DIY self tensioning tarp lines

[potneck]

Need some info/inst on DIY self tensioning tarp lines

[Desiel]

Basically you can do it two ways...

1. you can use shock cord as your complete tie out
or
2. you can get your normal tie out line and tie a length of shock cord in parallel with it

[hangNyak]

I just made some. I made 4 ft whoopie slings out of some braided mason line I had. To that I took a 12 inch piece of shock cord and tied a double fishermans knot to make a loop. larkhead that loop on to your tarp tie out. To adjust just tension the whoopie sling until you stretch the shock cord about an inch. Works great!

[HappyHiker]

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=3731

A great thread with several examples!

[kobold]

and: http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=25052

...surgical tubing is also used.

[potneck]

Thanks so much everyone! That's exactly what I needed. Now just need some time.

[dukedante]

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=27918

[Hawk-eye]

Here's my method ... cheap, simple and works like a charm. Not to mention weighs nearly nothing compared to the surgical tubing method.

[Tendertoe]

I girth hitch a loop of shock cord directly to the tarp tieout.

I then girth hitch my cordage to the loop of shock cord.

Simple, and it also acts as a fail safe (the loop of shock cord will snap before my tarp tears if someone [namely myself ] falls over the line).