[Philmont] Dining Flys

If you will wash the Tyvek in warm water it will soften up more. The
flapping could be the way they were set up, you could make the wind side
lower to the ground to make the noise thing not as bad.
Steve MacIntyre
Troop 777
Hermitage, TN
Philmont Advisor 02, 32NFM2, 03, 23, 05, 32, 06, 32

----- Original Message -----
From: <runonall6@bellsouth.net>
To: "Philmont List Member" <Philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: [Philmont] Dining Flys

>> There have been some discussions on Backpacker.com website forums
>> regarding the use of tyvek as
> tarps. While they are obviously light, some have complained that they are
> loud when flapping in a
> strong breeze. Washing them in cold water without soap in a washing
> machine makes them more
> plyable and may reduce the noise in the wind. The discussions tended to
> recommend the use of
> siliconized ripstop nylon over tyvek for use as tarps. The nylon is
> stronger and still very light.
>
> Gregg Nuessly
> Venture Crew 2125
> 622-M1 trek 31
>
>
>> From: Michael_J_Conkey@nbc.gov
>> Date: 2006/04/12 Wed PM 02:08:49 EDT
>> To: "Philmont List Member" <Philmont@troop47.com>
>> Subject: [Philmont] Dining Flys
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We used the Philmont dining fly and poles in 2002. This was an area we
>> wanted to shave weight in 2004 (smaller crew members) so we bought a
>> Noah's
>> tarp. It was awesome! I forget the details (I'm sure they are on the
>> net), but it weighed about 1/2 that of the Philmont dining fly, plus we
>> used hiking poles as our supports. Not sure if we will use Noah's Tarps
>> for the council contingent in 2007, but I doubt we will be using
>> Philmont's
>> dining flys.
>>
>> With all the talk about Tyvek, I wonder why Philmont doesn't go that
>> route
>> for their issued flys, if it is that great? You'd think it would be
>> cheaper, lighter and more durable???? There must be a drawback? No
>> flames, just inquiring minds want to know <g>? YIS. Mike ('02, '04 and
>> '07).

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