2026 Canadian National Gliding Competition

Rockton, Canada,   27 July 2026 – 7 August 2026

Thu 30 July - Day 2

The forecast for the day showed reasonable conditions to the south and west with blue skies and lighter winds than yesterday with the wind tapering later in the day.

 

A sniffer was launched and was not able to stick so a second sniffer was launched and also fell out.  The third sniffer stuck and the launch was started around 1315 with tasks scaled back to 2.5 hrs for club and 2 hrs for 18/20m.  The launch took about 30 minutes per class and the 18 m gate was opened at 1443.

To the east of SOSA there were nice cu, being generated by the Lake Ontario moisture, which made it easy to climb to 6400 ft before the start, but west of SOSA the sky was blue.  Conditions were lower and weaker to the SW towards the first turnpoint at Tillsonburg where a few people found themselves lower than they wanted to be.  The next leg north to new Hamburg had some good climbs over Woodstock and on the way into the zone.  From New Hamburg you could see cu in the Brantford area and into the last turnpoint at Hagarsville.  The cu again being generated by moisture from Lakes Ontario and Erie.  Good climbs could be had topping out around 6000 ft making for a faster section of the task and onto final glide.  

 

Jared Granzow wins the day in 18 m and Rafael Nunes wins his first ever Nationals day in Club class. 

 

The evening was capped off with a beef brisket and pulled pork dinner expertly organized by Virginia with wine sponsored by Pelee Island Winery and a keg of beer sponsored by Fox One Corp.

 

 

(EDIT:  The finish penalties were caused by a typo in the contest set up and that has been corrected removing finish penalties in the club class).

Written by: Dave Springford on 31 July 2026 at 02:09.
Edited by: Dave Springford on 31 July 2026 at 15:20.

Latest winner

1. Jared Granzow 104.13 km/h
2. Dave Springford 100.64 km/h
3. Sergei Morozov 99.25 km/h
Updated: 31/07/2026, 15:43
1. Rafael Nunes 76.40 km/h
2. Bruce Friesen 70.51 km/h
3. Ian Grant 73.40 km/h
Updated: 31/07/2026, 15:44

Latest task

Task 2, 31 Jul 2026
Task distance: 135.85 km  /  263.73 km  (198.84 km)
Task duration: 2:00:00
Updated: 31/07/2026, 11:15
Task 2, 31 Jul 2026
Task distance: 100.63 km  /  224.14 km  (160.88 km)
Task duration: 2:00:00
Updated: 31/07/2026, 11:11