On Monday, March 4, 2013 11:19:44 AM UTC-5, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Peter,



Yes. The Sailplane Racing Association's Guide to Soaring Competition is the

best resource I'm aware of.

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books/SRA/SRA-Guide.htm



Many other excellent free soaring article downloads are available he

http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books.htm#Free_Downloads



Also, reading the rules is highly recommended. They are intimidating and

not very exciting, but not so tough to read as they appear at first glance.



Best Regards,



Paul Remde

Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

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"Peter von Tresckow" wrote in message

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"John Godfrey (QT)" wrote:

The US Competition Rules for 2013 have been posted on the Rules and

Process page of the SSA website

(http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=6310235857).



You can access the rules directly via these links:



National FAI Class

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf



National Sport Class

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf



Regional FAI Class

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf



Regional Sport Class

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf



Thanks to all who provided suggestions during 2012, participated in the

opinion poll and provided feedback during comment period.



There are no changes from the summary of changes published earlier.



For the committee,

John Godfrey, Chair



Thanks guys, I do have a newbie question. Is there a good resource for

neophyte racing pilots that explains tasks, start procedures, strategies

etc?



I think that may actually help people get into racing.



Thanks



Pete

The latest version of the competition guide is maintained at ssa.org. Look under Sailplane Racing / Rules and Process, under the heading "Important Reading" :-).

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