Try various settings with the mainsheet. You have to find the spot where she's balanced Sent from my U.S. Cellular® smartphone Nick and Pam Field <nickpamfield@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm in my second season of summer sailing my Montgomery 17 and have been trying to heave-to so I can reduce sail. I've followed what has worked in the past backing the jib with the rudder over so she heads into the wind but to no avail. My Monty wants to slide off the wind and slip sideways losing all kinds of ground Any pointers what am I doing wrong she really doesn't like her nose to the wind Nick from Maada in Halifax