new Soaring article

At 12:27 15 May 2011, Nyal Williams wrote:
I'm sorry you have taken offense. My comment was not an attack on you;
i
was a comment about everyone's experience. George Moffat lamented th
passing of those days when navigational skills without use of GPS were a
important to winning races as the weather judgment skills. Until you or
become as fluent as he was using that system we cannot appreciate th
subtleties and enjoyment of them that he gave up by accepting GPS.

The rules define the nature of the competition. Navigation
used to be an important, nay vital, part of racing sailplanes.
It no longer matters. The equipment changes, the rules
change, the competition changes. It's just different.

It used to be important that you knew how to maneuver
your glider to get a good photograph of the turnpoint.
It wasn't as easy as you might assume.

Jim Beckman