Friday, June 17, 2011

NPCC knowledge: Tent-pitiching and flagstaff erection (edited 17/06/2011)

PARTS OF NPCC 4-MAN TENT

1) 1 x inner sheet (with door flaps at both ends and wall flaps on both sides)

2) 1 x outer sheet

3) 1 x ground sheet

4) 1 x horizontal pole (also known as crossbar)

5) 2 x vertical poles (also known as uprights)

6) 14 x metal pegs (plus an additional peg or mallet to drive in last peg)

7) Twine (12 x 1.5m, 2 x 2.0m)

PARTS OF A FLAGSTAFF

1) 2 x spars (3.0m)

2) 3 pegs (plus an additional peg/mallet to peg in the last peg)

3) 1 x long nylon rope (flag line/halyard)

4) 1 x 1.0m twine/bootlace (for loop to pull through halyard)

5) 2 x 3.0m 0.5inch manila hemp (round lashings)

6) 2 x 5.5m 0.5inch manila hemp (guylines)