After a few iterations and helpful tips from likeminded member Sqidmark, I have arrived at my new tarp ridgeline setup.
The idea grew here: https://hammockforums.net/forum/show...tarp-connector
But it is now sufficiently different and useable that I found it logical to create it's own thread.
I have named it "Caterpillar CRL" because the UCR's used look like caterpillars crawling over the ridgeline when adjusting and releasing them.
The concept looks rather complex in diagrams or writing, but in practice I find it rather simple. It is an attempt to combine the adjustability of UH's 2-biner CRL with the stand-alone, tensioned CRL Dutch's wasp & Dutch hook create.
This is the basic idea (blue bits are UCR's as well):
The line attaches to the fixed end with a simple biner.
1 caterpillar-UCR replaces the prussik we know from the 2-biner CRL on the adjustable end.
Instead of clipping straight to the tarp, the adjustable end attaches to a dogbone UCR. The tarp connects to the other side of this dogbone.
At the fixed end of the CRL, the tarp is connected to a second caterpillar to keep the entire thing easy to center and tighten.
These are the Caterpillar UCR's, total length 3.5 inch:
This is the dogbone UCR (on the right) & caterpillar UCR (on the adjustable end on the left), combined to keep the line taught and attach the tarp:
As this is all rather hard to explain, I made a short video, albeit without sound:
Please ignore the giant biner on the fixed end, I only have 3 micro's at hand so I used one of the hammock biners over there Furthermore the caterpillar on the fixed end side of the tarp doesn't have the locked brummel yet in the video, I've added it since.
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