I was wondering how the shrouds attach to the o-ring.

Are they permanenlty attached or does the o-ring open or >?

Thanks so much.

Good luck to yall in FL

(Here is a pic, im talking about the area with the top arrow pointing to it)

on the boats I've had, the O-Ring is actually a D-ring, so they do come appart, but it would appear that for this boat they originally didn't.