http://www.fai.org/civl-about-us/civl-meetings (Click on Plenary, Agenda)

http://www.fai.org/component/phocadownload/category/?download=7582:annex-24b-proposal-scoring

1 Introduction

This document contains all definitions required to score centralized
cross-country competitions for both hang-gliding and paragliding. Its main
purpose is to serve as an amendment to sections 7A and 7B of the FAI sporting
code. Additionally, it should serve as an educational tool for all parties
involved in such competitions, as a reference for the implementation of scoring
systems, as well as a basis for future improvements and modifications.

1. 1 Scope

The document’s scope is restricted to scoring of FAI Category 1 cross-country
competitions for hang-gliding and paragliding: World and Continental
championships in both sports. CIVL’s rule setting targets these competitions
exclusively, whereas organizers of FAI Category 2 competitions as well as
non-sanctioned competitions are free to score their competitions however they
like. Most of them do follow CIVL’s lead, though, so this document should also
cover the majority of Category 2 events as well.

1. 4 Differences between Hang-Gliding and Paragliding

Initially, both hang-gliding and paragliding competitions used the same system
for scoring, generally known as “GAP”. But over time, through their two separate
sporting codes, the two disciplines introduced more and more changes that would
only apply to one, but not the other. This mainly in non-standard situations
such as stopped tasks, pilots landing just short of goal, or pilots crossing the
start line too early. Where not explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of
this document always apply to both disciplines. Definitions applying only to
one, but not the other, are clearly marked as such.

Using GAP:

http://ozreport.com/17.028#0 and then the following volumes through:
http://ozreport.com/17.042#0.

As predicted in the last article in this series, my series of articles did
nothing to enlighten the competition pilots who complained about the scoring
system at the 2014 Forbes Flatlands. None of them had read the articles.