The single most important clue that says you should be changing...

You really know it’s time to change to your trysail downwind – when your boom end starts to hit the water. This can break things, especially if you have a preventer on – so as soon as it’s touching the water as you roll, either put in another reef, which might raise the boom, or change to the trysail – it’s much safer!

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