I've bought the Hennessy. Found it too small for my 6'5" frame and don't think the tradeoffs involved in ultra-light weight would work out for my use. I've bought the Clark Jungle Hammock II. Durability/weight seems about right and I really like the pockets....but still too small. Phoned Voyageur and left a message....twice...no reply. Heavily-invested in hammocks as I currently am, it looks to me like I'm gonna make one of these things....probably a shameless copy of Clark's with several extra feet of length and up to a foot of additional width. Sewed up an uncovered prototype out of some pack cloth I had laying around....and it seems to be just the ticket size-wise...the longer it is relative to one's body, the less the shoulders are scrunched..... The kids had a great time playing on it all afternoon. But now, I've got to find a supplier of "outdoorsey" type materials: namely fairly heavy-gauge (nylon?) with an open, breathable weave, mosquito netting, something like pack cloth only, I think, lighter for the fly, and nylon zipper by the yard. Anybody have a URL or supplier name/phone? ----------------------- Pete Cresswell *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 01 2000 - 16:59:31 PDT
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