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This
ultra-lightweight system helps to eliminate heat loss and keeps your sleeping bag
insulation dry adding extra warmth and comfort during cold or damp nights. It also
protects your bag from the elements and exterior wear and tear providing you many extra
years of use from your bag. Two bivy sack designs to choose from. [View 2 using an Ultrex
top and coated taffeta tub including noseeum, thread, hook & loop, zippers &
pattern costs approx. $59 to make].
Design
#1: Basic design that minimizes weight and assembly time. Hook and loop closure and
rainflaps along the top of the hood opening keeps the elements out. Simply pulling back
the hood accesses optional built-in no-see-um netting.
Design
#2: Uniquely designed hood has 2 reversible pull zippers along each side so the hood
can be pulled back when it is not needed. Rainflaps and hook and loop hood closure keeps
the elements out. Simply pulling back the hood accesses optional built-in no-see-um
netting
Suggested
fabrics: Top and Hood- waterproof/breathable (Stormshield,
Gore-Tex, Extreme). Bottom Tub- lightweight, waterproof (coated taffeta, ripstop,
oxford). Nettting- No-see-um
Depending on fabric selection the completed project weights approximately 16 oz.
Due to each
designs size, exact measurements and
instructions for layout are given rather than a pattern.
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| Bilgy Light Weight Tarp Shelters
Roomy, sturdy, and totally protective against bugs and blowing rain.
By
Bill Gurwell, bgurwell@hotmail.com June 2004
Tarp Shelter has a large
silnylon Tarp attached to a no-see-um Shelter with silnylon bathtub floor and end flaps to
completely cover and protect both ends of the Shelter from wind and rain. Pictured above,
the no-see-um door and the silnylon door flap are rolled up and secured (velcroed) to the
floor. One or both sides can be lowered to the ground to shed wind. Inside pocket,
clothesline & light hanger.
- Large Tarp with sit-up height, and
awning for cooking and wet gear storage. One-piece design keeps Shelter dry during setup
and takedown in the rain.
- Mosquito Shelter with bathtub floor
and large, zippered door. Flaps at both door and foot stop wind and rain. Tub floor
rejects flowing groundwater.
- Excellent, adjustable ventilation; no
sidewall or end condensation, ever.
- Preset-adjustable lines, easy setup
and fast takedown.
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1-PERSON |
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2-PERSON |
Weight (with 4 oz. of stakes) |
1 lb.- 12 oz. |
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2 lb.- 2 oz. |
Add for Tyvek groundsheet. |
3 oz. |
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4 oz. |
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hiking poles for front & back poles, or 2 sticks 5 ft. and 2 ft. long. Optional aluminum tent poles, construction
described, are 6 oz. total. |
Height |
40" |
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44" |
Floor Area |
36" x 87" |
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48" x 87" |
Useful floor area - equivalent to conventional
tent with slanting walls |
42" x 93"
27 sq. ft. |
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54" x 93"
35 sq. ft. |
Make-It-Yourself Plans
Simple,
rectangular layout of all large parts. Patterns for other parts.
Needs
only home sewing machine, using step by step procedures.
Tough
construction – pulls bartacked; seams topstitched. No roof seam.
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cost |
#9102 |
Pattern |
$10.00 |
#8306 |
Kit w/ sil nylon fabric, pattern and
instructions |
$99.75 |
#8307 |
Kit w/ sil nylon fabric and w/o pattern and
instr. |
$94.60 |
click
here for yardages and supplies |
| KITS
INCLUDE ALL OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE BILGY (IE: FABRIC (SILNYLON-SL.
2NDS), THREAD, GROSGRAIN, CORD, HOOK & LOOP AND FASTENTERS- EVERYTHING LISTED IN THE
SUPPLY LIST EXCEPT THE OPTIONAL ITEMS. ITEM# 8306 INCLUDES PATTERN AND INSTRUCTIONS) |
COLORS OF 1.1 OZ.
RIPSTOP |
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black |
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gray |
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royal |
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navy |
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brite blue |
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dk. purple |
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dk. teal blue |
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lime |
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Bilgy Tarp Shelter
Side View at
normal height.
Set down -
only for very high winds.
2-Person: 36" high at Door, 24" high at Foot.
1-Person: 32" high at Door, 20" high at Foot.
Normal
Height - 44" at Door, 24" at Foot.
1-Person: 40" at Door, 20" at Foot.
Lifters
raise Roof sides if desired.
Windward
side down. Flaps & Door open.
No-see-um
Door zipped up. Silnylon Door & Foot Flaps cover ends fully, or partially. |
