>Does anyone have recomendations for tarps. >I usually use the standard heavy poly tarp but with my new boat this type >of tarp is too bulky .Does anyone use a lighter yet stronger tarp? If so >where do you get them ? > >Dave I recently bought a Walrus Aerotarp that measures about 12' x 18'. Got a lot of use out of it during the last week and was very happy with it. (Since the bugs were all gone, we decided to try it as a substitute for sleeping in the tent during a rainy night, which worked out well). There was a recent article on tarps in Backpacker magazine which you may want to check out, and they gave the Walrus their top recommendation. Mine was on sale for $99 (normally $132, I believe) for the tarp and two poles (though I doubt I'll ever use the poles since they are VERY heavy). One nice feature of the Walrus is they use a nylon/polyester blend for the fabric, which is more UV resistant and stretches less than the 100% nylon tarps. Evan Dallas Woodinville, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:03 PDT