Thank you!

Thanks a million for all the work and very clear instructions. That’s a heck of a favour from you🫱🏼‍🫲🏻

I wish I could help you. It’s been sold off and the new owner hasn’t done much. Best bet is to try and make one yourself. Actually I’ve found the best alternative is from Tensa. They sell one and two pole anchor stands that can double as trekking poles.

Navy hammocks of WWII, when issued, came with a “Hammock Mattress” which was about a 1/2 inch thick. Stuffed with cotton or horse hair. The 2 inch mattresses were “Crew” mattresses made for shipboard use but were very often “acquired” after leaving bootcamp. We actually have 3 original hammock mattresses on the USS HAZARD (AM-240), a Museum Ship in Omaha, NE. They may have been issued later as most ships, when built in that era had berthing compartments with hanging bunks that had the 2 in. crew mattresses. and older ships, when brought in for repair, were refigured for bunks and the hammock rails removed. If you look at boot camp pictures of that era, and see the hammocks hung or being slept on, there are no 2 inch mattresses. Most hammocks, if not taken home, were often used as tarps or paint drop clothes till through overboard (according to an ex. Chief that remember doing so in 1948. It was a LOT harder to roll up the 2 inch mattress to go around the small white seabag. (See Steve McQueen walking across the docks in The Sand Pebbles.

You can safely throw the canvas into a washing machine. You can also hand wash with a brush. The canvas is pretty resilient. Mild detergents work fine. The hammock I found was really soiled and I soaked it for a few days in a bucket and even used some bleach.

50 feet per clew.

You can sleep diagonally with this design. At least, that’s what I do 🙂 Hung with a much shallower angle (15-20 degrees) makes it work better.

If you want to make a Brazilian-style hammock that is MUCH bigger than the Navy version shown here, the beds are typically 2 meters long and the clews are 1 meter long a piece, making about 3 to 3.5 meters total length. Basically, each clew is half the length of the hammock body, so use that formula when you make your hammock.