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04-22-2018, 05:25 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Key West
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Mantus "digger" anchor
Outfitting new build GHTT35. Does anyone have direct experience with Mantus anchor? Online reviews have been very favorable, but I'd be interested in hearing from someone with firsthand experience.
Thanks
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04-22-2018, 08:45 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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See Steve G’s Anchor Setting Videos.
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Eric
North Western Washington State USA
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04-22-2018, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
City: Boyd, Texas
Vessel Name: Cat Daddy
Vessel Model: PDQ mv/34
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 113
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I have been using one for 5 years, once around the "loop" and two trips to the Bahamas. It has been rock solid. I am a very satisfied customer.
Rafe
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04-22-2018, 09:40 AM
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Senior Member
City: West Vancouver
Vessel Name: Ka Hale Kai
Vessel Model: 52' Cheoy Lee
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Sent you a PM rather than starting AFAT (another frigging anchor thread)
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04-22-2018, 09:48 AM
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Senior Member
City: La Paz, BCS
Vessel Name: Ansedonia
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I've got the 105# Mantus anchor. Best one ever. There is no doubt when this baby sets, and I have never dragged. They are a bit odd looking though.
Cheers, Bill
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04-22-2018, 10:36 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
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Oh no say it ain't so!!!! Another anchor thread...LOL
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04-23-2018, 06:11 PM
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Guru
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncleg44
Outfitting new build GHTT35. Does anyone have direct experience with Mantus anchor? Online reviews have been very favorable, but I'd be interested in hearing from someone with firsthand experience.
Thanks
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Not sure what a GHTT35 is, but I do have a Mantus anchor, and LOVE it. I had a Delta anchor of some sort before and hated the thing. Took multiple attempts to set, would drag on occasion, never trusted it.
Got a 65lb Mantus and it has set the first time, every time, and we have never dragged.
Might have saved my marriage as the stress the other anchor caused wasn't good for our relationship.
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04-23-2018, 06:21 PM
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Guru
City: Queensland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Montenido
They are a bit odd looking though.
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And that should never even be a consideration for mission critical items onboard.
If our supreme didn't fit I would have taken to the boat with a saw until it did.
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04-24-2018, 09:27 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Westerly, RI
Vessel Name: N/A
Vessel Model: 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nmuir
Sent you a PM rather than starting AFAT (another frigging anchor thread)
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Why not keep it in the forum where everyone can discuss? Those who don't want to be bothered with AFAT, don't have to participate.
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04-24-2018, 09:32 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Westerly, RI
Vessel Name: N/A
Vessel Model: 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,162
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Mantus Anchors and Digger Anchors are two completely different things to my knowledge.
Does Mantus have a new model? I couldn't find it anywhere. Only the standard rollbar model that is bolted together.
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04-24-2018, 10:57 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
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I have a Rocna. The Mantus looks, well, cheap with the bolt assembly....
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04-24-2018, 11:50 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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Sea-Duction,
Whaddya try'in to do deep six what dosn't appeal to you?
There's other threads that may.
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North Western Washington State USA
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04-24-2018, 11:54 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shrew
Why not keep it in the forum where everyone can discuss? Those who don't want to be bothered with AFAT, don't have to participate.
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Shrew,
They think it's funny.
Or they want to post and can't think of anything meaningful to say.
Or they don't like the product being discussed.
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Eric
North Western Washington State USA
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04-24-2018, 11:59 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Sea-Duction
I have a Rocna. The Mantus looks, well, cheap with the bolt assembly....
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I would imagine the bolt together anchor would require more attention to clearances and perhaps machining that would make it more expensive and not cheap. Just picking pup a stinger and zapping a weld on it is much easier and cheaper.
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North Western Washington State USA
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04-24-2018, 01:28 PM
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Senior Member
City: Skagway Alaska
Vessel Name: Nowitna and Serenade
Vessel Model: Schucker and 46 foot Ted Brewer custom sailboat
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 150
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Looks and reality are not always the same. Sometimes new things styles are better. I have both a Mantus and Rocna anchor and feel both are very good. I like that the Mantus can be stored in the bilge disassembled and not take up so much room.
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04-24-2018, 02:27 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Key West
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 86
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Thank you to those who have responded with direct experience with Mantus. I'm favoring Mantus at this time; your comments have aided my decision. Mantus it is.
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04-25-2018, 10:59 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Sea-Duction,
Whaddya try'in to do deep six what dosn't appeal to you?
There's other threads that may.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
I would imagine the bolt together anchor would require more attention to clearances and perhaps machining that would make it more expensive and not cheap. Just picking pup a stinger and zapping a weld on it is much easier and cheaper.
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Come on Eric smile, it OK.....Let's have fun and not be so serious.....
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04-25-2018, 02:55 PM
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Guru
City: Seabrook, Texas
Vessel Name: Small World
Vessel Model: Defever 50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 611
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Sea-Duction
The Mantus looks, well, cheap with the bolt assembly....
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It’s not. Take a look at the stats on those bolts.
We’ve used a Mantus 85# for several years. Only once did it not set the first time. It’s never drug and never failed to hold after a 180 degree tide or wind change. We would never consider using anything else.
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04-25-2018, 03:12 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,743
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Serious? Me? You’ve gotta be joking.
Oh I forgot that’s what you do.
It was funny the first 50 times but that post has probably been done 500 times.
Upgrade your humor.
I’m pick’in on you but there are many others I could’a picked on .. Sorry.
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North Western Washington State USA
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04-25-2018, 06:41 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
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From memory the Mantus was one of 3 which set and reset well on Steve`s SV Panope very objective testing. One other was a Sarca,and the other a Manson I think. Worth spending time finding and reviewing Steve`s tests if you are planning on buying, the work has already been done for you.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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