Mike McNally wrote: [Re: his trapezoid tarp design.] > This is a new idea of mine, so I am interested to see if anybody has any > other perspective on how to tarp a cooking area with minimal material. And > what material would you advise? I've not had the problems you describe with trad. rectangular tarps, if I understand the use you have made of them. If the narrow end of your trapezoidal design goes close to ground, then I'd put the pole reinforcement closer to the longer leg of the trapezoid than your ASCII drawing shows. Re: doubling: sounds good to me. The reason I've been happy with rectangular tarps is that I use the "wings" you want to discard to shut off side-drafts and drips. The areas protected by the "wings" end up as places to store gear, since they are usually too low to the ground for people to sit under. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 17:44:22 PST
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