I believe when the MSH rule was first established, the max height was supposed to be set above the expected cloudbase or top of lift. That's according to the SN10 manual - I may be wrong. Anybody remember the reasoning for it?

But I agree that it has resulted in some interesting formation flying and high-speed zooming around the start cylinder.

OK in a small contest with guys you know. Pretty damn sporting at a large regional!

By the way, SeeYouMobile has a nice little automatic timer function that tells you how long you have been under the MSH and resets everytime you go above it without starting - sure beats dicking around with a stopwatch or wris****ch (what's that - haven't worn one of those in years!).

Kirk
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