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A New Decade

Well it certainly looked like it was worth the trip to Moir's.

But where was everyone. Only one Hangie, John, was at launch.

It was on when I got to launch so I kitted up straight away.

But just before launching got a whiff of what was to follow. The old sea-breeze was about to arrive.

Sure enough straight into good lift, and that was that, downhill from then.

John launched pretty well straight after me but faded quickly, and by the time I did one pass of launch and decided to top land I was too low and sank out to the bomb-out paddock to join John.

So what have I learnt about Moir's over the last few attempts to go over the back.

1. If the sea-breeze is due, get up to Moir's early to launch early.

2. If the sea-breeze arrives, take what-ever you can get if you can.
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