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Used to use them. Didn't like the bubble in the middle. Made a constant diameter tube and no more bubble.

Liked the snake skins/tube because it kept that huge sail under control.

Didn't like...

Thanks - I have seen it at Lowes, but they seem to have dropped it and no longer stock it for some reason. The only stuff they carry anymore, is a thin, all plastic version that doesn't last very...

Thanks Shug - that's it. With the tarp reefed like that it is much easier to handle and manipulate.

I like Happycampers idea of sewing so that the tarp and ridge line cord can again be separated.

NCPatrick - thanks for the suggestion. I have a load of the Velcro wire wraps and use them for a lot things. The Velcro ones I get at Home Depot and they are 15" long, but RED. It never occurred to...

Thanks Barefoot Child. I never know when I get a term right or wrong in a field I'm only barely acquainted with.

Yeah - I've found that reefing the tarp is a whole lot easier than trying to hassle...

I find several advantages to the ridge line cord and reefing for us:


easy to string between the trees. For me trying to tie off one tarp ridge cord and then the other is more bother. Before I...

I don't have a digital camera so cannot post pics.

Tried Googling reefing, but didn't find any pictures worth using.

Maybe a sailor can give a better description and knows of a picture.

Or...

I have now abandoned snake skins for our tarps and returned to using the JRB stuff sack that came with the 11'x10' tarps.

I remembered something I watched a long time ago - sailors reefing the...