I see you have a snakeskin so that's the first step in setting up in the wind. But I didn't see where you mentioned your orientation to the wind. It seems natural to want the tarp broadside to the wind. And of course, there are two, or more, schools of thought on that. These days I set up parallel to the wind. 1) it presents a smaller surface area for the wind to push against. 2) it allows the support trees to act as part of the windbreak. 3) the aerodynamics seem to give the sides lift rather than pushing them in (have to adjust the stakeouts for that).
Also, I have to remember I don't need to set a level ridgeline. I can lower the end facing the wind a bit. I also have a little bungee in the setup (side guylines). It allows the tarp to flex and spill the wind load, then bounce back into place.
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I've also got a 12' HG Journey, it also has slipped on me once or twice. I have linelocs connecting to beasty D's. Since then I've done two things and not had problems in some pretty serious rain and wind. First, I added a very beefy bungie loops to my Beasty-Ds to act as a shock absorber in windy conditions. I expect to have to change these out annually as they will wear out. Second, with pretty much every lineloc I use I now put a slippery half hitch just underneath the lineloc to keep it from slipping.
I've also got a 12' HG Journey, it also has slipped on me once or twice. I have linelocs connecting to beasty D's. Since then I've done two things and not had problems in some pretty serious rain and wind. First, I added a very beefy bungie loops to my Beasty-Ds to act as a shock absorber in windy conditions. I expect to have to change these out annually as they will wear out. Second, with pretty much every lineloc I use I now put a slippery half hitch just underneath the lineloc to keep it from slipping.
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