On Mar 8, 6:44 am, Graeme Cant gcantinter@tnodedotnet wrote:
1. In my instructing experience boxing the wake is a moderately
difficult manoeuvre to carry out in a well-controlled way for ab initio
and low experience pilots. Many experienced pilots botch boxing the
wake on their annual check. That's why instructors set it as an
exercise. I suspect that's why you set it.

Yes. And I stress *precision* in the exercise. The point is not to
get around the wake as fast as possible, it is to prove to the
instructor that you have the skill to make the various transitions
while maintaining control of the glider.

2. Boxing the wake doesn't actually involve a trip directly through the
slipstream.

Many people begin the exercise by dropping from high to low tow
through the wake. This help establish the reference for where the
bottom part of the box should be.

-Tom