Anyone tried putting a cat cut along the tarp ridgeline seam rather than the edges? Success? Failure? Pros/cons?....
Anyone tried putting a cat cut along the tarp ridgeline seam rather than the edges? Success? Failure? Pros/cons?....
I have read that it doesn't work as well, but I cannot remember where I read it. There are plenty of catcut tarps out there that do it.
The Warbonnet cat cut tarp seems to be cat cut on both the ridgeline and the edges. It looks like it would pitch very taut, but the reduction in head room is too much. JMO
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Snow load, snow load, snow load.
Those tarps with the cat cut ridgeline look like they would just collect snow. Although it does seem difficult to get anything to stick to the Sil, my luck says it would.
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My tarp does not have a cat cut ridge line but after I stake it out the corners it looks like a cat cut looking curve on the ridge line. I don't think that I would make a cat cut ridge line because I feel it would bring the tarp down to close to the hammock and reduce the headroom too much, IMHO.
Last edited by headchange4u; 09-06-2007 at 08:43.
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