Re: [Paddlewise] Beach Camping

IF there is ample driftwood where you are at, you can use that as an
anchor.  Attach about 6 - 8' lines on your tent's tie out locations.  Find
pieces of driftwood at least 2 inches in diameter and 2 feet long.  Tie the
lines around the driftwood and bury them.   Do at least two on the upwind
side and one on the downwind side.  If your tent doesn't have locations to
attach tie-outs, it is probably not suitable for camping in high winds.  

For true leave-no-trace, dig up the driftwood when you break camp and
remove your lines.

This approach is good for up to about 20 mile per hour winds.  Don't know
if they work in higher winds, because if the forecast is for that high, I
stay home.

In sandy location there is a trade off on campsites.  Being in a sheltered
location on the lee of the island gives you some protection from the wind,
but unless there is substantial vegetation, at the expense of sand in
everything.  Being on the windward side means less blowing sand, but the
full effect of the wind.

Mounding sand onto the bottom of your tent helps, but usually isn't necessary.


At 09:17 AM 12/28/98 -0500, Sisler, Clyde wrote:
>The only beach camping I've ever done is under a beach umbrella with a 6
>pack so I hope someone can help me.
>
>If you've got nothing but sand and nothing to tie your tent to, what's the
>preferred way of securing your tent against high winds?
>
>Campmor offers tent stakes called 'Sand Hogs', a 12" heavy steel stake.
>
>I had been thinking about fashioning some sort of cloth buckets I could fill
>with sand and bury.  Then I saw in Kabloona that Victoria Jason had attached
>some sort of skirt around her tent that, I guess, she covered with sand to
>keep it tied down and to prevent wind from getting underneath the tent.
>
>Any thoughts?
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