Door Closing Options on a Superfly.

[TallPaul]

Thanks warbonnetguy and Five Tango. I guess what I'm wondering is wouldn't the wind push even the overlapped doors apart?

I think that is the 1% Warbonnetguy is talking about.

[MikekiM]

Thanks warbonnetguy and Five Tango. I guess what I'm wondering is wouldn't the wind push even the overlapped doors apart?

If the wind/rain is hitting the doors at either end, head on, I am looking for another spot. If the wind/rain is hitting to the side, close the leeward door first, then close the windward door so the windward flap is on top... less chance adverse weather is coming in.

[warbonnetguy]

I was saying 99% of the time, having the doors more conveniently pitched so they are just clipped together very simply like say the Thunderfly doors with just a single line...which leaves a 1" gap the full height of the door...that would probably be adequate 99% of the time...normal raindrops are not going to get blown through that gap far enough to get your hammock wet in anything short of hurricane wind and rain. The situation where it could be an issue is when the moisture is either snow or really tiny lightweight drops along with heavy wind blowing directly from the ends. That's when you'd want to overlap the doors to get rid of that tiny gap. With the doors overlapped, they have an overlap of like 10"+ at the bottom tapering to zero at the very top where the suspension exits. The wind would only be able to blow them open to any signifigant amount if there is a bunch of give in your guyline, like if it was shockcord or guyline that was a bit loose. If your overlapped door lines are nice and tight and static the overlapped doors should stay shut in gusty conditions except for the small hole at the top where the suspension exits.

So I would say just clip them together for normal bad weather and then overlap them only in the very worst of conditions.