Abstract: A tent comprising side walls which are inclined when the tent is erected, loops at the lower edges of the walls adapted to receive stakes driven into the ground, and a floor member of water impervious material comprising a floor panel adapted to lie on the ground when the tent is erected and sides extending up from the floor panel, the perimeter of the floor panel being spaced inwardly from the lower edges of the walls when the tent is erected, the sides of the floor member and the walls of the tent being sewn together at seams at the upper edge margins of the sides of the floor member, said seams being above the ground. Rings of elastic material are provided at the perimeter of the floor panel adapted to receive the stakes for holding the floor panel taut.

Abstract: A cover of flexible sheet material and a flexible resilient rib adapted to extend in arched configuration over a boat from adjacent one gunwale of the boat to the other for supporting the cover arched over the boat. The rib is secured to the cover with the cover extending down beyond the ends of the rib and then down on the sides of the boat for securement over the boat. The rib may be bent into various arched configurations depending on the beam of the boat, and then held in any of the arched configurations.