My wife and I have Jared's 11' Trail Lair hammocks and currently use the 12' UGQ Hangar tarps. They are great tarps for the summer but fall short on what I consider ideal for the winter due to the lack of doors and large cat cuts that allow a breeze under the hammock (much appreciated during a summer storm). The distance between trees is very rarely too short and we use Dutch's 15' dyneema straps to compensate for this. We are considering going with silpoly XL winter haven tarps with three poles and no cat cuts for winter hangs in order to keep the wind and driving rain/snow out. I know that a longer 13' tarp would require my trees to be further apart than with a shorter tarp and that the length may interfere with hammock straps for how low I can go in storm mode. Btw we use dutch's continuous ridge line for the tarp with a wasp and soft shackles. What is the general consensus on the length of the tarp and the distance of the tarp off the ground in storm mode ? Would an 13' XL silpoly tarp allow me to get say one foot off the ground and still have some slight head height ? I guess that I'm trying to get the best of all things...almost six feet head height inside and still allow for hunkering down into storm mode without having to lower the tarp along with maximum coverage.
I am considering the 13' length because my wife likes the room and our tarps tend to be gathering places for cooking and general banter during a light storm for the ground dwellers in our party when hiking with friends. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
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