Mantus anchors

has anyone had any experience with Mantus anchors? How would you rate it versus a Rocna or Manson?

Neil
SV Galatea IP420

I've been looking for an anchor to replace an older bruce on my IP 31. Rocna is rated above Mantus- and as I understand it there are patent issues between them...Mantus being a knock off. But alas, the Rocna won't fit on my side roller because of the bail. This is a useful site to compare a variety of possibilities. Good luck.



billspringer.blogspot.com/2011/03/which-...-14-anchors-are.html

I am closing on an IP420 next week. One of my first upgrades is a modern anchor. I have done research and the Mantus performance testing looks great. Has anyone put one on their bow?

I am the initiator of this topic/thread. Anyway, I purchased a 65 pound Mantus anchor for my IP420 in 2014. At this time Galatea was in Phuket Thailand. Since then we have crossed the Indian to Cape Town in 2015; travelled the Atlantic northwards from Cape Town to the Mediterranean - feb/apl this year; spent 3 months in the Balrearics. Only once, in countless anchoring under varied bottom types and all sorts of wind conditions up to about 50 knots, did the anchor fail us. And that once was over sheet rock in west Sumatra, where nothing would have worked. In that case we moved around the bay until we found a more suitable spot and the anchor worked just fine, as usual. the anchor sets quickly and buries down deep, just at the videos on the Mantus website show.

I would not hesitate to recommend a Mantus anchor. Oh, and by the way, I don't know how you patent an anchor; and even if there is some form of patent dispute, who cares - you will still have a great anchor.

neil
SV Galatea
IP 420 #79

Thank Neil, we hope to be on your trail in 2 years.

First off you'll love the 420 a wonderful boat to sail and spend extended time on.

We have a rocna as our primary and love it. We also carry an old cqr on the bow and fortress aft. With this combination we've never had problems, though frankly we only use the rocna under normal situations.

Biggest issue is the amount of sea bottom it picks up when retrieving. We added a sea water washdown on the bow.

Good luck and enjoy your new boat.

Lamar Desmond
s/v Winterset IP420-39
Charlotte Harbor, Fl

We have a Mantus 45 lbs on our IP35. Testing so far shows it holds well in mud and sand. We had 22 knots of wind and 180 shift with 70 feet of 5/16 chain an nylon snubber of 15 feet. We also have a Mantus 105 lbs for extreme situations but have luckily not used that yet. We keep it in three pieces. We also keep a kedge FX-23 Aluminum Anchor with 200 ft x 1/2 inch of multi-braid. Lastly we have a traditional danforth 13lbs anchor for dinghy or to just lay to a current from stern when swing room is limited. A youtube channel called sailing UMA has storm tested their 105 already in up to 70 knots of wind with two rodes. Each rode is made up of 50ft of 5/16 chain spliced to 150 ft of 3/4 inch new england 3-strand. They used chafe protection made from clear plastic tubing and saved their 36 foot vessel in these conditions.