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MEC FRONTENAC
This booklet tells you how to prepare, assemble, and maintain your
new tent; please keep it for future reference. Set up your tent at
home before your first trip; this will allow you to inspect it for any
manufacturing defects, check that all parts are present, and learn the
assembly procedure with minimal stress on the tent and on you.
Your Frontenac
tent package includes:
Tent body
Tent fly
One pole system on a centre hub
Three separate shorter poles
Aluminum pegs and nylon guylines
Aluminum pole repair sleeve
0.65m
0.65m
2.65m
FRONTENAC
Height inside 1.40m
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Summary of Contents for Mec Frontenac
- Page 1 MEC FRONTENAC This booklet tells you how to prepare, assemble, and maintain your new tent; please keep it for future reference. Set up your tent at home before your first trip; this will allow you to inspect it for any manufacturing defects, check that all parts are present, and learn the assembly procedure with minimal stress on the tent and on you.
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Page 2: Site Preparation
Another light and convenient option is MEC’s custom-made, coated nylon Footprint. In winter conditions, we recommend digging out a platform with surrounding walls. - Page 3 sET-up A note about shock-corded poles Shockcord (bungee cord) is meant to keep pole sections in the proper order—not as an automatic assembly mechanism for poles. Do not hold one section while whipping the rest of the pole back and forth, or toss the poles into the air;...
- Page 4 Position the shortest pole across the top of the front door, and insert the ends into the holes on the plastic elbows of the gold poles. Lay one of the equal-length poles over one of the black side poles, following the seam line and remaining gold-ribboned pole clips that run across the top of a corner wing.
- Page 5 If you have not already done so, peg out the six corners of the tent. Peg out the two vestibules. Tie back the vestibules in whatever combination provides the desired balance of ventilation and weather protection. Note that each door has peg loops on either side of the door zippers where they reach the ground.
- Page 6 The Frontenac has a number of guyline attachments so you can rig it increasingly securely in response to actual or anticipated winds. To secure the tent: Guy out the four main corners of the tent using the attachment points that are about halfway up each corner of the fly. These lines should run out at about a 45-degree angle from the tent, that is, in about the same direction as each pole is “pointing.”...
- Page 7 “bug tent.” The Frontenac features a roof peak vent that allows rising, warm, moist air to escape, while encouraging cooler, drier air to flow in through other door and window openings.
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Page 8: Care And Maintenance
CARE AND MAiNTENANCE protecting the Tent Ultraviolet damage is the single largest hazard your tent faces in its lifetime. Fabrics should not be exposed to sunlight for extended periods of time; this will eventually result in colour fading and fabric failure. The uncoated fabrics of the tent canopy are most susceptible to damage from UV and should be covered by the more durable fly. - Page 9 lubricating the poles Occasionally apply a light coating of a silicone-based lubricant like 303 protectant to the tent pole connections. If the poles are used extensively in marine environments, treat them more frequently. storing your Tent Dry the tent and poles completely before storage to avoid mildew or hidden pole corrosion.
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