Are you being passed back?

Another great question from earlier today:

How do I recognize a passback while its happening on the water?

This is a bit tricky, try asking yourself these questions:

1. Am I in a 2 on 1 situation? Or is my team-mate being double-teamed? Remember the "piggy in the middle"?


2. Are you, or your team-mate, tacking a ton, with someone to weather of you? This could be a sucker drill where someone is trying to get you to go slow by tacking frequently to draw you down the course.


3. Are you, or your team-mate, sailing the headed tack? Do you realize that you are sailing away from the mark and that someone is forcing you?

Those are three big signs that you, or your team-mate, are in a passback. Remember, too, that if you are not winning, or don't have pairs, then the other team is going to be trying something.