On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:49:33 -0700, cornay wrote:

I encourage everyone to realize that, when considering the matter at
hand, we realize it does not necessitate an "either/or" conclusion:
Sports Class and Club Class can coexist. The support of a Club Class
here in the U.S. is NOT ipso facto the death of Sports Class.

Noel, another data point: Club Class is built round lower performance
gliders because, as I understand it, it was dreamt up as a way to let
owners of older gliders compete on a more or less even footing, while
those flying modern aircraft can fly in Standard, 15m Racing, 18m and
Open classes. I don't think cost came into the Club thinking though, of
course typically Club gliders are cheaper.

I don't understand how Sport class is used in the US, but in the UK all
gliders are handicapped so that the national ladder isn't a nonsense.
This handicap has another use too. My club runs a Regionals which is
split into Club and Sport classes on the glider handicap. This is done
precisely to avoid the 1-26 vs Nimbus problem and to make the handicap
setter's task possible. Before you ask, we do indeed have everything from
Libelles to ASH-25s and Nimbus 3s entering the Regionals.


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