I have a problem with the squareness of tarps. I would like to cut a tarp of a good light tent fly material in the shape shown below, with 2 grommets on the short end and 3 on the long end, and reinforcement for a center pole. __________________ \ / \ / \ / \ O / \ _________/ Stake the short end and tie up the long end and put in a stick where the O is. This keeps the tarp low to avoid blowing rain and blocks the wind almost entirely from one direction. The 2 triangles removed from the original rectangular shape are worthless material. Most of that material is down at the staked to the ground end, and thus useless. Why not tie it up in the air? Well, the wind will blow the rain under it and I find it a pain to find 4 trees in the proper places to hold it up. 2 trees are easy to find, so I stretch a line and tie up one end and stake down the other. You want a tarp for 6 instead of 2/3? Duplicate this shape symetrically about the long end, and stake both short ends to the ground with the middle strung over a line between 2 trees. 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? Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
Mike wrote; > I have a problem with the squareness of tarps. > (SNIP) You may want to take a look at the Dri-Fly from Outdoor Solutions (they may have a web site). Their fly, designed by Dave Buckley, works better than any other I have seen or used. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address, http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
735769 wrote: > You may want to take a look at the Dri-Fly from Outdoor Solutions (they may > have a web site). they seem to be at http://www.greenval.com/outdoor.html I used a regular rectangular tarp last summer with good successs. I had two polls, several ropes, and pitched it in one of several ways depending on the conditions. It was OK in wind, but not great. See: http://www.tumtum.com/gallery/images/hakai/hra_134_BlairMyCamp1.jpg for one configuration. I liked the flexibility of the general - rectangular tarp but hope to improve over what I used last summer. Depending on where I go I may want to make it also serve as bug protection by attaching netting to the parimiter. I'm still looking for the right solution. If you want to sew your own you can get any fabrics you need from Seattle Fabrics: http://www.seattlefabrics.com/ Tom. ooooo -- Tom Unger oo\ oo Wet Weather Consulting o \ o (206)783-5839 o B I\V I o o \ o oo \oo ooooo *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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