On a recent landing at my home field, a potential conflict with another glider on final caused me to lengthen my base leg while I monitored the other plane. While checking the traffic, my airspeed dropped below my usual approach speed - I was watching the traffic and the field and not my panel or yaw string. I had to forcefully speed up before initiating my final turn.

I caught the problem early enough because I have a lot of time in the Discus 2 and it's a plane that behaves very well at low speed. However, I could easily see how a scenario like the one I experienced could result in a loss of control when the pilot is distracted from a normal pattern and landing..

Mike