On Dec 20, 8:00*am, Cliff Hilty
wrote:
I agree, there is a need for both and the sports class should be for "new"
pilots to racing or/and very low performance handicapped gliders. While
club class should be flown in Club class gliders Which is by far the
largest segment of gliders out there just very few of them fly in contests
because of getting beat badly in FAI classes with no handicap or getting
beat in soports by a 1.54 handicapped 1-26 flying a 2.5 hour TAT and only
going 70 miles while club class has to go twice as far. Trying to combine
such diverse handicaps is just to dependant on weather.

And to answer your question about Moriarty I may not considering the SSA's
last minute decision to change the Insurance requirements without
notification for SSA sanctioned contests-----but that should be another
thread entirely!

The SSA did not change the requirements, they remain as before. It
was determined that at least one underwriter's policies, as written,
did not meet the coverage requirements for SSA sanctioned contests,
thus a clarifying document was presented. The SSA was planning to
reach out to one said underwriter to consider a modification in the
language and limits of their coverage. I don't know if this has been
done yet, but it was felt it was important to communicate this to
pilots as soon as possible. A straw poll of a few pilots determined
they were unaware of their policy limitations.

Frank Whiteley