I bought a CCS tarp for canoeing the Boundary waters. They are very popular with BW folks.
http://www.cookecustomsewing.com/welcome.htm
Recently, I started hanging. I used my 10x12 CCS tarp. It works great. The tarp is VERY well made. It has rugged tie-out along all 4 sides. It also has a place for a ridge pole and tie-outs on the backside.
The tarps are pretty expensive but I'm very impressed.
I am not affiliated with CCS other than as a satisifed customer...
Last edited by mad_angler; 09-17-2008 at 11:13.
I have a CCS 11 x 14 that I absolutely love! It is my go to tarp. And you can get a used one at the end of the season from the outfitters in the Ely area. I picked up mine at Piragis.
They sell green sil for 9.00 a yard.
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
Is that cheap...or expensive? In-between?Originally Posted by headchange4u
Yeah, their base price is pretty expensive, isn't it? I bought mine used for a lot less.
It's a little high, but not extraordinarily so....
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
I have the 10 X 10 and love it. And should I ever have to go to ground (gasp) the multiple tie outs will make doing so easy.
It says "30 Denier 1.1 oz silicon coated ripstop". Would that be silnylon since it's coated instead of impregnated?
I too will something make and joy in it's making
Cooke Custom Sewing is, I believe, the only manufacturer of the Whelen lean-to, an ideal camping tarp designed by Col. Townsend Whelen. He would build a long fire in front of the lean-to and sleep parallel to it; he found he could keep warm in his bedroll with the lean-to reflecting the heat of the fire onto him even in the Canadian winter. Of course, the Colonel's lean-to was made of canvas, and could withstand a stray ember much better than can today's silnylon.
Col. Whelen was a pioneer in lightweight packing -- his kit weighed only 12 lb, in days before silnylon and goose down. Of course, he obtained most of his food by hunting.
Unfortunately, his lean-to doesn't seem suited for hammocking, but I bet the Col. would look favorably on today's hammock camping phenomenon.
It is definitely sil, not coated. The tarp is the same consistency/feel on both sides of the fabric and is somewhat stiff and has a "plastic-like" feel similar but not quite like a polyethelene tarp, whereas on normal coated nylon, one side is usually smoother than the other and the fabric is a little more flexible/soft. At least that has been my experience with all of the samples of different fabrics I've been ordering, and with what has been sold to me as sil or coated. I guess that wouldn't take into account scoundrels and misrepresentations.
But the CCS tarps are great! Piragis.com has their used ones on sale every year at this time. It's the same green tarp that I have lots of pics of in my gallery, mainly with my DD and my tube sock.
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