Dodging the Issue
Photos of our method of protecting the windows in
reply #6, in this earlier thread--
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?11992-Custom-minimalist-dodger-ideas
Our dodger is now 20 years old and so is the drop-over cover. Even with protection the old 'clear' windows are getting less clear all the time.
I have heard very good things about the newer Strataglass product for a long time now, so that would likely be part of a new dodger when we have one made.
One factor in favor of the all-over cover is that it is far less labor (and $) intensive than the dodger itself and the Sunbrella material is the main cost. Relative to our dodger, that cover was inexpensive. Given how good the actual dodger looks, given its age, that cover paid for itself in a few short years, IMHO.
Loren