So tarp usage implies rigging (incl. bones) are coiled under tarp. (I had a nice lakeside setup once where the mast stayed up, but of course rigging was outside my tramp tarp...)
Well, I look forward to specifics from Mary. Certainly we can't dismiss her and Rick White as being in the "don't know what they're doing" cat-egory, eh?

Besides, I'm not sure I could LIVE without that positive metal-on-metal "clink-thump" feedback when I hook-on... LOL.