There’s always room for one more with our new line of 66-foot-wide tents. Each tent, handmade by sailmakers, is supported by two rows of wooden center poles. This new design allows for 20 more feet of width (Sperry Tents have been 46 feet wide for 25 years) and a variety of inventive layout options.

The new 66 x 86 foot tent will debut at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex for Connecticut River Fest on Thursday, May 20.

These photos, courtesy Sperry Tents Virginia show the first-ever event under a 66 x 66 foot tent.

Martha Stewart Spring 2010 Cover

Zephyr Tents is excited to report that its rentals were included in one of the wedding industry’s premier magazines, Martha Stewart Weddings, the Spring 2010 edition.

For their outdoor ceremony and reception, Eunice Moyle and Daniel James called upon Zephyr for not only tents, but also custom designed and constructed farmhouse tables and benches. The couple’s California event featured color and exemplified whimsy with a variety of handcrafts, including pink pom-pom garlands made from hand-dyed coffee filters.

This creative celebration, captured not only in an editorial feature but also on the magazine’s cover, was unlike any other.

No detail was left undone.

The heartbreak following the disaster in Haiti on January 12 has been felt worldwide as relief programs aid the devastated nation. With countless schools, hospitals, residencies, and commercial buildings destroyed, Haitians are unwillingly exposed to the oppressive sun, heat, and rain. Learning of the dire need for temporary shelter, Sperry Tents Seacoast was compelled to contribute to the relief effort in the best way it knew how: tents.

Seacoast is sending three large tents to Port Au Prince, Haiti, and will then assist with their installation over the next several weeks. One of the tents will serve as a school facility in Leogane, while the other two will house a recovery center for disabled Haitians and provide shelter for the homeless in Port Au Prince.

The tents represent a combined total of over 8,000 sq. ft. of protection from the rain, collectively weigh nearly 6,000 lbs., and are valued at over $50,000. They will ship in a 40-foot overseas transport container on April 9 from Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Seacoast has already raised $2,000 towards the $4,500 shipping cost. When fully loaded, the container, subsidized by WTG Transportation of Exeter, New Hampshire, will hold between 5 and 10 tons of supplies donated by Seacoast companies and residents.

Life and Hope Haiti, a New York-based organization, is coordinating the shipment, scheduled to set off from Boston on April 15 and arrive in Haiti on May 3. More information about Life and Hope Haiti can be found at www.lifeandhopehaiti.org.