HELP
I have a WBBB and a OES Standard in SpinnUL.
Hammock has 6' whoopies and the tarp has a single ridgeline and ties from whoopiesling.com with the knuckle bone and figure 9 to tighten it.
If I set it up with the hammock ends say, 10-12 inches under the tarp the tarp and hammock suspension work fine.
Everytime I try to rig the tarp down really close to the hammock if the weather looks bad the hammock suspension pulls up on an angle on the edge of the tarp (have a look at the pictures). I think I have a good angle setup on the actual hammock and I can see no way to run the tarp line any other way.
I don't mind that the tarp has the whoopie sling running up under an edge. The issue is that when I get all the tarp ties taunt etc and climb in the hammock the tarp is no longer as tight and flaps around. Once I climb in and the hammock drops a bit the whoopie slings no longer are on the tarp so I'm guessing this is where the tension loss is but I can see no other way around seting it up.
My normal set-up would be in this order:
1: Setup tree straps, hammock and whoopie slings
2: Run tarp out over the hammock and set the ridge line nice and taunt with the figure 9
3: Tie out to the pegs on each side nice and tight with the prussik's on the trap lines.
Maybe my tarp is just a bit small and I'm wasting my efforts trying to get the hammock up nice and tight under it so as the hammock doesn't hang under the edges and get wet in that darn sideways rain. It would have to be on a big angle sideways though but I also am trying to eliminate some draft etc under the tarp. It's not really that bad or anything I just figure I'm doing something wrong.
All the pictures I have seen with the hammock really close to the tarp have the hammock lines all but horizontal to the tree. I'm still trying to get a good 30 degree angle, Maybe that's the reason for this issue ??
But I know the larger tarps in width are also longer so the same thing would occur anyway.
HELP or advise or things to try
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