[LASS Soaring] "North Jersey was really tough, first round!"

[GordySoar at aol.com]

They do a flyiing order thing, that last the day, so you can get caught in  a 
cycle....
I decided at the start of the Casa event last week that I was going to fly  
opposite to the big dogs, if they went right off the launch, I was heading  
left.  It cost me, but I had sooo little time on the Perfect that I wanted  to 
force my self to learn it quick.
 
Did the same thing today in that first round, the left was obvious (birds  
etc), so I went right.  Cost me a minute and those guys don't usually give  up 
more than a few seconds.  Speaking of second, I also decided not to use  a skeg 
before the Masters, and that cost me both in both events too.  

Today it cost me a zero when I slid thru the landing spot, refusing to  stick 
any of the landings.
 
The second to last round (5 rounds of 8mins) the leaders took a HUGE air  
time hit, and that left the door open for me to seek up some....but Chuck  
Crobinet, was too steady all day long with his Supra (at least 4 were flying  today, 
(easily the most popular ship of this season), so he earned his "I Beat  
Gordy Button!" and left me the bridesmaid again!  ;-)
 
I ended the day of fun flying with a crack in my Perfect's lower rudder  
hinge and a split seam in the tail boom....yep i was practicing Mark  Smith boink 
for time, then hit the spot for points.
 
I got two perfect attempts right off the bat but the third one got away  from 
me and I came to the spot too hot and the wing bumped my thigh and torque  
the fuse pretty well and it spun around to doink the rudder a bit.
 
Mostly cosmetic but a that's what I get for goofing around with a beauty  
ship.

I dropped Joe Melchior at his Mooney, and proceeded to drive away,  little 
did I realize that the milk carton of metal parts knocked my tailgate  open, it 
and my Sportube blew out and I didn't notice till I was about 30miles  away!
 
I went all the way back and there they were, parked on the grass next to  the 
driveway...very busy area too!
 
Too  much drama for the end of the day!!!! and only about 3 hours of  driving 
to get to my next beach!
Gordy
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