On 5/10/2014 8:59 AM, wrote:
One of the preventative actions the tow pilot can do to help the glider pilot as well as the tow pilot
in case of one of the 41 emergencies on tow is to allow the departing
tow path to drift slightly
downwind so the resulting turn back to the runway is a simple 180
degree turn rather than a button-hook shaped turn.

Which will also help ensure that the (possibly overloaded and surprised)
glider pilot will make his turn into the crosswind, the proper direction
for minimum radius of turn.

Vaughn