Day 3 winners interview: https://youtu.be/puh0a8e1Ja0

Day 3 results: http://www.sgp.aero/usa2017/results-sgp/results.aspx

Day 3 sea breeze front approach: https://youtu.be/iCv96cypwq0

Day 2 task: click "show details" on the daily results page

Overall results: http://www.sgp.aero/usa2017/results-sgp/results.aspx

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The weather here in Florida continues to be absolutely superb! Yesterdays FAI SGP USA task consisted of a 440km assigned racing task and the winners speed was 110 kph. Climbs ranged from 4-6+ knots with ample cumulus. There were several large holes to contend with during the 3rd task. The first was a 50 km mile glide heading into TP4 Umatilla. Then a strong gulf sea breeze front lined up most of the way to TP 5 Williston but the marine air had already fully engulfed the turnpoint by the time the leaders arrived. (See video above). The SGP pilots had to negotiate a 30km glide out to the turn point in the blue, then back to the clouds. This required significant deviation. There was also a large hole going into TP6 Cub Haven which forced the lead pack (XG, ZO and 1C) to get a little lower than ideal and this slowed them down considerably allowing several to pass on the leg to the final steering turn. 7T, 711 and 98 deviated to the W to hit a strong sea breeze driven Cu and got to final glide before the turnpoint allowing for an 80 km final glide at MC 4. Congrats to Sean 7T, Tom 711 and Pete 98 for rounding out the top 3.

SGP USA 🇺🇸 Event Manager & Competitor