MYOG tarp

[nick beaudoin]

Here is a Cat curve tarp that I made yesterday using a .6oz sil polyester cloth from Dimension.

I was a little disappointed with the trail weight of 380g, I was hoping to be in around the 300g mark. I think that my weights went up because I stuck it together like a sail using Kikusui tape, but I don't have to seem seal so…

It has similar dimensions to the Spinn Twinn but a bit longer along the ridge and wider at the back.

I started by laying the cloth out on the floor doubled up on itself. I them measured out the corners and using a batten to draw all the curves in the panels.

After drawing the shape I then floor cut it.

Using pins to hold both panels in place while I cut away the edges, saving scrap for corner reo's.

I then stuck on my corner reo's and did a double fold over on the edges using 9mm kikusui.

I the joined the two panels together using a felled seem for the ridge line. Then adding the peak reo's after they were joined.

After the tarp was in one piece I finished the corners off with line locks, webs and spectra cord.

nick

[Chris Krafcik]

So you didn't sew anything? can you tell me more about this tape. How does the seams hold up to the tugging?

[Eugene Smith]

Tarp looks great, I'm fond of the neon glow the fabric gives off in that lighting. Please tell me that the entire floor of that shop is cork!? That's a tarp makers dream, endless points of contact for fabricating and pitching. Completely no-sew MYOG tarp?

[nick beaudoin]

Hi guys,
Sorry for the confusion, but the entire tarp is sewed. The tape is used to hold it all together before sewing. This particular cloth is a pain in the ass to work with (very slippery) so I needed all the help I could get.

As for the floor at the sail loft I work at is not cork. It just plywood painted light green for the contrast.
nick

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