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Righteo
- we're getting very close - it must be time now for an update on
the St Arnaud Paragliding League regional competition.
1.
Confirmed Dates and First Briefing
The
St Arnaud Paragliding League regional paragliding competition will
be held over the dates Friday, February 17 to Sunday, February
19. First briefing for the regional competition will be at
the comp HQ, 125 Main Road, St Arnaud, on Friday morning (17th) at
9:15 am. Registration, to fill out competition entry forms,
begins from 8:15 am.
2.
Competition Message Board
Daily
information on both the St Arnaud Paragliding League and the St
Arnaud XC Camp will be published here:
https://starnaudxccamp.wordpress.com/
(note
that this is a different web location to what was detailed in
Airborn magazine).
3.
Update on the Sites for the Regional Competition
Mt
Murchison is available to us. Strictly 4WD only.
Inwoods
Lookout and Blowhard are available.
The
Hanmer Springs-Wairau Hydro Electricity Road is currently open to
the public (road toll $25).
4.
Competition Waypoints
You
should endeavour to load the Nelson area competition waypoints
into your vario and/or GPS before the event. Make sure you
bring your own cables, and any fancy software you might need to
download/upload your tracks, with you.
The
competition waypoints may be downloaded from the
Paragliding
Competition Downloads
page
of
nzhgpa.org.nz,
look for "Nelson Competition Waypoints 2016". (Note that
the waypoints are unchanged from 2016).
There
are four files:
“Nelson
Competition waypoints 2016.wpt”. The waypoints in
GPSDump/OziExplorer format.
“Nelson
Competition waypoints 2016.gpx”. The waypoints in .gpx
format.
“Nelson
Competition waypoints 2016.csv”. The waypoints in a
simple, comma-separated formatted (useful for importing into a
spreadsheet application).
“Nelson
Competition waypoints 2016.pdf”. A .pdf format list of the
waypoints for printing. It's useful to have that on hand for
reference.
5.
Topographical Maps
I
have a limited number of colour map photocopies, left over from
the 2016 Nelson Open, which will be distributed on a first come
basis for a $2 donation to the Tasman Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Club.
If
you were just purchasing one colour, paper-printed map, then
Topo250 Map 18 – Murchison, 1:250 000 scale, is a good overview
map to have.
Of
the 1:50,000 scale topo maps, NZTopo50-BR25 Tophouse and
NZTopo50-BS25 Severn would be useful. Or, instead of those two you
could look to get the St Arnaud National Park map which I think is
1:100 000 scale.
6.
Safety
A
reminder that all pilots attending the XC Camp and/or regional
comp should have the following equipment: reserve, back
protection, GPS, UHF radio and maps. A GPS is still mandatory,
even if you aren't entering the regional comp, because you really
need to know what the winds are doing when flying in mountainous
terrain.
7.
Weather Outlook, three days out
At
the time of writing the weather forecast for Friday for the Nelson
Lakes area suggests that Friday will be taskable with light
northeasterly winds forecast. Perhaps it will be a day to
fly from Mt Murchison. The forecasts for Saturday and Sunday
seem to be changing daily, so I think it's best if you check the
forecasts again later in the week. I have been looking at
the
MetVUW
7 day forecast.
~/~/~
Please
do not hesitate to contact me directly for any specific queries.
If
the weather cooperates then I look forward to seeing some old and
new faces visiting the Nelson region for some of the flying that
is on offer :)
Cheers
Tim
Percival, St Arnaud League Organiser
47A
Brook Street, Nelson
ph:
03 548 7397 or 022 646 3864
email:
percival@actrix.co.nz
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