Jeff C. writes:

I launched at 7:03:08, landed at 17:06:50 for a grand total of
10:03:42. I made 2 trips to Highland Light, three crossing of Newcomb Hollow, 5
trips to Nauset Light, and 3 crossing of the gap south of Nauset light. From end
to end I covered 15.1 miles and in total traveled 200 miles. I tried a round
trip speed run from launch, lighthouse to lighthouse and back to launch which
took about 1:08, setting up to cross the two big gaps to the north took a lot of
time.

My maximum elevation was 479'. Wind speed in the air was about 20mph all day, I
had to push out to min sink to keep from advancing over the ocean. I self
launched with only a wuffo watching. At one point I counted 23 vehicles in the
parking lot with glider racks and I know some of the vehicles brought more than
one glider. There were vehicles coming and going all day. I heard some pilots
chose not to fly because it was strong on launch. There were sea thermals that
did cause some gusting, they formed wispy clouds in streets that scurried low
across the sky in the morning. Up high the air was smooth with only minor surges
in the lift. Close to the terrain, flying fast there were some larger lumps and
bumps.

I had been first off and my original plan was to land at sunset but while the
morning high tide was an hour before sunrise the afternoon high tide was 5
minutes after sunset and 1 foot higher. As the tide came in it started running
up on the beach so I decided to land shortly after I was the last pilot in the
air.