A good way of holding a tarp or awning against the van is to use
something to snap it on the drip rail. The heavy duty paper clips, or
laundry clips work, but you need many and it makes it a pain to take
the awning on and off.

A much better solution is to get 4-5 ft of flexible plastic pipe
(pvc or the like). Cut it in 1-2ft sections for ease of handling,
and slit them open lengthwise. To fasten the awning or tarp fold it
over the drip rail and slip the slotted pipe over.

/Martin

> then go back and clean and apply the
> other velcro as high and close to the tent-side as possible.  It will
> be covered by the closed top, so it won't suffer from the sun. [Note:
> this velcro is the weak point in the system. It's needed to keep the
> tarp tight up against the tent, but because of the curved roof it's
> always in "semi pull-off" mode.

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Computer Science Department             jag@cs.rochester.edu
Yale University

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