On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 10:33:28 AM UTC-5, Sean Fidler wrote:
Guys its all good and everyone involved with these events are great people. Especially the organizers who really go above and beyond in almost every case.

My only point here is that a smaller event can be great too, and have many virtues which I feel are overlooked.

Looking forward to this summer already. Good luck to everyone on the great range of events and contests which are scheduled.

Back into hiding...

Sean


On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 10:50:26 AM UTC-4, Craig Reinholt wrote:
On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 5:59:17 PM UTC-7, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3:36:46 AM UTC+3, wrote:
I'll jump in as one of the organizers for the Nephi events every year:

We have pushed hard to maximize the 65 spots allowed by insurance. If insurance allowed us to have 70 spots, at Nephi we would probably have 70 spots

What makes "insurance" decide that 65 is the right number

Bruce,
SSA (Soaring Society of America) states in the competition rules that there is a maximum of 65 gliders per event. While the Nephi gathering is not a "competition", Bruno (CM) uses the SSA to get insurance and therefore has to abide by their rules. I'm sure he has looked into private insurance and I'm guessing that cost was prohibitive.

Fully agree with Sean, small contests are fun and less stressful for all. But we already have plenty of those. Check out most Regionals and you will find few with more than 25-30 gliders signed up. The last couple of contests for example at New Castle VA, one of the most scenic and welcoming places to soar, were at that level and the organizers are getting concerned about covering the costs (we used to have a limit of 42 that was often reached). If you prefer such a lower stress environment for your flying, you have plenty of choices. Not sure that is all good, though.