Properly done, boxing the wake begins by a descent
through the wake, a box around the wake, and then an
ascent back up through the wake. This shows the student
the extremes of where one can go safely on tow.

At 13:48 08 March 2007, Graeme Cant wrote:
Vaughn Simon wrote:
'Graeme Cant' wrote in message
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Vaughn Simon wrote:
'Graeme Cant' wrote in message
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In Oz it's a no-no to pop up into high tow as you
release (with all due
respect to Oscar's experience and SA's rules) because
it's been known to
initiate a kiting situation. I guess our experience
is that a 'slow' move
through a turbulent slipstream into high tow isn't
all that easy to
accomplish for ab initio and low experience pilots...
That trip up (and/or down) through the wake is
part of the drill for the
'boxing the wake' manuver. I would never solo a student
who couldn't do
that.

Vaughn
Good.

Your point is?

My point is that the slow 'trip through the wake'
should not be a problem,
even for ab initio and low experience pilots. It
is something that is easily
trained for and practiced.

1. In my instructing experience boxing the wake is
a moderately
difficult manoeuvre to carry out in a well-controlled
way for ab initio
and low experience pilots. Many experienced pilots
botch boxing the
wake on their annual check. That's why instructors
set it as an
exercise. I suspect that's why you set it.

2. Boxing the wake doesn't actually involve a trip
directly through the
slipstream.

GC

Vaughn