I went through this a couple years ago when I had my bimini top redone. First shop I contacted (a very high-end expensive outfit) recommended thinner gauge stuff than my original side curtains, since we don't use them much in S. Fla., and said I could easily roll them up for storage. The small shop I ended up using in Hobe Sound recommended reusing my original heavy gauge curtains because they were in great shape, and did the job for only 15% of the original estimate! They said I was better off with the original heavy gauge curtains because visibility was much better with the heavier material than the thinner stuff. As you can see in the pic below, they're still pretty clear although they're about 20 years old! (I really haven't used them much, although they came in real handy during the deluge we had at our Long Point gathering a couple years ago!)
Storage is not a problem; I'm able to lay them against the carpeting on the hull flare in the cabin, cover them with towels and I only have to make a couple folds so they end up taking up very little space and are held in place by mesh hammocks that I have attached to the underside of the gunnels to hold life jackets, etc.
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