To the Lavvu club

[bigroomboy]

So I often see pictures of Tentipis with a tarp rigged over then entrance similar to those in the following link, although the main rope normally goes through the loop in the top and pegged well at the back.

http://www.campingforums.org.uk/forums/blogs/daves/7-weve-arrived.html

I have a helsport Varanger 8 - 10 which i'm quite sure doesn't have a loop at the top, plus with the polyester i would be worries about wearing through.

Has anybody been able to rig up tarps like this on lavvus other than tentipi? I was thinking about making a cone to go over the very top with some old hose to pass the cord though?

 

[Twodogs]

Thats funny as I was looking at lavvulights this morning and found this ,

http://dromedar.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/komforttarp-furs-lavvulight/

Twodogs

 

[bigroomboy]

I like that, very inventive, It could solve the problem of the end of the tarp being so high up, but it wouldnt be so good at stopping rain getting into the lavvu door.

 

[Twodogs]

Did you get an inner for your Varanger 8/10 ?
As I want to know how well thay fit? On the 12/14 it was megga floppy

Twodogs

 

[Twodogs]

I like that, very inventive, It could solve the problem of the end of the tarp being so high up, but it wouldnt be so good at stopping rain getting into the lavvu door.

Nor would the above set up on the tentipi

 

[bigroomboy]

I have the inner but I haven't used it yet. I wasn't too bothered about it but SWMBO really wants to use it. We are using it on the 2nd of Jan so if you are interested I can let you know after that.

 

[bigroomboy]

True, I was thinking of having the end of the tarp right up at the peak of the lavvu

 

[Twodogs]

Cheers

 

[SimonM]

GreenOutdoor do a fitting for just this purpose...I've looked at these a lot, but not taken the plunge yet.

Simon

 

[bigroomboy]

Wow that green outdoor tarp is very nice

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenoutdoor/5704634639/in/set-72157626685533724/

but definitely not something I can afford at the moment. They seem to have a spike at the top of the main pole that locates the tarp. Lots of guy lines though?

 

[Twodogs]

Thers no reason why you couldnt mount the tarp straight to the pole on the varanger and add a guy from the pole to the ground behind the lavvu to take the stress therefore now strain on the nylon lavvu itself ,

Twodogs

 

[bilmo-p5]

Not quite a lavvu, but a similar idea; on Mrs Bilmo's Vango Peace 500 I sewed 2 D-rings to each other, thru' the canopy, directly over the top of the door zip. I rigged a tarp, in an A-frame configuration, off the outside one and set up a horizontal guy from the inner ring to the pole so that the pole was supporting the tarp's ridge line.

 

[Twodogs]

Yep that sounds like a plan ,
No stress on the lavvu

 

[bigroomboy]

Thanks guys, I'll just have to have a go at rigging something up and go from there

 

[Twodogs]

Theres a picture here with a tarp fitted on a Helsport Finnmark , just mounted it below the top hat straight to the pole,

about half way down ,

http://www.outdoorseiten.net/forum/showthread.php/51644-Helsport-Finnmark-6-8/page2

Twodogs