DentonDoc wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:14pm:

Pat - I noticed from your photo that your tarps don't have any tie-outs along the center line (except at the edges).  Any reason for this?  (Nice trick to use shoes as a tensioning device.  :)) The green tarps looks very much like my Campmor tarps; green with white tie-outs.  They have worked VERY well, but the silnylon tarp should cut the weight about in half. dd

dd,

I added a loop dead center on the seam on two of the tarps before my trip this year. I would recommend you put one on yours. You can't have too many tie outs and not putting one on initiallly was an oversight.

The winds kept those lines pretty tight and one of my nephews thought that would be a good place to dry his shoes.

That big green tarp in the background belongs to my nephew and is made by Kondos. The tie outs are actually black. The white that you see is a Klemheist knot made of white cordage used to tension the tarp along that red rope used as a ridgeline. We had a lot of different rope and cord along on that trip. I pretty much stick with 550 cord now.

Here is another pic of that tarp:

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