Got to try out my new WBBB-XLC this weekend... this would be the 3rd time now I've managed to sleep in it overnight.
I'm struggling to get to sleep initially... there's a lot of rolling around looking for that 'sweet spot'... I get up a few times to go to the bathroom and then sometime late in the middle of the night, I fall asleep and stay that way until about 8am. No soreness or anything so that's good. I'm just trying to debug things here to see if I've hung it correctly or the lay could be improved.
Question 1: How tight should the ridgeline be? I can twist it a 1/2 inch or so with my fingers so its not guitar-string tight but is this perhaps too loose?
Question 2: I know the footbox side should be higher than the head end but is this enough or should I go even more?
Question 3: My "30 degree" angle (using my thumb and index finger) hints that I may be more like 40 or so degrees on the head end but the trees were a bit close together. Should I tighten that closer to 30 degrees? (Note: that would have affected the ridgeline... right?)
Anything else that stands out as "Eh gad, what's that idiot doing?" that I should perhaps change? I get another couple of nights to sleep in it this weekend...
Note: Daughter in hammock is 5'5-. I'm 5'10- and about 180 lbs-
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