On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 1:42:52 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Why determine the handicaps dry? Surely in competition, most gliders are being flown pretty much maxed out with ballast. It would make more sense to use the MTOW as the reference weight and then it would take out these discussions about FES being heavier than standard.

The list is specifically designed for Sports Class, thus the title.
By definition those ships are flown without disposable ballast.
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