At 02:30 06 February 2004, Btiz referenced:
FAR 61.1(b)(3)(ii)(B), for the purpose of meeting aeronautical
experience
requirements...

Uhm... the cited FAR paragraph actually refers to a
cross country definition in the context of 'experience
requirements' established for private, commercial or
instrument pilot certification in aircraft other than
rotorcraft... and there are no cross country requirements
established for any level of glider pilot certification.

The Part 61 FAQ is mute on this topic, but I believe
61.1(b)(3)(i) is the applicable paragraph and it defines
'Cross country time' as 'time acquired during a flight...

- conducted by a person who holds a pilot certificate
- conducted in an aircraft
- that includes a landing at a point other than the
airport of departure; and
- that involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage,
electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation
systems to navigate to the landing point.'

Thus, FAR-wise, a land-out a few miles away from home
may involve 'cross country time' in a glider but a
successful closed course glider flight of several hundred
miles does not appear to be cross country flight time
at all!

Your insurance company probably has other ideas...

Judy