I just bought and installed a Mantus swivel (S2). Anyone else using one?
http://www.mantusanchors.com/mantus-swivel/
I was updating my rode.
Mitchell Bober
Sunny Lancaster, (Where I'm still sanding teak.) VA
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Re: Mantus Swivel
Mitchell:
I am not sure if you subscribe to Practical Sailor. On the chance that you do not subscribe the March 2016 issue of Practical Sailor has a two page review of the Mantus Swivel.
http://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/ ... 956-1.html
To read the whole article you have to subscribe.
I read my paper copy. PS's basic conclusions are:
1. No convincing reason to add a swivel to an anchor rode
2. If one is added they prefer a galvanized swivel so that you see when it needs to be replaced.
3. If a sailor wants stainless the Mantus Swivel is stronger, better made, and more reliable than other swivels in the same price range.
I am not sure if you subscribe to Practical Sailor. On the chance that you do not subscribe the March 2016 issue of Practical Sailor has a two page review of the Mantus Swivel.
http://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/ ... 956-1.html
To read the whole article you have to subscribe.
I read my paper copy. PS's basic conclusions are:
1. No convincing reason to add a swivel to an anchor rode
2. If one is added they prefer a galvanized swivel so that you see when it needs to be replaced.
3. If a sailor wants stainless the Mantus Swivel is stronger, better made, and more reliable than other swivels in the same price range.
Fair winds,
Roberto
a/k/a Sea Hunt "The Tadpole Sailor"
CDSOA #1097
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"I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." Captain John Paul Jones, 16 November 1778, as quoted in Naval History and Heritage Command, http://www.history.navy.mil
Roberto
a/k/a Sea Hunt "The Tadpole Sailor"
CDSOA #1097
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"I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." Captain John Paul Jones, 16 November 1778, as quoted in Naval History and Heritage Command, http://www.history.navy.mil