It may well be that this is old hat to you all but for me it is a new discovery.  I love my Cooks custom sewing tarp but have always been worried during a wind of doing damage to it. It is such a big sail and the stress to the ties severe. Went down to the local hardware and bought some American made shock cord 3/8 x 14" for all four corners and to rig it lashed each end of the shock cord  with 440 cord loops and then frapped the 440 cord to the shock cord with some nylon cord. That done I doped the ends of the shock cord and the nylon frapping with that very liquid super glue. I made sure that the exposed ends of the rubber bands got plenty of glue to for sure hold them in place.
Well I tested it out the next day (20-25 mph wind) and it worked just like I hoped it would. The wind could never get a solid hit on it, and a side effect was that sound of flutter, flutter, flutter that the wind makes playing with an edge was gone. It's reasonable to think that the tent pegs used to put it up ought to stay in the ground better too.
Best Wishes, Rob

Good ideas.
I might suggest you also strive try to rig your tarp so that the side facing the prevailing wind is lower than the side opposite. In a big blow the air needs a place to "spill" out of or even the best stakes/bungees/stitching in a strong enough wind will take a beating.

Walmart sells a 12 pack of these
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I'm not a fan of bungies or poles for rainflies. Poles always seemed to fall and hit those who had nothing to do with setup and/or are continually in the way.

Taunt is key to being both quiet and stable in the wind. It's not a spinnaker. I don't want mine catching wind and ballooning at any time. I found out the hard way that that's a good way to shred a tarp. They are expensive and it sucks to portage a ripped up tarp.

A ridgeline is a must as is a similar line past the fireplace so you can adjust for differing wind directions w/o totally restring or torching it. ~Well, mostly. Plus I expect bungies would allow puddling in the rain thus adding a lot of weight while sacrificing headroom. Also, tying half off to lines instead of trees or fixed points allows some, but not too too much give when needed -IMHO.

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All the reasons for the different set-ups makes me glad I got my Kondos version of the Dri-Fly.

With 3 sides protected, the odds of the wind changing 180 degrees to the front are pretty small. I can pitch it close to ground in inclement weather, or higher off the ground when I want a 360 view.

On cool/rainy nights/days, the 3 sides hold the heat in from a nice campfire. At the same weight as a similar sized tarp, it's worth a look see IMHO. Built tough and has multiple loop attachment points.

I like the center of the tarp high and I do not like carrying a pole so I run a rope over head to hold the center of the tarp up.  Other than that I string it much like DD’S with a ridge line running under the tarp. The center of the ridge line is held up by loops sown to both sides of the tarp. This does leave some tarp slack but I do not mind.
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My pleasure but wow, that's the nicest thing anyone has directed in my general direction for months w/o an obvious caveat and I've been providing this potluck for more than a dozen years now. There comes a time you get tired of those who forever consume w/o ever bringing a dish to pass. Think of the he share page as a local deli....

After two/three months into it ... there's no real difference. Most can get sort-of a picture by perusing the (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and doing some math but my life is so much easier now w/o the extra eyes a day, I should have committed years ago. The indignant complaints tapered off after a week or two. What people need to keep in mind is that QJ is not an outfitter's tool. It's simply focused/real people sharing ways to do something they love a bit better - IMHO. Technology hasn't yet advanced to the point of smelling who loves it more but I can assure you someone's working on it.

What's really funny to me these days is that when I started this site, and I'd have to login with a username and password, it freaked me out thinking that the internet ... no, the whole world stopped cold waiting for me to enter the correct combination.

It's still a trip for me and as for QJ type subscribers and paddlers go, I do hope that both the words and and pictures they can find 'round here improve some trips.

For those of you who like a centerpole in your tarp set-up (that would be me) you will want to be careful of your centerpole losing its moorings and damaging your tarp.

I have a cooke custom sewing tarp which I think is first rate. They have a pocket configuration of sorts which "holds" or "grips" the centerpole. I was never quite satisfied with the arrangement as I have had it pop out several times. Fortunately I have caught it before damage was done.

I have hit on what I condsider an ideal solution which I will pass on. Rig as usual but then go to home depot and get a "velcro strap". They are widely available but easily overlooked. Sold in a set of 5 or 6 they are about 8" or so and have a slot where you can feed the velcro through the strap. It is infinitely adjustable and you can really get a bite around your center pole and the hook and loop closure system. Used it for 11 days during blustery conditions and it worked like a champ.

hmmm, The length of paracord run through the loops and spiraled down and staked off is what I had done in the past. I still had some issues with the pole coming out of the pocket. The velcro tie seems to remedy the problem quite nicely and stores well just by wrapping around the paracord. The ties will undoubtedly have some other applications as well. Check them out.