Hi,

I've recently "inherited" an old Albatros Junior from my parents. Pitched it in the garden but apparently I did something wrong because the middle pole fell down over night. Admittedly it is quite windy, a couple of shingles came of the roof of the house as well but after reading here I expected the tent to manage the wind.

So questions:

1. What did I do wrong? I'm attaching a picture.
2. Some (but not all) guy ropes had rubber bands on them, is this correct? They look quite brittle, should I replace them? Should there be one on all ropes?
3. The pointy end of the main pole poked through the fabric, ripped it and I'm now left with a 10 inch tear. Any idea how to repair that?





Thanks!

Its a shame.
Never use rubber rings on peglines from a tent!
Thats the reason the the pole fall down.

quite a big tear. I would have tent fabric repaired by a tent maker by putting the same piece of fabric on it. If the pole bag is the same material as the tent, you can use it.

tip; make the guyropes so long as possible.

What Kaatje meant was that the pegs should go through the metal ring with the rope attached to it. And start with the ropes from the peglines as long as possible indeed, than apply tension afterwards. I always do it the first two days and as soon as I can play some bassguitar on the pegropes the tension is right

Thanks for the responses. So bottom line: It fell because there wasn't enough tension?

What are those rubber bands for if not for the pegs? I mean somebody must've had a reason to put them there in the first place.

As for the damage, I checked again and it doesn't look as bad as I thought originally. I have some pieces leftover in the bag - probably sun awnings or something - that I could use to fix this but I'd prefer if I could avoid cutting them up.

You can use the rubber bands only for the windshields.

Any thoughts on a product like this for repairs? https://belltent.co.uk/products/tear-ai ... anvas-tent

Thats works well