HI Phillip, If you recall, we met at the boat show. Here’s my testimonial story: Last year, at the boat show, my husband became intrigued by your Mantus SCUBA apparatus,  and decided to buy it on the spot. I, of course, rolled my eyes. Another toy for the boat. He had the right words though: someday, when we need it, we’ll have it. Well, lo and behold, that day came, and earlier then we would have expected. That fall, in the North Channel, friends we were sailing with put their boat on the rocks. A big pile of boulders that…

Dog Day Afternoon It was a beautiful, sunny, but of course hot August afternoon on Saturday, August 19 as 9 boats rafted up alongside Blue Moon in Eagle Cove to spend the afternoon sampling gourmet hot dogs (40 of them to be exact), share side dishes and sailing stories, and down a LOT of beverages. Starlight Express with Diane and Joe Jackins and Tony Torres aboard were the first to tie up, followed quickly by Dave and Denise Pirone in their Scout powerboat, Dick and Dretta Peterson aboard April Fool, Wally and Jean Gribbin in their Boston Whaler, Clent Lowe…

Just got back from a month cruising the San Juan Islands and Canada. I cannot say enough about the mantus anchor you sold us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy Moley! Set the first time (EVERY TIME!) At one point we stayed anchored for 4 nights, with many 180 degree wind shifts and then were surprised by a 25mph+ wind… She stayed put while others were dragging. Actually had to start our engine and get ready to give way to a larger power boat that had dragged over our anchor and was about to hit our boat… Nothing happened and thee mantus still held! Boat…

I installed the mid-sized swivel on a 52 Kg Vulcan anchor for my Selene 53 trawler which has a Maxwell 2500 windlass and 400 feet of 3/8 inch chain.  Swivel construction was impressive.  Installation went well and was simple.  First night out about 2 weeks ago we were anchored out on the Yeocomico River off the Chesapeake Bay.  A major storm with steady wind of 40 and gusts to 60 blew through within an hour  and I let out an additional 50 feet of rode to give me a 7 to one ratio for scope.  The 100,000 trawler did some…

Before purchasing this Mantus anchor I watched lots of videos about anchor reviews. I decided to purchase the Mantus 17 lb galvanized steel anchor. I am so happy with my decision. With this anchor we can simply throw it into the lake and then we let out plenty of anchor line. This Mantus anchor holds the bottom like crazy. It is so impressive. Our friends met us on the lake and their anchor was not holding. They tied up to our boat and the Mantus anchor had no problem holding both boats. On the Mantus website it appeared that the…

Tried to leave the following review but kept getting blocked. “Great anchor! I’m on a 19′ North River and have a Mantus for my main (I’m in a sandy bottom river/bay mostly). I needed a rear to keep me straight when I’m hanging out on the sand bars. The front was so great I replaced my totally ineffective mushroom that I had for a rear with the 2.5# and now often toss this one out instead of dropping the main, holds great. And thanks for the Military Discount!”

Just wanted you to know that we love our Mantus Anchor and we have put it to many tests for the past 8 months. We purchased our Mantus at the 2016 Annapolis Boat Show and sailed to the Caribbean. We’ve had to anchor in heavy winds and swells, and still the Mantus holds. We sleep better because our Mantus is out there.  We are now sailing north, on our way back to Canada.

On Sunday April 16th, we found ourselves in 45 Kts and 10ft breaking wind waves heading to San Franciso in a SE wind.  After 6 hours of struggling against wind coming from the direction of our destination we were forced to run for anchorage in Drakes Bay, north of San Francisco.  In a south easterly, Drakes Bay offers no shelter but it does provide an anchorage.   The wind were maintaining a steady 35 kts when reached Drakes Bay.  We dropped our 55lb Mantus with 180 ft of 3/8 chain. You can imagine the relief when immediatly set with our lee shore approx 550yds…

We chose the same Mantus 65# for our 44′ cutter. Couldn’t be happier. Have safely been on the hook for squalls over 50 kts; sustained winds of 40 kts. and Hurricane Matthew winds in southern FL, >50 kts. The boat weighs in at 23,000, empty. (But, when does that ever happen?!) Fully laden we are probably closer to 28,000#. Our #2 is a Fortress FX-37. It was deployed on a 45* alongside the Mantus for the hurricane. Have a Britney 38# and a Danforth 25# on the stern, just in case. We even have two sizes of dinghy anchors. Never,…