At 09:17 AM 12/28/98 -0500, Clyde wrote: > >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. The Sand Hogs are excellent but heavy. I carry 6 of them for securing my tent or lean-to/sunscreen on sandy beaches. A few months back they were well tested when I landed on a sandy beach, chased in by gale force winds. I staked my tent in dry sand and slept through the noise of 50 knt gusts only to be awakened by the silence of the wind dying early the next morning. It was well worth the extra weight. > >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. Before the Sand Hogs, I would often use plastic handled shopping bags like those used in grocery stores. They are easy to carry, have amazing tensile strength and are great for hauling out the trash or dirty laundry. A half dozen of these fit in the palm of your hand. I often wonder how the world got by without them. Bob Tellefson Santa Barbara Kayak Assocation http://www.sbka.org 805-683-9717 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 09:25:26 PST
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