Awning use @ beach???
We have a couple beach trips coming up soon to Emerald Isle in NC and then Edisto Beach State Park in SC. How do you manage your awning in windy environment such as the beach? I have the straps th...
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danimal53 wrote:
even with tie downs, i'd be worried about the point where the awning fabric meets the TT. That seam wouldn't be helped at all by tie downs.
He's right. I use those "De-flappers" the things that tie the sides of the awning to the side frame on a manual awning, and I use 4 of them with 2 of them only about a foot from the top edge which is where most awnings rip. I also tie mine down with dog tie-out screw anchors or 5gal jugs of water if over hard deck. I also will sometimes lower the awning fairly low so that the wind is more likely to go over rather than under.
All of that said I might just roll it up if it gets to bad, but I would still use it if it's not to windy, but with these things mine has held fine in some pretty good breezes. Watch the weather reports for the storms and I think you would be fine.
