This shade sail covers a large area very well as is shown in the photo. I set this up in this side yard but the purpose I ordered this shade sail was to use at our family golf tournament. It is going to work great to provide much needed relief from the sun  for our guys who do all the barbecuing (our tournament is in August) . It was very easy to put up should work very well. I will update the photo after our tournament to show how well it provides shade.