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30/8/2012 at 11:49pm
Location: Manchester
Outfit: Outwell Colorado 5 & Outwell Salinas L
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Hi all,
Currently in Robin Hoods Bay for the first time in an Outwell Colorado 5 (the orange one with the sig not the 2009 blue version), but I don't think it's pitched properly.
The wind was up on Tuesday when we arrived and we pitched as best we could - my other half had surgery a little over a month ago, so she did what she could and we both battled on against the wind.
We tried to use the footprint but couldn't get the tent to the right length at the front because the sig was billowing up inside and going taught where the second pole had been pegged down. To make matters worse, the pitch is on a nice slope! I gave up on the footprint and took it out.
Anyway, the rear panel and the first side panels on both sides are ok, but there is a lot of movement in the middle and front panels on both sides when subjected to wind. All guys are on delta's and there doesnt seem to be much movement in any of the guys.
The wind on Tuesday was coming SW over the moors and out to sea, but it changed direction Wednesday night to come from the North and is hitting the entire left side of the tent square on.
When I checked this morning, one of the fibreglass poles across the middle had moved away from the plastic support of the steel pole but had not worked completely free. This was worked back in to place against the rain and wind and all guys were checked, tightened if needed and repositioned if absolutely necessary.
Despite all this, the front and middle panels of the left side are bearing the brunt of the wind and are still moving a lot in the wind.
The middle section has developed a creak in short gusts and higher prolonged gusts, but I don't know whether the creak is coming from the fibreglass pole or from the fabric/seam, as it only seemed to start after a prolonged period of rain had passed over and things had started to dry out...
Any idea what we've done wrong?
What can we do to stop the front and middle panels flapping like a wizards sleeve and stop the very disconcerting creaking?
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31/8/2012 at 8:05pm
Location: Surrey
Outfit: Outwell Montana and Birdland 3
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Hi
I really feel for you, it is no fun in high winds. I have a Monty 6 and disregard Outwells instuctions, it is almost the same shape, so here goes.
Peg down footprint
Lay tent over F/print and peg all 4 corners, and open front doorway
Thread poles though at doorway end and lift and secure.
Move down tent to next pole sleeve and repeat.
Continue to end, then guy out as normal.
Once stable, make sure all pegging areas are pegged, it may also help if the mud valance is pegged to the outside of tent.
Hope this helps and the wind dies down
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Denise
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