Hi Linds,
I made a rope halo out of paracord for last years burn which was super-successful. It was pretty cheap, easy to make beforehand and made pitching and striking the yurt a piece of cake. The paracord is lightweight and comes in MANY COLOURS!!!!! Definitely easier than using standard tape tie downs (I did this in 2007 and 2008) as you don't use tape, you can prepare the halo in advance and get it attached and taught on playa in literally 2 minutes. You can find some images of the rope halo here, including a rough sketch of how to make it: - http://imgur.com/a/bu3qy I think I only used 4 guy lines in the end rather than 6, but you may want more for a bigger hexayurt. You need to make use of 3 knots to get it to work: - *a bowline* to loosely attach each of the guy lines to the halo (the tension on the lines keeps them in place) - *a taut line hitch* to make the guy lines adjustable, as you'll want to check that its tight every day - *a double fisherman's* to make the rope halo length adjustable if needed Instructions on how to do all the knots can be found on this page: http://www.animatedknots.com/indexscouting.php. Unfortunately I don't have the lengths of the ropes but its pretty easy to figure out once you get going. Remember - no knots on playa, its all done in advance - you just need to attach the whole thing to your rebar and tighten up the taut line hitches and BOOM you are done. Hope this helps, I'll try to put together a more exhaustive diagram and set of instructions soon. Comments welcome!!! Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/mFzUu5ElnSMJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
