On the Beach #26

[Captain Kidd]

Wonderful pics! First one is my fav!

[Captain Kidd]

Tent arrived today. Easy setup and takedown (a little tricky but a simple 3-step procedure does the trick; video provided). Length as stated (102"). Width is a little flexible (57"). Sides can be compressed a bit. I'll be eager to see if it is indeed waterproof and how it fits on my boat.

Some pluses on this tent. A door on both ends which will give me access to bow and stern. Side windows which can be opened/closed from inside the tent. All four openings have screens.

[Charles Brennan]

Dale, Not to hijack the thread, but I would like to follow closely, your efforts with the tent.
I am anticipating employing some kind of tenting arrangement for the SCAMP and if I can get something off the shelf and not have to engineer/sew something together from scratch, I would prefer it! 

LOTSA Pics, Please!! 
Charles Brennan

[Doug SC]

I suspect that if more than a light or short rain happens water will get into this tent. However. a tarp over the boom would probably be sufficient to keep water out. Also, high winds have a way of deforming the walls pushing them down unless there are guy ropes to the sides of many backpacking tents. Think mountaineering tents. So, consider doing this as well as tying the stake loops down when setting the tent up.
 
I too am interested as it would be roomier for two people if it could fit on the Scamp. I did a search on Amazon and found this one-person option that would easily fit on a Scamp.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2YWHBLN/?coliid=I2U3CXH19BF7A2&colid=19ARYS9922JV9&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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[Captain Kidd]

I will be trying it out first opportunity (including rain). I just ordered two eye straps to attach to the transom to tie the guy lines to so that the tent will stay as taught as possible. I did read a thorough review that claimed the tent was indeed waterproof, so fingers crossed. Hopefully I won't have to resort to a tarp as that kind of defeats the purpose of simplicity.

[Riley Smith]

What an artist, eh?

All the heck I need is a square of the correct size to go over the boom. I haven't managed it in 25 years, so it must not be essential

[Captain Kidd]

All the heck I need is a square of the correct size to go over the boom. I haven't managed it in 25 years, so it must not be essential

Actually I've only slept on either of my open boats a handful of times. Twice I used a tarp over the boom. That was on my 11' Little Bit. A regular blue tarp. One of those two nights was quite windy. That tarp rattled all night. A third time I slept in a free standing one person tent. I've slept on Disciple Ship three times, all in a free standing two person tent. Most of the times when I've spent overnight on a trip, I've slept ashore.

But my plan is to do more overnight trips and sleep aboard more often. With a lug sail I also have the yard attached to the mainsail which complicates the notion of throwing a tarp over the boom. A free standing tent makes sense to me. And these new-fangled popup tents should work well on a small vessel with limited room to move about fiddling with poles. These tents open up on their own when you remove them from their sacks.

Of course, most boom tents that I've seen will keep most of the rain out of your boat whereas these tents will not keep any of it out. So bailing water after a heavy rain will be needed.

We'll see how it goes.

[Riley Smith]

I had the catboat set up to shore camp for some time and did. I carried a small tent up under the bow. That boat will hold an amazing amount of stuffe. Those days are long gone and the tent too. I still have the rain fly somewhere. I guess if I got creative I could adapt that if it is somewhere near the correct size.

[Doug SC]

Where I spend my time at the coast no-see-um mesh screen is a necessity. You can't really sleep (at least I couldn't) on a sea kayak. So, I carry a two-man backpacking tent and sleep on the beach. Although Freya Hoffmeister did sleep on her sea kayak using two paddle floats when she paddled 300 miles across the Bay of Carpathia to avoid the saltwater crocs near shore when she paddled around Australia.

I have spent only one night on the Scamp under the canvas tent I made for it and found it worked well. However, it would be somewhat claustrophobic, for two people as there would be little head room sleeping at the level of the seats. Because much of the area I paddle at the coast doesn't allow for beach camping sleeping on the boat is the only option. The vast spartina marshes provide no place to camp on land. This will allow me to spend time in those areas for beachcombing during the day. I enjoy shelling and fossil hunting on these beaches, and I do some fishing. Lake Jocassee is another place I enjoy and there again legal camping is only allowed at 3 sites,