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22/9/2014 at 9:53pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Strictly speaking, the ring and pins should be pegged first... four corners, then the side ones... having squared the groundsheet up, and put the poles in a nice straight line. The elastics are then pegged, with separate pegs, effectively pulling the skirt (Mud flap) out, which in turn, means water runs away from tent.
By pegging the corners first should ensure you completely cover the footprint sheet. Combined with pulling out the skirt, this in turn will ensure rain does not drip off fly sheet/skirt, onto any overhanging footprint (which there shouldn't be any!)
All this can be done with doors open/partly open (allows air in, when putting tent up). All doors/zips should then be fastened, before pegging any guy lines.
The ground sheet in general should be flat, and that front edge in particular, should be nice and straight... but neither should be overly tight, which would lift the edges of the groundsheet up off the floor, and be susceptible to straining, or worse!
Hope that helps a little, at least.
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