First of all, thank you all for all the input!! Clearly this does need at the very least the basic guy lines. I would plan to run a guy line [...] and between the arched-spans over the tarp to prevent ballooning. Tarp is going to trap wind much more readily than shade material. Try to find tarp with...

Hello! Any advice would be much appreciated on the construction of this shade structure for my camp! I'll be following the design laid out here: http://www.maxicon.com/Burning_Man/PVC_Structures/pvc_on_the_playa.htm http://www.maxicon.com/Burning_Man/PVC_Structures/shade_cloth_1.jpg ...except instea...