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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
So weird—in a video I watched while researching anchors, the boat owner mentioned moving to a Rocna over the Mantus because of the curved shank and how it made the windlass work so much more smoothly.
There isn't a Rocna equivalent to the Mantus dinghy anchor—I checked during my research!
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Think;
The thing you have to remember is not all boats react the same with any given anchor. There are MANY things to consider such as type of boat, size of boat, body of water (river, lake, pond, ocean, tidal / non tidal, etc, etc.), type of bottom (mud, weeds, rock, etc.).
Your testing of the Mantus anchor only proves one thing...it works good for YOUR boat in YOUR body of water in places you like to anchor. It might suck for a different style boat in a different body of water.
Just like my Digger works well in my pontoon boat on Winni. I don't use the digger on my Eastern as the Eastern works better with a different style anchor. You simply cant compare a down east style hull with a tri-toon hull. I also know the tri-toon will never see the salt but the Eastern may. The reaction of the boat in the waves will determine what works best along with the other factors mentioned above.
I'm sure Dave, whose boating experience far exceeds most of us on this forum, is using an anchor that works best for his boat, in coastal and tidal waters with varying bottom conditions.
FWIW;
Dan