wrote:
"Yes, it's a serious cross country flier. As evidence, here's a
marketing blurb from the manufacturers web site."

No, that's not evidence, nor is it a a "marketing blurb", but
description of what happened at the event, and an offer of a way to
assess the situation yourself (go fly it!). Someone seriously interested
in a $30K+ glider that is relatively new to gliding (that's why the
original poster was asking those questions) ought to take advantage of
an offer to try it himself. Do you see the other dealers making that
opportunity available?

I didn't supply evidence of it's "seriousness" because I thought the
quote offered enough to confirm that, but even better, made it
unnecessary to rely on someone's opinion; that is, try it himself.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA