also made the ESS, but had to land before the goal line. Also the other Swiss were flying well: 2. Michael Sigel 3. Michael Küffer 7. Markus ROSCHI 11. Christoph TRUTMANN 12. Jan STERREN The locals told us that the conditions do not look very nice for tomorrow, as the trade winds turn even more to the North...
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Task 1

Markus Roschi, 2. October 2016
Heute wurde am Startplatz mit bester Aussicht auf den IndischenOzean ein 70km-task angesetzt. Dieser führte grösstenteils im Zickzack-Style an der vom Inselwind geschützten Westseite entlang. Tricky: der zweite Wendepunkt im Norden. Weil das Gelände meist gleichmässig schwach über eine Riesenfläche abfällt, fühlt sich's hier an, wie optimiertes Flachlandfliegen. Wenn also Gegenwind im Spiel ist, wird's hier schnell ziemlich taktisch. Teamleader Sigel empfiehlt uns deshalb, hier auf den "Defensivmodus" zu schalten. Dies funktionierte bei mir tiptop. Ich flog also den ersten Teil bewusst angriffig und über's Flat habe ich mich an die zwei offensiven Franzosen gehalten("mal schauen, was die machen"). Während des Rennens ging es thermisch zum Teil relativ zackig nach oben. So gut, dass es die abgestorbenen Zuckerrohrblätter beinahe haufenweise nach oben beförderte. Sigel setzte angriffig und früh den Anflug Richtung Ziel an. Einige andere und ich machten mehr Höhe, und optimierten seine Linie. Während wir so in einem Gegenwind-Hitchcock-Finale extrem knapp ins Ziel gleiteten, musste Sigel nochmal kurz Höhe machen und die erste Zehnergruppe und ihre Ausreisser ziehen lassen. Andernfalls wäre er ganz vorne dabei gewesen. Besonders noch: Gabi Mettler fliegt nach uns den Endanflug früh und clever via Küste und kann in den viel besseren Konditionen voll beschleunigen. Zum Schluss ein Rätsel (u.A. für Stephan Wyss): Bild3. Weshalb läuft das Krustentierchen nicht weg?
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Arrival and training day

Michael Sigel, 1. October 2016
Hello and welcome to the reports from the Paragliding World Cup in La Reunion. Yesterday finally all Swiss arrived well here in Saint Leu on the west side of this island in the Indian Ocean. After arriving in the landing field for lunch, all locals told us that this is a morning flying site. Therefore we were not sure, if we should even go up to the takeoff. But as the conditions still looked good, we went to the take off just over the town. Light winds and an breathtaking view welcomed us there and we were quite in a hurry to get in the air. Thermals worked well and most of the Swiss pilots were flying around. After one hour I decided to top land a little south of the take off and Jan and Michi K. joined. It was followed by an amazing flight into sunset. Today was the official training day, but only Simon raced with the others. Most of us just flew around and got to know the area. Again some of us top landed on an amazing spot. After landing the local told us, that the conditions are much better than usual, because the cloud base is 300-400m higher, with stronger thermals than usual. Well, as we know from the past, this is likely to change, as the competition starts tomorrow. The inscription was in a restaurant at the beach, followed by a nice apero. However, the pilot level is quite low and only some 80 pilots are in the competition. Swiss pilots in this comp: Michel Küffer Jan Sterren Jörg Ewald Simon Bonfadelli Markus Roschi Gabriela Mettler Christoph Trutmann Michael Sigel
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