At 19:02 19 June 2017, wrote:
It's not like I haven't been there, guys. The ballasted occasions
are
almos=
t all at contests and the tow pilots have generally responded to my
agonize=
d pleas for more speed.

The scariest one was actually dry, though, at a local club. It's the
closes=
t I've come to losing roll control or having to pull the release. And,
yes,=
I was in near-low-tow position.=20

I was just wondering if settling even lower might help get me out
of the
do=
wnwash, at least when using a longish rope. I've towed at Hank's
Middletown=
operation, which uses low tow exclusively, and if you're not used
to it,
i=
t looks very strange (although it works very well). I don't think
I've
been=
down that low in my slow-tow adventures.

Chip Bearden
"JB"

I have been there, in my case I was in a K21 2 up behind a Rotax
Falke. (Motor glider with big engine). I was definitely in low tow and
had no way of getting out of it. The problem as I see it is that if
you sink low enough you could make it extremely difficult for the
tug to lower the nose to give you more speed, in which case he will
probably give you the rope, not a situation I would care to be in.
The radio call in my case was heeded.
Someone once told be that in Australia they all use low tow as the
norm, even releasing in low tow which I admit I never have. I have
always used low tow on cross country tows as it is a lot more
stable. I have always transitioned to high tow for release.