rigging up siamese poncho tarps?

[Katherine Kane]

What’s the best technique for pitching two poncho tarps to make a two-person shelter?

[Ryan Faulkner]

I have two golite poncho tarps and tommorow I`ll figure it out and post some pictures :-)

but if you want to see a profesional set up download 2003-08 Uintas in this link and the last few photos show Ryan Jordan and Alan Dixons integral designs ponchos set up side by side

Pictures

[Katherine Kane]

Thanks Ryan, that gets me started. Good to see what to do with the hood. Is there a way to get no gaps on the ridgeline where the ponchos meet so they could take a real downpour?

I just pulled mine out on the living room floor and experimented. They’re the “extended” silnylon ones that Campmor sells. I was hoping I could use the snaps to join them but: one way the snap placement doesn’t line up right leaving huge, untaut gaps, and the other way its all too symetrical and the male/female snaps don’t snap into each other. Any sewing types know if there’s any such thing as a “snap-converter”?

(I suppose if I were really handy I could sew a joining roof that might fix both promblems. But I don’t have my diy chops up.)

Or,is there any overlapping configuration that wouldn’t double the necessary cords?

-K

[Mark]

Here’s an idea: snap the ponchos as much as possible. You’ll have about a .5-1″ overlap. Then, fold this overlap as if you were making a felled seam.

Two layers become four layers. If you have enough ridgeline tension it may hold the felled edges on its own. Or maybe you could use some office clips to hold the top most fold.
-Mark

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