Does sailing with a main with or without the reef points provide any performance difference (assuming you aren't reefing)? If the answer is no, and the sailmaker quotes a lower price without the reef points, wouldn't that be a cost advantage?
How many J/30 one design distance races have people sailed in? (Zero for me)
Lighter is usually faster and cheaper, but won't last as long.
The Chesapeake J/30 fleet schedules five distance races and scores a series: an overnight of 44 miles, a 30 miler with a shorter 20 mile return the next day, a one way 20 miler, and a government marks twilight tour that used to be 12-16 miles (though lately somewhat less).
