Hay you all I tried to back up a Laser just a few days ago under sail power and for some reason I just could not do it. I would come to a complete stop backwind my sail and so on. What would happen is the boat would fall off to leeward or just slightly develop a little lift and move slowly forward. It was all quite frustrating and I know it is probably just a small thing I am missing in accomplishing this effort. Heck I am even Polish and we Polish are suppose to do things well backwards. My goal is to be able to back up a Laser, H16, Wave, Island, Catalina 22, and more. Hay any good articles on this topic or maybe someone on this forum can give a “complete guide” to backing up a sailboat under wind power.

So, HHHHEEEEELLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!