It's been a while since I posted. I guess that gliding took over sailing, although I have been asked to write about the similarities between the two (answer: not as many as you may think.) With at least four of my former journalistic colleagues flying gliders, it seems that something rubs off. But to me it's just the sense of being reliant on the elements, rather than L/D, angles of attack and spurious comparisons between wings and sails.