Testing the tent

Illusion's tent uses material reclaimed from a discarded frame tent. Here it is well and truly tested by the English summer weather.

There is plenty of room but the eagled eyed amongst you will have spotted the fatal law - zips are not waterproof! So whilst its very convenient that, by pure chance, the original curved door is on top for easy access....it won't be much fun waking up in a puddle:

A little water has run down the mast but the big puddle is due to the zip leaking, proven with a garden watering can. Plan B now.....time for a cuppa.

Hull Decking

Its been a while since I updated the blog - I tend to use the HBBR forum more (see http://uk-hbbr-forum.967333.n3.nabble.com/Tales-of-Illusion-td2740952.html).

So here is a video of the decking which improves her dramatically. The only issue now is to keep the rain out! (more later):