Originally Posted by
abgd
The point of dynamic soaring is that the wind isn't constant. Over the sea, there's more of it the higher you go, and there are also gusts, and the ability to slope soar over the crests of waves. I have the flu and my brain is currently too fuggy to contemplate his exact theory though.
He is postulating a reverse of the "Downwind-turn"- he thinks by gaining groundspeed downwind, then turning into-wind, you gain airspeed and can climb.
It's barking, but he won't be told.