Thanks for the tips, I think I will try to move the ring as skibum had suggested. According to the company that makes the STAY-PUT, the cords are available in several lengths- 70,80,90,100,110mm lengths. Sailrite does not say what length the ones they sell are. I am headed down after lunch to remove one from the camper canvas to compare. If I am lucky, the cord length is the same on the camper aft curtain and the cockpit cover. All the cords were destroyed on the cockpit cover so they would have been no good to compare anyway.
If I had to guess I would say the ones received from Great Lakes are correct. The ones on my camper canvas are pretty sung and they have 4 years of wear on them.
OK, well I went and pulled one off the camper canvas. I have placed a picture below. The units advertised are in mm so it hard to get an *exact* measurement with a standard ruler. I just took inches x25.4 to convert.
According to a canvas distributor's website, these measure from the center of the fastener to the end of the loop.
Here is what I got-
NEW- 3 inches/76.2mm
OLD- 2.75 inches/69.85mm
By these measurements I am assuming using rounding that the NEW one from Sailrite is the 80mm unit and the OLD one from GL is 70mm.
It does not sound like much but it does make a difference in how well the cord holds down the canvas.
So far, trying to re-locate the hog clip has not been successful. Getting it loose was easy enough but getting it back on correctly is proving to be a challenge. I can get it back around the cord but not sure it will hold properly. That is a concern giving the constant tension it needs to be under.
I am going to call tomorrow and see if I can order new (already hog-clipped) 70mm cord length or new clips and the pliers. My gut tells me I may end up having to re-order the clips from Great Lakes for $4.35 each and call it lesson learned on this one.