At 00:27 13 June 2008, COLIN LAMB wrote:

And, remember that motorgliders are often not 50/1 ships. Some are as
low
as 23/1.

That doesn't mean that an off-field landing in a 23/1 glider
is by its very nature an emergency. I've done it. More
than once. So has anybody who flies cross-country in
a 1-26.

Jim Beckman