Humphrey,

Precisely what the last post said, steer mostly with your sails.

In a situation like this, you DON'T want the rudders to be held down to the sand.


When the boat gets pushed backwards (and it will), SNAP, there goes things like, rudder, casting, TRANSOM, and any combination. They break easy enough in these conditions anyway. When extreme, I would often leave my rudders locked UP, and use the sails to navigate.

When it's extreme like that, using the technique you propose MAY help., but it's really ALOT of skill, and about the some luck.