What Dave said...lots of opinions, and, regional variations. I have a Rocna 4 for my M17. Have not yet used it in 'heavy' conditions but quite happy with it for light to medium, varied lake bottom situations - mud, sand, clay, primordial ooze, grassy/weedy or not, etc.. Mantus makes same basic designs, with a few differences. Theirs can be disassembled (bolts together) so as a backup/spare can be stowed in much less space than other anchors. Duckworks among others sells Mantus: https://duckworks.com/anchors-rodes-chain/ A Danforth type anchor came with the boat, I probably used it some before I got the Rocna but it was unwieldy and awkward to stow and deploy, and seemed less consistent as to setting quickly & snugly. Plus as you'll read in most any anchor review article they are good for bare mud/sand but poor for all other bottoms. If I were going to carry a second/secondary anchor, it would probably be a claw type, to add versatility to the spade (Rocna and similar) type. A downside of the claw is generally less holding power for a given size/weight (vs. spade types). So a bigger anchor for same holding power, which can be awkward to stow in small boats like ours. cheers, John On 8/14/22 12:14, Andrei Caldararu via montgomery_boats wrote:
Hello all, I have a pretty standard equipment M17 from 1987. The boat came with a nice Danforth anchor when I bought it 15 years ago, and the anchor has served me well. For reasons I am ashamed to explain, that anchor (together with its rode and chain) are now at the bottom of a lake. I will not provide details :) But I want to replace it, and I was curious as to 1) Do most Montgomery owners favor Danforths over other types of anchors?2) What size (weight) Danforth do people use? I have seen them in 8lb, 9lb, 10lb, 12lb, 15lb weights, etc. Thanks! Andrei.
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