Cedar Wright
Tuesday, 11/24/2020
Nuthouse to Nordhoff Ridge to Montecito

Reference: [IGC Text Data File] and [Google Earth KMZ File]

24.4 Miles Straight Line Over-Flown Distance (SLOFD) (turn pt 1 to turn pt 2)
Leg 1 ~ 4.9 miles East to 3 Stooges (Turn Pt 1)
Leg 2 ~ 24.4 miles West to Turn Point 2
Leg 3 ~ 2.7 miles SE to End Point
Leg 4 ~ 15.0  miles NW to Landing east of Santa Maria
31.9 Total Miles around 2 turn points (3 leg total)
Max Altitude 5,062 Ft MSL
3 hours 35 minutes 57 seconds / Takeoff at 10:43:30 / Land at 2:19:27 PST

Ozone Zeno / EN-D 2 Liner

Article Copied from the SBSA Telegram Chat by Cedar

My perception of yesterday.  Kind of punchy and ratty pushing towards the Topas.  Probably due to the East component making things pretty cross to the mountains with some nasty lee side thermals?  Our gaggle reached about 4500 feet before making the transition across the valley towards White Ledge.  Conditions became slightly less turbulent as we worked our way on to the back ridge.  It was pretty wild flying the back line never getting above 5200feet.  Austin made a smart move and held back and gained much more altitude, but I had a better view of the rocks back there.  We then hit the west wind and coastal influence and it was clear to me that Parma was probably end of course line so I turned back but could never get reestablished onto the higher terrain to get over the hump to Padaro.

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