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I last used the single line reef on our Defiance30. Worked well on the small mainsail, but there's a hell of a lot of rope back in the cockpit.
I have all my reefing gear at the mast and boom. It seems like a nice idea but having looked into it a little I can only say that it must cost a bomb to run everything back to the cockpit! Anyone done this and added up the total including winches, deck gear, lines, blocks, pulleys (not including modifying the dodger)? Of course it would be hugely different depending on new or used gear but it would be hard to find decent used gear for the whole shebang.
The set up l described above cost me less than fifty bucks.
Of course, if you go for brand new stuff it could go into many hundreds or more and you would be still short with the third reef!? as most reefing systems are designed for two reef lines only, but that is not what l was talking about.
What is a dodger? 
lol. That would make going to the mast on any yacht treacherous!
I use a similar system to you sirgallivant with a slider in the boom track. I have used the cunningham to tack the reef but this puts a lot of load on the mast track/sail slug that opposes the out haul, unless the cunningham is rigged to oppose this outhaul load, it may be possible to tear the slug or car right off the sail. When I have used the cunningham for reefing I still go forward to lash it against mast.
Well spotted Jolene!
I did not mention the fact, that l retained the horn to be used in very high winds as well as the cunningham is angled about 20 degs.
lol. That would make going to the mast on any yacht treacherous!
As morning bird said, the handles built in to the dodger frame ,work a treat, for moving around .
