Hi there,
I've recently sewn my first hammock and am looking to sew my first tarp to try out this whole hangin' thing.
At the moment, I'm just looking for a summer tarp in a reasonably covered (but high precip) forested area.
It is an 11ft gathered end hammock.
Goals:
- adequete coverage not to turn myself off hammock camping immediately
- lightweight (it's taken me years to decide to try hammocking, as I come from an "ultralight" ground camping background)
- relatively simple construction as i'm pretty new to sewing
- something usable as a ground tarp, so if I hate hammocking I still have something useful, and for my lightweight coastal trips on the ground
So I've come up with 3 appealing designs for my needs, and would like the input of experienced hammockers to help me decide. They get progressively heavier
option 1 is
the 6x10 asym "glasgow kiss" tarp shared on here. with the offset asym tie outs as a "storm flap"
Using wide silpoly.
Kitsapp says you can get adequete coverage with good pitching, particularly with the "storm flap" - this appeals for the simplicity of construction and lightweight nature.
Option 2
8x9 asym tarp.
I've seen people do 9x9 or 8*8 diamonds, or pitch a 10*8 tarp as an asym. It seems like 10x8 as an asym gives you more ridgeline than needed, and the 9x9 tarp has longer and less useful sides than needed. Maybe 9x8 is a sweet spot? A rectangle is better on the ground.
I could do the off-set ridgeline like on the Glasgow Kiss, to shorten up the ridgeline so it's not too unwieldy, and give wider coverage at the ends/add a "storm flap," but I like that this could be pitched with just two stakes with a corner-to-corner ridgeline.
Option 3
11ft hex tarp with shorter "pointy ends" than normal - this'll make it easier to pitch on the ground. 8ft wide, which isn't as wide as most commercial options, but surely still provides better coverage than an asym.
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Any thoughts or guidance all? Or maybe I'll just pack it in and make a mini-fly clone
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