SEARCHING
•1. Slow down to minimum sink speed -ish
•to give yourself maximum time in the air for searching
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•2. TURN DOWNWIND
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–e.g. minsink speed of 45kts with15kts of wind implies:-  into wind = 30kts :  downwind = 60kts
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•- you will have TWICE the number of fields to choose from !
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3.Try not to glide a long way to a good looking field if acceptable ones are closer.  It might not be as good as it looks when you get there e.g. livestock.
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4.Do NOT glide a long way towards e.g.a built up area. 
•        Otherwise, when you get there (now lower) you will have reduced options by 50%
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45kts     + 15kts = 60kts
45kts     - 15kts = 30kts