On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 9:03:32 PM UTC-4, ripacheco1967 wrote:
Same with sailing ⛵️

Sailing offers some parallels but it has vastly more people participating worldwide than soaring. For example the Royal Yachting Association estimates that about 151,000 people participated in small sailboat racing in 2011 in the UK alone.

I found sailing at a local club level is cheaper, easier and safer than gliding. And they use either strict one-design classes or handicaps to level the playing field for racing. No need to buy the latest tech to have fun and be competitive.

The current situation in world gliding is analagous to ocean yacht racing: rich old men in super ships out of sight over the horizon.