"Todd Pattist" wrote in message
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F.L. Whiteley" wrote:

Flying more on the not so great days might make one the greater pilot;

Struggling around a course in four hours that you can fly in
two hours on a good day is great fun and good for the soul,
as well as a good learning experience that improves your
flying skill.

However, there's also something to be learned on the 2 or 3
good New England days each year that overlap the weekends.
Cruising 10 knots faster than usual when interthermal and
making that perfect pullup transition into the exact core of
a strong thermal are hard to practice on weak days.
Moreover, there's a thrill it's hard to match when you're 50
to 100 miles farther out than you can get on a normal 2-3
knot day where you're limited to the well-traveled terrain.

Either way, there are *still* not enough soarable weekend
days for me to split them in half with a partner. Of
course, if you can find a partner who flies only on
weekdays, I might be amenable :-)
Todd Pattist - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)
The British have two national ladders. One weekdays, one weekends.
Such partners may certainly exist, but you might not find them around the
launch point at the weekends;^)
If the North Atlantic continues to cool, you may need to relocate to fly at
all in a few years.

Frank