I've never sailed further south of Anne's Beach so this might seem a bit ignorant but...
when you say "Reef run" what exactly do you mean? Is the course going to consist of dodging reefs? I know there are a couple in the first day of the Steeplechase, but to be honest that's the most i'd ever chose to deal with. For an out of town team its brutal to have to navigate when competitors know where to go... plus I don't want to be running my boat into a reef right before Tybee.