For the case of going back out on course, in this case we had a 3 hour
minimum task time, but with the thick high cirrus developing, everyone
hit the two turnpoints (if they could) then "finished". As luck would
have it by the time we got back to the finish point (2 hours into the
task) the cirrus started to break, we worked a couple of very weak
thermals to "survive" and as it continued to improve we headed back out.
Since it appeared that any finishers would finish below the minimum
time we had an hour to use w/o any penalty to try to push our distance
up a bit which would then improve our overall speed. Crazy, but that's
what happened.

For the case of adding a turnpoint, if you're a motorglider (which we
were) you COULD get back to the finish airport after cranking out the
motor, land, and get your landing info in w/o too much trouble as long
as you were less than say 40 miles away from the finish airport.



Kilo Charlie wrote:
I'm sure all you folks know this but this thread pertains to the US rules.

Winscore is a great scoring program but it is only a tool and cannot be
expected to catch each and every exception.

Re one of your questions....first of all I can't think of how it would
benefit anyone to finish then go back out to the last area and finish again
i.e. your speed would be quite slow. Maybe if a storm developed and blew
over and you managed to stay in the air and with improving conditions
decided to go back out? Wow that's a stretch but who knows. There is
nothing in the rules that prevents you from doing that BTW.

Re your other question about not being penalized for attempting another TP
after finishing....I disagree. The Flight Documentation Interval is usually
one hour and so I can't see how you could head back out then be able to
landout, get it in the box or even get an aero retrieve and comply with that
rule. It does not apply to landouts but you can't have it both ways i.e. if
you "finished" before you landed out then you'll have to comply with the
rule, if not then you in fact did landout and will be scored that way.
Interestingly enough I can't find a rule to prevent someone from at least
attempting to do what you suggested though.

Casey Lenox
KC
Phoenix