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Eric,
You are side-stepping the issue;
With conditions deteriorating, two experienced pilots declined to attempt the
glide, while two motorgliders felt comfortable attempting it. I say again, The
REAL inequity was that you were able to sample air for another 20 miles, had
you found a thermal that was strong enough to climb in, you would have
finished. That finish would have been a DIRECT result of you having an engine
for back-up.
This inequity will always be present as long as there is NO PENALTY to be paid
for attempting a marginal glide.
JJ Sinclair

Since our discussion is turning more to the minutiae of a particular
contest leg, and probably isn't of much concern to the rest of the
newsgroup, how about we hash this out in private? We could present a
mutual posting at the end, separate postings if we are still so
polarized, or none at all, but at least we'd spare the newsgroup!
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Eric Greenwell
Richland, WA (USA)