Fwd: TENT - Re: new to tent making

[joesilas@writeme.com]

 ---- Courun wrote: 
> They are getting more popular. At the Corwn Tourney for Stephen and Niobe we had two ro three pavalinos at 20' and a microlino at about 10' diameter.  Dafydd's it the biggest I've seen. I think that's why it was the main gate, and set up right next to the Chapel of Cleanliness is Next to Godliness the camp shower replete with stained glass windows <G>). 
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Question(s):  What diameter would such a tent have to be at the shoulder to acomodate a family of 4 (2 adults 2 pre-teen) at Pennsic for a week?  We'd want to put a queen size rope bed, a small card table and a couple chairs in it.  And what slope would the sides have to have to make it stable? I'm assuming that the floor space between the shoulder an the outside edge would be usable for little else but storage.  Due to the slope of the wall.  

I'm measuring diameter by spoke length since the thing wouldn't be a true circle.

I was thinking 20', but from some drawings I've tried to do that seems a little small.

Ears open,

Andri

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