Author: EduardoLocation: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSubject: Re: PWCA rules for 2026/27Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 11:42 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 28 Competitive sailing has probably several hundred thousand competitors
Competitive paragliding has several thousand competitors
That is two orders of magnitude of difference
We are very few globally to start separating ourselves.
We cannot even have separate female championships because they are so few
Imagine separating the females in weight categories
We are even fewer if we go locally
Imagine what[…]
Author: AndrewCraigLocation: Wiltshire, EnglandSubject: Re: Switzerland: SHV number on the wing is a must for everyone!Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 11:36 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 2 Erfurt Bob wrote: Thanks for the information. I have not been flying in Switzerland very much because the country is so expensive, and now I won't be flying there at all.
Me too - although to be fair, I hardly fly outside Britain these days (SIV in Annecy 2024, and a planned trip to[…]
Author: ThenomadSubject: Re: Development via trade-offs?Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2026 11:10 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 15 Lars M Falkenström wrote: I dont disagree but is it true development or mere catching up with already existing high performing designs? To extrapolate it - even En Bs will eventually end up almost in contact with R&D cloudbase? Cheers Lars I don't see a big changes probably since shark nose in 2010-2011. If we won't count “Shark’s Mouth” from Gernot Leibe in 1989.[…]