On Dec 20, 10:15*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
Dick Johnson often said that Sports Class is the "entry & exit class",
so don't forget about us old duffers that still like to race, but no
longer get excited about flying in the rat-pack classes. Where can I
find a list of Club Class ships?
JJ

What defnes a "club" class ship is one of those great mysteries in
life. The blessed list of gliders for US team selection is here

http://www.ussoaringteam.org/ustc%20...ssList2008.pdf

But... that was based on the 2008 IGC definition of club class, and
the IGC adds and deletes gliders every year. Presumably the team will
update that list at some point, or perhaps rethink the rule limiting
team selection to pilots who fly gliders on a specific but ever-
changing list.

US "club" class contests are for now free to define club anyway they
want to, so long as they can persuade the contest committee chair that
what they're doing is sensible. The Moriarty contest website

http://moriarty2011.susanmcallister.com/

defines club as:
Club Class (.935-1.05 handicap plus Ventus (15m), ASW 20 (15m), and
LS-6 (15m)

Your Genesis is pretty safe in club class!

John Cochrane

Everybody:

The only reason we, the organizers of last year's Moriarty contest,
defined club as .935-1.05 handicap range PLUS the other three is that
the SSA Club Class Eligible Glider List allows for these other three
15m configuration ships and it was felt that this first stab at a
western US Cub Class contest should include those ships for
participation's sake.

In keeping with the general idea that a US Club Class should adhere as
closely as possible to the ever changing, as BB correctly states, IGC
Club Class List, the idea should be to keep to the .935-1.05 range
intact with basically no additions or subtractions. Why this range? It
basically encompasses the the IGC Club Class Glider List, PLUS some
ships that had been on the list but are not now (i.e. Hph 304cz+c) and
the HP's. This range truly captures the essence of Cub Class as it is
practiced everywhere but here in the USA.

There is pretty strong support among US Club Class proponents that we
would like a US Club Class that VERY closely tracks the IGC List. That
means no motorgliders, a defined list of gliders,and 15m or less only.
That said, given the distances involved in US Competitive soaring, the
inclusion of all ships within the defined handicap range should
probably be considered so as to promote growth in participation.

Thanks for the ongoing interest in the US Club Class movement.

EY & EY Ground