The forecast was for light winds and the cu's started forming
early. Dean Funk, Tom Lanning, Greg Dinauer and I were ready to have a joint
task - the square around the Green Swamp. We set a launch time of 1:30 and a
start time about 2 PM. I got up first in light lift and watched as the others
got pulled up. Then I went out to find better lift, didn't find it and can back
in low under the other three.

But then I did find better lift and we all climbed up to a little over 5,000'
and headed out together.

I pulled on the VG and pulled in the bar and headed out at 44 to 45 mph to get
to the next good looking cloud. I was rewarded with 600 fpm and it was quite a
while before the others came in way below, under me. We are all flying Wills
Wing T2C's, and at least three of us have the tips on.

This is the third time I've flown with the tips and they make the glider feel
stiff (at least to me) in climb. I'm giving them a few tries to see if I can
learn to like them.

I headed out when the lift got weak going for the clouds ahead but didn't find
the lift until I was down to 1000'. I had to work weak lift with now everyone
else over me and Greg just a little over me.

I had to work weak lift from low for a long time while the others were high or
got high. Except for Dean who soon landed at the Seminole sailplane port. I was
low just west of it but finally found better lift and got high enough to head
out over the Green Swamp with a good chance to catch Greg and Tom.

I found weak lift just under a high flat cloud that was drifting me over more
trees to the west and didn't take it as I was back below 2,000'. Everything else
was shaded and smooth to a big field just before the intersection of Rockridge
and Dean Still, our turnpoint.

Greg and Tom continued on getting to 6,500'. Greg was able to make it back to
Quest (104 km task) while Tom landed short. A great way to kick off the cross
country season in Florida.