14. starptautiskā konference 2012 - Latvijas Jūras akadēmija

KEMPINSKItNt>...... /1--":-...... I j...... ...... I 9-77nm...... / I i 163"~0 nrning and also would have only 1.25 mflesto make northward. This seemed to makegood sense to me.I spoke next with Monty Featherstone."I have a feel'ing," he said, "that if Ifigure a heading which will be commonto all my glides and which will take meto the goal, I can't do very much betterthan this." He did concede that he mightneed to adjust his heading for his final."My heading will be 59 degrees," hedec'lared, "and I am well aware that thepoint from which I sha.l! start my finalwill be well south of tile task line." Ihad a feeling that Kevin might do a.hair better with his plan but I keQt mymouth shut.Finally, I had a word with ChuckPattoD. Looking ovcr his shoulder beforeSPeaking, he remarked, "I feel it in mybones that this lousy northetlY is goingto back during 'the next hOUl;" Qr so,whatever the met. man may think. I'mnot wasting a lot of my time fightipgmy way north in the early part of the"of----------:100..] 2.5 nrnrace when the wind is probably going toend blowing fmm the west." I asked himwhat he planned to do. With anotherglance OVer his shoulder, he told methat he would head due east on his firstglide. On subsequent glides, he wouldhead in the direction of the goal whenhe came out of his climb and then flysteady on Ilis compass reading untflhewas down to 2,000 feet. He reckoned thathe could locate HOWling Dog from a longwayotf by the well-known gap in theline of hills which lies just east of thefield. I had grave misgivings about hisplan but I thought it better not to voicethem.I saw the boys across the line andthen headed east with Kevin's trailer.When I reached Howling Dog, Kevin andMonty were on the ground. They told methat 'tlley had closed with the field onconverging courses and had landed simultaneOUsly.Quite a while later,. Chuckshowed up almost from the southward.All three had judged their finals with2-5 nmFEATHERSTONE/t ... //~ "/ I 9'79 nm_/ 1 +-.//'6'5 nm63'40 nm49