This video brought back some old Navy memories of when I was running a single screw 50' liberty boat and I would always land the boat at the port side and the boat would always back to port. Thanks for the memories :)

Great analysis and solution! This is a common sense approach to backing up on a sailboat. I can’t wait to practice this technique of standing on the backside of the helm.

Clear and concise! Thank you for your great tutorials.

Thanks for solving my backing up problem! So easy your way! Keep up the great work!

These are both helpful things to learn to do. Thanks for an informative video.

Best video ive seen so far on prop walk. Ive even made vids on this subject. 2 Things i found very useful. The way you explained how to funnel the wash with the rudder to get no real forward motion, just turning and to me the most important, Standing on the other side of the wheel. After 28 years of sailing, i never thought of this, wow, brilliant. i sold my 36 Catalina but may be looking for another sailboat one day. Im sure you have many tips while underway. id love to see more vids. thank you

This is excellent advice especially in a crowed harbor!!! Thanks Captain Lang..

Quick and concise, well done.

Excellent Captain Lang 👍

Super video. Thank you for sharing. Nice and simple.

Excellent tip on backing, thanks.

Got Albin Vegas 27 Not easy to turn or going backwards. Someone With some experience came and gives me some good tips specifically going backwards..or turning on places.. I am getting better and better don't forget the directions of the wind. The wind will sometimes help you a lot . Everytime I am going out I always practice here and there a bit some maneuve . Fair wind Mario

I use this method everytime I go sailing. thanks for the tip

nicely done captain.

Prop walk is an absolute must know when docking or maneuvering a sailboat with an inboard.

Excellent video 👌

Got lots of “oooo’s!” and “ahhh’s!” berthing my 31 footer that loved to prop walk like crazy.

Wonderful techniques much appropriated.

The complicating facotr, of course, is cross wind. With a boat that has a long keel with cut away forefront, as soon as any wind hits the boats while you are going slow either foreward or backward, the bow wants to blow off downwind and if the wind is strong it can easily over power the effect of the rudder that has little water running over it..

Thx for video🤝🇩🇰

good job !!!

AWESOME!!!

Good video. Don't think about direction of prop rotation. Just accept that the boat pushes port or starboard in reverse and use it. Bad bit. When you forgot to mention drift from tide or wind turning on the spot. That's what puts you across anchors. Yes. Keep it simple. But it has to be mentioned.

I spun in circles when i was learning this 😂

Спасибо всё отлично обьяснено.

I recognize that marina, old Harbor Island. Many years of enjoyable sailing there.

If your prop walks to Port, your wheel should be hard to starboard. If you have a tiller, it should be in the direction of the prop walk . When the boat is in forward the water hitting the prop kicks the stern To port continuing the momentum of the clockwize rotation . This is Especially true a long keeled boats with the prop way back at the stern boats with sail drives that the prop is way forward have much less or no prop walk .

Nice video, you're on my dock

Thankyou. Does a long keel boat perform differently in these circumstances?

Hi Buck, thanks for your videos here, a question on this one at .55 on video. so your turning into the berth, which side is your rudder hard over to? I assumb its starboard but you didn't make it clear. Also trying to understand the effect of prob wash. prob walk and which hand the prob is. Maybe another theme for a video. It's hard to find any good videos on youyube on this topic that detail every aspect. Thanks for your time. Paul

Nice video but the cut at the end is for a reason ;-)

I suspect at 2:00 you meant water flowing over the rudder.

My boat has a full keel. It does not go backward. It you try it will just go in circles and you have zero control.

Hope you didnt kiss the dock at the end;)

Please dont put your hand bet. spokes. 😊 Better reach the throttle from top, over the steering wheel.

0:12 who else this looks like the opening from " Gilligan's Island" ?

We have a tiller..full keel. Reverse is not in her vocabulary.😊

01:21 hahahhaahh!!!! Dude your face..... HAHAHAHAH