I made this tarp a couple of weeks ago from 1.5 oz poly coated nylon.
This was my first tarp attempt and it shows
The tie-outs took longer to sew than the basic tarp!
Started with cutting the fabric on my specialist, low profile, padded cutting platform ;
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I finished the basic cat tarp before adding the doors as I wanted the edges hemmed for extra strength and measured the doors to have enough overlap when set up on the ground with my Leki's;
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After sewing on the doors I ended up with this( taken after I got back from a weeks kayak trip with it); I really should have used bias tape, I don't like the uneven look. A lesson learned for Tarp 2.0
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Its cavernous inside, definitely the wrong side of UL;
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Corner tie outs, reinforced with 6oz nylon;
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There are 19 tie outs. 13 of them are made from polyester hem tape. The 4 corner are polyester webbing for durability. The RL ties are Grosgrain, reinforced with webbing too. Gutterman thread all round too
I didn't want a cat ridge, so I made the centre tie-up loop shorter than the neighbouring 2 to give a Catenary shape to the ridgeline.
I had problems keeping the doors unruckled(is this a word) whilst sewing them to the hem, I'll use bias tape next time I think. The tie-out reinforcement isn't right either, another mod for next time.
Dimensions; 3.4 m/ 11.25 ft x 3m/ 9.9ft
It weighed 540g before the doors, 680g after, 800g odd with all cord, clips, RL etc.
This fabric is incredibly quiet- even with the doors dangling in the wind there is very little sound.
Testing isn't going well, weather has been amazing for months
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