During these bewildering intervals the ship usually sailed backwards.

And Carol sailed backwards into the metal room, slammed up against the wall, and stayed pinned there like an insect.

You need to be able to hold the board in one position without it drifting downwind and also to sail backwards which is invaluable in tight situations.

She spread her arms and sailed backwards through the buffeting air.

What do you do, sail backwards in time and destroy the seeds of dire events before they can grow?

To prevent one of her forward bulkheads from collapsing, she sailed backwards for over sixty miles at a speed of 3.5 knots, eventually arriving in Oran, where temporary repairs were made.

Selena cast Becca a mournful look, then sailed backwards, out the window, riding a beam of moonlight to her pale home in the sky.

Simply push the tiller away from you, push the boom out and the boat will sail backwards and then pull the tiller, pull the mainsheet and sail off again.

Peering overside, I was left with the impression we were sailing backwards.

I sailed backwards to escape this current.