A couple years ago, I made this tarp.
I always wished I would have added pullouts, but it has really not been much of a problem. That is, until my recent trip to the Linville Gorge. The first night was quite an adventure, for sure. There were 30-40mph gusts coming up the ridge where I was hanging. You could hear the roar coming, as the wind would be making it's way up from the Gorge. My tarp was pitched against the wind, but was blowing in on me all night. So, I decided it was time for those pullouts. Shug was right, they are a pain to sew! I'm happy with how they turned out, but next time, I think I would make the patches square. It would be a whole lot better than trying to sew in a circle. I'm also experimenting with tying directly from each end of the tarp, as opposed to a CRL. I seem to be getting a much tighter pitch this way. Any thoughts on this? Here's the finished product.
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