Many people see a resemblance when looking at our old anchor design and the Mantus M1 design, indeed our first and initial design that we have started with looks in some ways like the Mantus M1 design, this was on the beginning of our anchors days, since then and after we made countless models and improvements our anchor changed dramatically. Our final design, the one we are selling since 2019 looks and acts totally different.
For those of you who still mix up between the anchors we have gathered below the main differences, we are only showing the technical differences of the two anchors, the one we started with in winter 2018 when Mantus was its vision and our last and final design that is on the market today.
For the last two rows, we just couldn't resist.
Mantus M1 Viking V1
The angle of the fluke to the shank shackle hole 30 degrees 34 degrees
The angle of the fluke to the seabed when anchor sets 16 degrees 26 degrees
Location of the shank connecting point to the fluke about the center back
Rollbar diameter (third anchor size and up) 16 mm 21 mm
Fluke area for 20.4kg anchor 1,260 (cm2)
boat size 40-45 ft
Fluke area for 21.4kg anchor 1,500 (cm2)
boat size up to 21m (70 ft)
Holding power measured in sand unknown 3,200 Kg.
Rollbar base and “ears” thin and slim thick and wide
Boot assembly on top of the fluke under the fluke
Toe support from the boot no yes
Anchor material steel (unknown) Hardox450 HT galvanized steel
Mud relief holes no yes
Smooth fluke top surface against mud no yes
Toe angles shape top to bottom bottom to top
Number of shank fluke connecting bolts 4 7
Round-headed bolts no yes
The direction of the bolts bottom to top top to bottom
Puller groove for safe retrieval no yes
Stabilizing skids no yes
Made in China Ukraine
Lifetime warranty no yes
And there are many more, we made a long way to get to our final design.
Look also here, it is a video made by Steve goodwin testing Viking 7 and comparing it to Mantus.