While a smaller sail would be class legal, I don't believe it is legal to use two different sails in a regatta series. While racing with cut down sails is perhaps a logical direction, I am more interested in practicing with a cut-down sail. The high winds here are unique in that they are non stable in direction but do not bring big waves-- it seems it could be safe if the sail was more underpowered. I also think the sail needs to be full height for the downhaul to work, a wire is just a cheat to make reefing work and we are back to the original problem of too full a sail.