Sail Making Technology Applied to Yurt Covering

A David Cain photograph at Yurtville.

The yurt making workshop used sailmaking technology to join ployvinyl sections cut from tarps to cover the yurt. Double sided carpet tape, 3M product, was used to join sections. The joints were hammered down with a rubber mallet to tighten the joint. Quick and easy solution derived from sail makers making sails from tarps. See Making A Polytarp Sail, by David "Shorty" Routh at Duckworks for details. Messing-about.com also has some helpful ideas on polytarp sails and other sail/yurt cover solutions.

Snowboarding and Yurting

Snowboarding, the most awesome winter sport, has been neglected by this blog. And I should know better. I worked with a man, James, who boarded with Terje Haakonsen at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire, when they were both thirteen. I have seen First Descent with James, over and over and over (impossible to get tired of it). I found a blog with the last post in 2007, that is a mind-blowing combination of snowboarding and yurting, posted by Forrest Gladding. Check it out at http://forrestgladding.blogspot.com/2007/03/bunchgrass-yurt.html. And find and befriend him on Facebook. The yurt he made appears to be home-made. The venue, that his yurt is placed in, is incredible. And the snowboarding? see for your self. The very best of yurting and riding. You can't do it better. Thank you, Forrest.

Bruce Sargent
CEO/Author http://www.forloveofyurts.com

Cozy Yurts In Oregon Coastal Wilds

In the Chicago Tribune travel section today: Yurts Cozy Up Wild Oregon Coast
Somewhere between a tent and a cabin, these yurts make park guests feel closer to nature -- including the ocean right outside their door.



Bruce Sargent
CEO/Author http://www.forloveofyurts.com

New Yurt: A Space For Nature Center

New yurt at Pueblo Nature and Raptor Center reported today in The Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado, to open soon.




Bruce Sargent
CEO http://www.forloveofyurts.com