Looks like I gotta spend some quality time with Section
3...but I *think* I understand...

Let's use this example..Declare a Start, 3 TP's, a
Finish

1.) Clouds look great straight-out, so off you go
with a flight using no TP's or the declared Finish...for
a Straight Out flight.

2.) You make the first TP, then abandon the other
2 TP's...and head off to a non-declared landing for
an Out and Back?

I understand the 10km rule...although not certain why
we have it. Am I making this more complex then it
really is?


No, you can't declare turnpoints in the air for a 1000K
diploma, as it
is a 'distance' task, not a 'free distance' task.
What you can do for
the 1000K (and/or Diamond distance) is declare up to
3 turnpoints before
takeoff, plus start and/or finish if desired, then
during flight claim
none, 1, 2, or all 3, in any order. Your distance
will measured from
the start point, around any turnpoints in the order
claimed, to the
finish point (which needn't be the declared finish,
if there is one).

Marc