This competition was a GRIND. 3.5 days of blue sky and 1.5 with clouds.

Region 5 North 2023 - Wagener, South Carolina. This was the most challenging contest I've flown in a long time. Check out this video to see the beauty of soaring.
ASW27B
• N27QT
• S/N 27172 (2001)
• Experimental: Exhibition/Racing COA
Instruments:
• LXNav S100 with Hawk Option
• ILEC SB9 battery backed up vario
• Flarm Core IGC with panel USB connector
• LXNav Flarmview 57
• NavITer Oudie N
• Dittel FSG2T radio with boom mike
• (ADS-B Out): Trig TT22 Mode S Class 1 transponder/TN72 (GPS) with SIL3 ADS-B and airspeed sensor for squat switch.
• Upgraded from TT21 May 2019 (Note: Allows one to fly in the following airspace; Class B, Class C, the Gulf of Mexico and above 18,000 feet after 2020?)
• LXNav Nano
• Winter ASI 80mm w/ Großkinsky flap ring
• Winter 57mm Altimeter
• Airpath compass
Glider Equipment:
• ESA TE multi probe
• 2 main batteries (K2 LiFePo4)
• Davis belts (5 point with crotch strap)
• Foam filled brass tailwheel
• Nixon water dump valves and filler cap vents
• Nixon cockpit air extractor
• Relief tube through bottom of fuselage