Photos from the weekend - Oceanside and Sollie

[Sarah Guichard]

Oceanside 6-9-12

First site of the day -- only one pilot flew.  When we arrived the wind on launch was perfect, but by the time anyone had their wings out it had clocked around north and the wind on launch was nil.  Rich did a forward and said hi to some guests at the Clifftop Inn.  After that everyone had multiple soaring flights at Cape Lookout, even when the sun came out, with 4-6 hrs of airtime for most.

Sollie 6-10-12

Bumpy day with 1-2 hour flights over the top of Sugar.  Someone got on the radio and said there was a sun dog way up in the sky, which I assumed meant Forslund until I looked up.  The wind wasn't very strong, but the thermic cycles were.  It was gusty when the first two groups launched midday and later grew into 0-10 gusts, so we headed to Cape Lookout in the afternoon for extended sledders.  Paul from Anacortes had an Ozone Delta wing that looked just like mine on a diet.

~This report sponsored by Steve "cough cough" Forslund~

[Csanad Varallyay]

I would just add a couple of pics, mostly taken around Cape Lookout. I was planning to shoot during the flight at Sollie, but after launch I decided to hold the brakes instead of messing around with my camera... it was a bumpy, shaky flight with 4-5m/s lifts... 

The photos can be found in high resolution here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23489110@N03/sets/72157630125040650/with/7185872519/

There is a pic of both sun dogs... 

Ron and Lisa, thnx for the rides, 

-cs

[skf...@effectnet.com]

Great photos!  Especially some with surf and some nice clouds.

SF

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