Most residential backyard/patio sail shades are installed around the 8′ mark. This makes them fairly easy to take down by someone on a step ladder. We can take down a sail shade in about 10 minutes on a clear day before the storm hits.
As a word of warning, don’t try to take the sail shade down once the storm starts or if it’s very windy. The reason is that as soon as you disconnect the fabric corner from it’s connector, the D ring will have a lot of potential energy. This may cause you to fall from the ladder if you hold on or result in the stainless steel D ring flapping around and possibly hitting you.
Only take down or put up the sail shade on a calm time before the storm gets bad.