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Floating canopy ideas?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:39 pm
by mrbigs3toon
Looking for ideas on how to make a floating canopy shade. Anyone done this or have suggestions? I was thinking about zip tying noodles to the legs of a pop up canopy.

Re: Floating canopy ideas?

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:27 pm
by NonHyphenAmerican

Re: Floating canopy ideas?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:09 am
by crspang
We zip tied noodles from the Dollar Tree to a cheap pop up canopy and it worked really well!

Re: Floating canopy ideas?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:23 pm
by mrbigs3toon
crspang,

Thank You!!! that's what I was thinking. Looks like it works pretty good, anything you would do to make better?

Re: Floating canopy ideas?

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 4:20 pm
by crspang
I don't have any pictures but I've found that only two noodles per leg are necessary for my canopy. It's kind of a pain to deploy in open water so we only use it when we're rafted with other boats so we open it on the boats and then toss it in.

I also made a weight with four equal lenths of rope that I attach to the legs. It pulls the legs inward and keeps them square. It is a 10lb mushroom anchor with 12' leads.