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A shade sail stays up over the patio or a corner of the yard for the warm months, so start with the shape your anchor points allow. The triangle cut fits between a wall and two posts and runs from 200 x 200 x 200 cm up to 500 x 500 x 710 cm, in black, grey, beige or blue. Square and rectangular sails need four anchor points but cover more ground: the 4 x 4 m sail gives you 16 square metres, and the 8 m sail stretches to 400 x 800 cm. The smaller ones also travel with the rest of your camping gear for a picnic spot or a campsite.
The fabric tells you how much weather a sail will take. The 4 x 4 m sail is high-density polyethylene and blocks 95% of the sun off the ground below, which drops the temperature you feel underneath. The Oxford and polyester sails carry a water figure instead: 400 mm on the triangle, under 1000 mm on the cream sail, 1500 mm on the grey sail and on the 8 m sail. Below 1000 mm, count on shade and a passing shower. At camp, a sail rigged off the door of your tent gives you a covered spot to cook and sit.
Each sail comes with its ropes: four on the square and rectangular sails and three guy ropes on the triangle. Posts and tensioners are yours to sort, so measure between your anchor points before you choose a size. Give the sail a fall, with one corner lower than the others, so rain runs off and the middle pulls tight. When a storm is on the way, unclip it and roll it up.
The range also holds heavier tarps. The PVC-coated tarpaulins are 0.35 mm thick at 450 g per square metre, with metal eyelets and reinforced seams for covering a trailer or a stack of gear. The camo pergola tarp is 210T polyester Oxford with a PU3000 coating and tie-outs at each corner and along the ridge, so you can rig it as a wing or as a flat sun roof.
If what you want is a sheet to throw over the camp kitchen for a long weekend, rather than a sail that stays up all summer, look through our camping tarps.
