Loving my C34

[efhughes3]

I'm not apt to cut any sails up, but the window would afford a little more visibility with minimal downside. It will certainly make my wife a little more comfortable, and I must admit it will make for some easier sailing for me too. Running up the bay on a busy day will not be fun having to constantly alter course or hang low to peer under the sail for traffic. Sailing in SD winds is not conducive to running with the sail partially furled, except is rare blustery days.

We'll see.

It's not sacred cloth.  Go ahead and try the window.  If you don't like it, you can always go back.  Heck, I cut up a perfectly good spinnaker just so i could have a dragon...

My sentiments exactly. I had an old yawl many moons ago with a real deck sweeper for the Genny. It had a window, and while you wouldn't watch a movie through it, it was effective at letting one keep heads on traffic ahead.