Storms, tent stretch and safety

If you use ClamCleats on your guylinesm, and place them on the tent rather than down near the ground, it may be possible to retension from inside the tent.

If necessary (which is not often), I also might shift the end stakes at the down-wind end of my tunnels, but generally they are put in place at the start with enough tension (4 mm bungee cord loops) to obviate that.

No idea whether this of any help with a TT Moment though.

Cheers

Thanks Roger. I could make up some very short bungee cords on my stake lines. and the CamCleat idea means I could tension and re-tension the cord and the CamCleat would hold that tension.

As you know the TT Moment is essentially a tunnel tent and good in high winds IF you don't let much air get beneath it. Thus my 4 perimeter hem stake loops.

Nuttin' like "belt-and-suspenders" solutions. Or, as the Germans say, "Over engineering is never enough."

Is 4mm bungee about the optimum diameter for adding some 'self tensioning' stretch to a guyline?

Hi Dan

> Is 4mm bungee about the optimum diameter for adding some 'self tensioning' stretch to a guyline?
Well, I think Eric's comment about over-engineering might be appropriate here!

It does depend on what sort of tent you have and where you put the bungee cord. I use it on the down-wind end (vestibule) of my tunnel tents, and it is a loop about 6" long of 4 mm bungee at each corner. Yeah, strong. On the windward end I use loops of 3 mm nylon cord: no movement allowed at that end!

But while some lengthwise tension is a good thing on a tunnel, it may not be so good on some other tents or some other places. For instance, I would not use bungee on the side guys on my tunnels. Rather, they get set to the right length for the pole arches and stay that way for the night. Any slackness in the fabric due to water or cold gets taken out lengthwise, by the bungee cord.

Cheers

Hi Eric

> 2. Top 1/2 of the canopy coated end-to-end with 5:1 ratio (by volume) odorless mineral
> spirits and GE silicone caulk. Seems to have less "wet stretch" after I did this.
Hum … interesting idea.

Cheers