This trick I found a while back, I have altered it a bit but it really works well when strong winds are about.
I've been using it mainly on my tent but it will work on anything with guy ropes.
HOW TO MAKE THEM
YOUR NEED
Enough 3mm elasticated cord to make 4 decent size loops with enough for the knots.
A knife or scissors.
Some shrink wrap that is about 6mm internal. Or just big enough to get two lengths of the elastic through. And about 1" long.
1, Cut your elasticated cord to your length (myself I cut it to 7")
2, Thread two bits of shrink wrap onto a length of elasticated cord as shown.
3, Next take both ends of the elasticated cord and tie a Fisherman's knot. (If you don't know how to tie this knot please click this link and scrawl to the bottom http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman's_knot )
4, And pull the knot tight.
5, Next thread each peace of shrink wrap over each peace of excess.
6, (IF YOUNG PLEASE AS A ADULT TO HELP YOU WITH THIS SECTION)
Get a pan of boiling water and submerge the shrink wrap end into the boiling water. And hold till all the shrink wrap shrinks and becomes tight.
THAT'S THE LOOPS MADE.
Now to incorporate this into your guy ropes.
7, Take one end of your guy rope and tie a Bowline into it Incorporating the elastic loop.
8, Now pull the elastic tight so most of the stretch is gone and mark and now tie another Bowline. It should now look like this.
9, Now when the wind blows strong this should happen.
10, Then spring back to this.
Hope this helps.
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