In article ,
Andreas Maurer wrote:

On 5 Dec 2003 10:53:17 -0700, (Mark James Boyd)
wrote:

A lot of different techniques - little consensus

Bruce - Hi to slow and get slack out, then match speeds by diving
Brian - Yaw to reduce snappiness when line comes taut
Janusz - Shorter rope so tug and glider are in the same air
Michel - Low tow and avoid slack line

Let me add the standard procedure that I was told and that all pilots
I know of are using:
Extend the airbrakes (carefully - only about one inch) to get the
slack out. Don't let the speed difference between glider and tow plane
get too big.

And if it does, what do you do then?

That's why if I'm going faster than the towplane I prefer to store the
energy by climing a little, rather than by simply throwing it away using
the brakes, or a slip, or a yaw.

The slack isn't going to come out until you're going slower than the
towplane, and you need a way to get back to about the same speed again.

-- Bruce