XC is the most fun (to me and my friends, at least),
when done in
company with friends, in similar performing ships.
With most of the
established 15m and Standard ships, that works well.
Somehow, I don't
see a Sparrowhawk keeping up with a V2, ASW-27, or
LS8.

Well I would hope not...who would want to get beat
by something that costs one-third the price


And if you go
for the Sparrowhawk option, you are opting out of most
racing -
unless you go for sports class.

???? Last time I checked...sports class was going
gang-busters. And for that matter, looking at Sports
Class results I sure see a lot of the latest ships
racing in that class. Does that mmean they are having
less fun then if they went Open/Standard/15m?


Using this logic Kirk...sounds like you need to move
up to open class.

I've seen several people out here buy PW-5s (all enthusiastic),
do a
little XC, then give it up and sell them because everybody
else leaves
them behind.

If they thought otherwise...they did not do their homework.

I see the Sparrowhawk as a typical US 'we do it different
here'
approach. I'm sure it's a nice little glider, but
not sure where it
fits in the big picture. I know I have no desire to
trade my ship for
it - it's easy to get addicted to high performance!

High performance or high dollars? Nothing wrong with
promoting flying new ships...that now go for $100K+,
but in theory soaring has not quite become America's
Cup yacht racing yet.

Kirk