Hi Stephen,
I'm about to maiden my converted lidl xl glider with pitcherons like you and Søren I don't have expirence with soaring at all and here in the netherlands we don' t have those nice hills, but we have dykes so I will try it on the dykes.
I read that Søren is putting extra weight at the CoG but he is flying in high winds ( fast wind). Have you also put some extra weight at the CoG ? What is the total weight of your glider ?
Ruud.