Alternatives to Rocna / Mantus M1

[wingssail]

Originally Posted by SurlySailor

Hello we have a 38 foot boat with about 18k pounds displacement. I wanted to upgrade our ground tackle from the 15kg Bruce anchor that sits on our undersized roller while cruising and in the bow locker while racing. I bought a Mantus M1 (also 15 kg)and it was comically oversized and won’t fit on our roller or in our bow locker. Is there a good alternative I should look at? Anyone have any luck. For reference our boat is an Xyachts 38 and we cruise LIS, block, New England and hopefully the Caribbean at some point.

I am just recognizing that you said "undersized roller". I think that you are going to have to make the bow roller bigger and give up on storing the anchor in the locker unless you can be satisfied with a somewhat undersized anchor for cruising.

I made a new bow roller for my boat and now I can carry a bigger anchor for cruising and I leave it ashore when I go racing. Tough choices.

[Celestialsailor]

I'll chime in here...In the past I had CQR's and Bruce's. It was what was available in the 80's-90's. My last boat, a Hallberg Rassy 35, I tried a Rocna. My issue wasn't so much the roller but that the shank of the anchor nailed my roller furling drum. So I added a plate on top of the roller frame and it forced the Rocna to take a lower path while lifting. My Rocna was the only anchor I have been able to sleep with in many Mexican anchorages.

I will also add that while shopping for a roll-bar type anchor, I looked at a boat and the Manson guy was there. I looked at the welds and noticed a MIG welding wire a half inch long sticking out of the weld AND HAD BEEN GALVANIZED ANYWAYS! That told me right there the quality that had gone into it. The Mantus I viewed on Youtube when they were starting to become popular and watched the owner running up and down a beach, setting it. I thought that was pretty silly. I later bought one of his slick anchor hooks when they first came out. When I would get ready to pull the anchor, I would discover that it had come off the chain 30% of the time. Later there was a piece of plastic added to prevent this. But it told me that his designs were initiated without adequate testing.

[nznoeta]

We have just up-specced to a Mantus 2 (57 kg, no roll bar)) for our 50 ft Saba 50, we did have to modify our bow roller and so far are very happy with it, sets every time. Our previous anchor had a roll bar and it trapped sea grass

[Alistair242]

Originally Posted by SurlySailor

Hello we have a 38 foot boat with about 18k pounds displacement. I wanted to upgrade our ground tackle from the 15kg Bruce anchor that sits on our undersized roller while cruising and in the bow locker while racing. I bought a Mantus M1 (also 15 kg)and it was comically oversized and won’t fit on our roller or in our bow locker. Is there a good alternative I should look at? Anyone have any luck. For reference our boat is an Xyachts 38 and we cruise LIS, block, New England and hopefully the Caribbean at some point.

Have a look at a Sarca Excel #5 or even #6. On the boat we have coming, at 18,000lbs, both of these will fit the stock bow roller(which may be a little on the small side).

[introverted]

I wanted an over sized anchor and the roll bar anchors wouldn't get by my bow sprit. Went with a Vulcan and was able to go even bigger than I initially wanted. So far I've loved it.

[SailMaravilla]

We have a Spade. Fits well on the stock bow roller and we are thrilled with its holding power. Was a better price than Mantus and the others when we were shopping for a better anchor.