Every year some poor bugger who has probably never done it before it gets to rig the tarps and be responsible for any soggy miserable @@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ work. Feel free to improve it over time.
There are two essentially-separate jobs:
If there is any chance of it raining soon, start with the water -tarp, as you really don't want to miss it, and +
If there is any chance of it raining soon, start with the water +tarp, as you really don't want to miss collectingt all that water, and setting up in the rain is rubbish.
-Use a long/thin (2x5m) waterproof 'logpile' tarp. It is hung -between two side longitudinal ropes, with lots of bits of string -attaching the eyelets to the side ropes. Aim to hang it under the hole -in the roof, and far enough forward that water off the front falls -onto the 'water platform' (not into the food boxes).
-It's easiest to approximately tie the tarp to the side ropes with -adjustable knots, then put the ropes in place, adjusting as you -go. The outer line ends up too high to adjust once properly in -place. Adjust it to catch as much of the water falling through the -hole as possible, and slope gently, but consistently downwards.
- -In past years we have hung the funnel in the hole. This is a faff -and misses a lot of water. Just hang it below the end of the tarp where -it will get nearly all the water and is much easier to hang/adjust/unclog.
- -How not to do it
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Since 2015 we have one really big (15x10m, white) tarp (rather than the smaller 10x10 green one, shown in the diagram). This covers the whole sleeping area from front to back and is a lot drier. It is set up so @@ -68,6 +53,7 @@ wide enough to span the width of the bivvy. The instructions below are a good guide as to how to set up any tarp, and the large white tarp actually has a few instructions written on it. You can largely ignore the 'fold' notes, and use your own judgement.
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Start with the big white tarp. The long edge goes from front to back of the bivi. The basic position is that it goes all the way to @@ -101,11 +87,36 @@ all the water runs down the top and out the front not collecting in 'buckets', which then drip. That means that it has to be fitted quite 'flat'.
+Ideally the lines that run down from back to front should be so tight that +no cross-lines are needed. Thene there can be no dripping pockets at all. This requires +threading lines through maillons in the roof, rather than tying them off, +then pulling down on the line with all your weight (jammer and a friend useful) +before tying off at another bolt at about waist level. +You should not need to put in new bolts, they should all be in place already.
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+ +Use a long/thin (2x5m) waterproof 'logpile' tarp. It is hung +between two side longitudinal ropes, with lots of bits of string +attaching the eyelets to the side ropes. Aim to hang it under the hole +in the roof, and far enough forward that water off the front falls +onto the 'water platform' (not into the food boxes).
+ +It's easiest to approximately tie the tarp to the side ropes with +adjustable knots, then put the ropes in place, adjusting as you +go. The outer line ends up too high to adjust once properly in +place. Adjust it to catch as much of the water falling through the +hole as possible, and slope gently, but consistently downwards.
+ +In past years we have hung the funnel in the hole. This is a faff +and misses a lot of water. Just hang it below the end of the tarp where +it will get nearly all the water and is much easier to hang/adjust/unclog.
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