On Jan 8, 10:17*am, wrote:

On typical AATs, say a 40SM center to center first leg and 5SM turn
radius the risk of losing distance points is very small.

For sports class tasks which have to cater for a huge range of
sailplane handicap it is not unreasonable to set a task with large
first turn area and a minimum first leg distance, particularly if the
conditions are unpredictable.

Andy