Mine has rope with strap tabs. Ff you sand the edge of the groove until it's rounded and smooth it works great. Only complaint I've heard was the straps being cut , so I fixed what was cutting them instead of reinventing the wheel.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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