veloc410

I'm pretty sure I'm going to purchase one of these. They seem to work great with better holding. Does anyone use one? I would like to get one that isn't huge but enough to hold the boat on a normal day in the river. I have basically 39 ft to transom. Sport boat. 9000 lbs. From all the videos I have watched, it looks like a 17 lb mantus will hold fine. Again anyone using one. What type and size is your boat and anchor. What feed back do you have on the performance of the anchor. Thank you

kevinb230

Looks interesting, I'm not pleased with the box anchor

veloc410

They have a video with the mantus and box. I was looking at 13 or 17 lb mantus. Not sure what I can get away with. This video is impressive.

https://youtu.be/0f0zLZGs4Yk

veloc410

https://youtu.be/0f0zLZGs4Yk

Indy

Why? It was stellar for many years for me, so much so I chucked my Danforth.

Wobble

The box works very well in Galveston bay and can be difficult to retrieve, normally have drive over it with the boat to pull it up. If the Mantus sets any harder it could be too much and then it doesn't fold up (as far as I can see) which is a big plus for the box

veloc410

I had a guardian anchor on my last boat 320 velocity. I liked it because it was very light and easy to handle but I always had issues in low weeds. It always pulled out. Not cool in a current when there is 30 boats boats down stream and only 30 ft away. I watched a bunch of videos on that mantus and it kicks butt. I'm definitely going for that anchor, I just don't want a big bulky anchor that is hard to store under bench seat or in one of my side lockers in the cockpit. I figure the 13 or 17 will work fine judging by what I saw in numerous videos. Lol watched one video of a guy on q lawn tractor with either an 8 or 13 an it stopped it dead in its tracks. It was a comparison to a fortress

kevinb230

I have drifted 50-100yrds hoping the box would set. Don't get me wrong, the box is great once it sets. the fear of drifting into other boats isn't fun

veloc410

I just purchased the 17lb galvanized MANTUS anchor. Should have it next week sometime. I'll let you know how it performs. My last anchor, a guardian was nice but I do remember always having to go out and get set by hand to make sure it would dig in. I'm not going to miss that. The new 17 lb mantus is supposedly undersized for my boat but I called them and for the day anchoring in the current of niagara river, he agreed that this anchor would prove itself. I anchor in weeds mud and sand with other boats parked down current so I need to hook up fast and stay there. I will keep you posted. Again my boat is a velocity 410 9000lbs dry. So figure 10500

kevinb230

https://goo.gl/xPoGEX

They are doing a contest, here's the link to enter for mantus products