The transparent cloth may be only offered in Europe, or offered by another cloth mfg.

We JUST bought our chute from Smyth (Sept.) and at the time, transparent was not one of the offerings. Our chute cloth is the silicon coated by Challenge Sailcloth.

That said, I think the transparent would suck for an entire chute if you were sailing at night, trimming would be a bitch. But for the bottom panels, sure, why not?

Who makes the transparent cloth? What's its characteristics? What do SAILMAKERS think of it?