We had 1 night of pretty heavy rain this weekend on a backpacking trip. I got dripped on from above all night long under my superfly. This is the first really heavy rain it's seen. I see that the RL should not have to be sealed and I was thinking maybe something was wrong with my tarp. After searching further here on the forum, I see that a CRL under the tarp can get saturated and drip. I use mason line for my RL and it does seem to hold a lot of water. The only thing that is confusing me is that my brother also had a mason line CRL under his tarp and he didn't get wet at all. He uses an Etowah tarp.
I didn't see any specific instruction on how to prevent this. Should I just tie some drip lines on both ends? Should I use different line? I would prefer to keep the RL under the tarp. I love this tarp so far so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that its just user error.
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