7 years ago (2016-10-02 13:08:26) :
     Updated final scores with leading points included are:%D%A%D

7 years ago (2016-10-02 12:59:10) :
     What a close competition today, less than 1 minute separated the first 3 pilots:%D%A%D

7 years ago (2016-10-02 11:22:16) :
     The pilots are all now having their instruments down loaded and their scores are all now going onto our live leader board.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:59:26) :
     Provisional results from the goal field prove that this is truly going to be a competition of local knowledge versus international competition experience.%D%AThe first few into goal included Reunion pilots Gildas Ben and flute playing Emmanuel Nicolas. S African Andre Rainsford who flew so well in the hotely contested recent St Andre PWC and French pilot Stephane Poulain arrived there with them.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:26:16) :
     The pilots are now coming into goal thick and fast.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:21:25) :
     Yoshiki and Andre Rainsford are confirmed to have now passed the end of speed section.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:19:52) :
     Following on orange and black Enzo 2s we have Yoshiki Kuremoto and possibly Jared Anderson. Watch this space.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:17:26) :
     There is a second red Boomerang just behind the 1st one which could be the other Michael, again we'll have to wait and see.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:16:25) :
     There is a red Boomerang 10 in the lead, we think it is Michael Kuffer or Michael Sigel but as we have had lots of problems with the live tracking we'll have to wait until he takes his helmet off in the goal field.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:11:59) :
     The lead gaggle are just passing St Leu on their way to goal. They should be in goal in about 10 minutes.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:04:38) :
     The lead gaggle are now in an into wind race to the end of speed section which is a 1.5 cylinder around the goal field on the beach below Les Avirons.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 10:03:32) :
     The pilots who have got the last turn point are now flying an into wind leg to %D%Agoal south of St Leu.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:49:40) :
     The lead gaggle have got the last turn point and are now back on the cliffs above La Saline Les Bains and on route to goal.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:45:56) :
     The pilots are now starting a down wind coastal leg to La Saline Les Bains. The main obstacle in this leg will be the ravine just before the turn pt cylinder.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:42:29) :
     Cloud base is currently rising, the conditions are getting better and better, there is no turbulence and there is a nice convergence zone above St Leu so there should be a lot of pilots in goal today. We are expecting the leaders to get to goal in about half an hour.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:39:16) :
     The top 20 pilots have now made the 3rd turn pt with Yoshiki Kuremoto from Japan, Markus Roschi from Switzerland and French pilot Marc Antoine Voirin in the lead gaggle.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:26:54) :
     It's a great spectacle in the sky watching the pilots all flying towards and over St Leu.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:17:09) :
     The lead gaggle are now flying past St Leu very fast and should get the 3rd turn point in the next few minutes.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:14:11) :
     Young up and coming local pilot Clement Hoelter, who was the top Reunion pilot in the French championships this year is with the lead gaggle and definitely one to watch.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:07:01) :
     Andre Rainsford and the lead gaggle have just passed the big ravine and are well on their way to St Leu and the 3rd turn point.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 09:00:51) :
     At the moment cloud base is between 1500m and 1600m. There is lots of sunshine, the pilots are flying into wind but for the moment the wind isn't too strong.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:57:11) :
     This leg is going to require a lot of patience. Reunion Island is famous for its micro climates iinfluenced by the sea breeze, the humidity, the convergence and the constantly changing cloud base making the landscape very complicated to interpret for those flying here for the first time.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:53:02) :
     Most of the field have now got the Bellemene turn point and are heading back south to the next turn pt south of St Leu.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:44:30) :
     Yoshiki Kuremoto from Japan, Swiss pilot Markus Roschi and French pilot Marc Antoine Voirin have just got the Bellemene turn point with a big gaggle on their heels.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:40:31) :
     The pilots are all now passing the famous Maido peak with the isolated Cirque de Mafate behind with Reunions highest mountain, Piton des Neiges (3071m), in the distance.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:34:50) :
     For the leg up to Bellemene the pilots have 2 choices, use the ravine and cliff topography near the coast or the plateau at the back which is more like flat land flying, however the cloud cover inland has reduced their options to staying nearer the coast, turning inland after the big ravine.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:25:20) :
     Klaudia Bulgakow is also doing really well, a definite contender for 1st place on the women's podium, she has a lot of experience of flying in Reunion, she won the Pre PWC here in 2014 and is currently on great form - 1st woman in the recent Europeans in Macedonia.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:22:04) :
     This is already proving to be a truly international race with the top 3 pilots being Andre Rainsford from S. Africa, winner of the 1st task in the recent St Andre PWC, Yoshiki Kuremoto from Japan and local pilot Reunion champion Cyril Lambert.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:16:01) :
     Most of the pilots have now got the 1st turn point and will be starting the long leg north up towards the launch at Bellemne.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 08:12:50) :
     Some pilots have got the start and are heading to B52 south of St Leu but a lot of pillots are still stuck in the bowl up behind St Leu.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:27:29) :
     This competition is going to be a battle between local knowledge and the foreign pilots with a lot of international competition experience.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:26:13) :
     A 2nd gaggle is also now forming to the north of launch.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:25:12) :
     Cloud base is already touching the hill up behind launch.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:22:51) :
     There is now a big gaggle of pilots to the south of take off but there are a lot of pilots struggling to get up in front of launch.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:20:30) :
     It s an amazing site on launch with lots of spectators cheering on the local pilots.

7 years ago (2016-10-02 07:18:37) :
     Today s task starts with a short leg left along the hill side through the start which opens at 11h50 to the 1st turn pt at B52 south of St Leu.