: You can carve a little channel in the wood for the lashing to lay
: in, then no bumps in the fabric.

: Bill H.

Yeah, if I could find my small round file I would likely have done that, this one is being covered in PVC and already has a list of things "wrong" with it. Gonna live with the bumps for the sake of continued progress and eventual launching ( rapidly running out of "soft" water, temps are in the low 40's in the mornings here now. In a couple of weeks there will be ice)

Dan