Help with attaching canvas to gunnel

[RalphCFP]

TIA for help!
Hi guys my 23 center has a three sided enclosure that drops from the T-Top to the gunnel. The bottom is currently secured with twist locks to grommets. Every year I wind up replacing a few after they get stepped. They are also not fun to hit with hands and feet let alone sit on. I'm searching for a better solution. Show me what ya got. current

 

[BradH]

I'd look into a lift-up style snap.

https://www.sailrite.com/Loxx-Pull-It-Up-Fastener-Cloth-to-Surface-Screw-Stud-Set
https://www.sailrite.com/Loxx-Pull-It-Up-Fastener-Cloth-to-Surface-Oval-Plate-Stud-Set

 

[Bodick93]

What about that slide in piping arrangement? I shudder when I see all those holes in the gunwale.

 

[Antidote]

What about that slide in piping arrangement? I shudder when I see all those holes in the gunwale.

Those are called Keeder Strips. Still lots of holes b because they are screwed down; but, they don't look like a barbed wire fence like the current set up.