Tech Support wrote:
Sure nice to have so many comments that are mostly relevant to thread
and beginners glider.

Hear hear!!!

I was thinking about a wing that would support a decently high L/D and
a simple enclosure around pilot to reduce his flat plate drag, built
on a primary glider fuselage frame.

Build time 500 hours or less and transportable home. I'm in my high
80's and don't have 'time' left to build a 10 year project.

What you're describing is the Compact 110 (defunct):

http://home.ptd.net/~jlbaker/compact110.htm

....or the ULF-1:

http://www.eel.de/english/ulf-1_description.htm