On 10/8/2017 7:50 PM, Tim Taylor wrote:
Matt, welcome to the Soaring community. A partnership is a great way to
own a glider.

The best way to find a partner is to start with your local club,
gliderport, and instructors. Let them know through your club newsletters,
bulletin boards, etc.

What Tim said: Welcome!

I second everything else he said, too.

My first 3 bouts of sailplane ownership were made possible through two
partnerships in three different states with three different sailplanes (1-26;
C-70; HP-14). The 1-26 partnership was with two other partners; the latter two
with one-other/the-same partner. All came about from the path of simply
getting to know other club members (via B.S.-ing at the field)...as
individuals first, sailplane pilots second, and potential partners third. The
first partnership, I happened to be the "engagee" who didn't even know he
might be in the ownership market at that stage of my neophyte ignorance. The
next two came about as a result of more or less mutual/parallel development of
low-time piloting skills, and - in our cases - entered into as a means of
being able to afford the "flatter-gliding 1-26" we both wanted, but which
neither of us could justify/make-economically-happen on our own just then.

All 3 involved "marriage-like" arrangements (as in, all parties were deeply
committed to making the unions work) and - from my perspective - all worked
reasonably well, in large part because everyone's expectations were thoroughly
and adequately discussed beforehand (and subsequently met). I never felt the
need for - nor had - written agreements, but obviously "YMMV" on this front.

I suspect there are nearly as many different forms of successful partnerships
as there are different flavors of people.

Have fun with every aspect of your quest! IMHO the next most fun to actually
soaring a glider is looking for one to own! Sharing with partners was genuine
fun, too.

Bob W.

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