: Hi Sean
: I didn't lace, just pulled and stapled starting at the middle and working
: towards bow and stern. Like you, I'll work at it some more and just live
: with it if I can't work out the wrinkles. What happens when you use a heat
: gun on this stuff?

It is typical to have wrinkles at the bow and stern on the keel. PVC doesn't stretch, so I slice it along the keel in those places and overlap. With wrinkles I slice them and overlap them if possible, or cut out a dart. This all gets covered with another strip of material. On those wrinkles I also slice them and either dart them or overlap them. Those cuts can be offset from the layer below so that you get your waterproof seal. The added layers give you more abrasion resistance as well.

PaulMon