Now if I wanted to race AND do a bit of cruising, would I get an Express 30 or
J30?

Build quality-Both pretty good
Looks-Both are odd somewhat "off" looking boats.
Performance-Both are very quick boats and pretty comparable.
Interior....This is where the boats are set firmly apart. The Express 30
interior is barely serviceable. Now let's look at the J-30 interior.

http://www.jboats.com/j30/images/j30maincab.jpg

WOW! Not bad for a boat that kicks ass! I can't find a single pic of the
Express 30 that looks good. Oh well!

Hooooh ahhh!

RB