How long does it take for jumbos to molt?

[FJrocks003]

I had a extra large -pretty much jumbo at this point- crab (blueberry if that matters) go down to molt in mid-october and I'm just wondering how much longer it will be. I've heard people say there's molted for 8 or 9 months but is that a realistic expectation or just a randomly long molt? I'm basically just asking what the average molt time for a extra large/jumbo crab is.

[curlysister]

I have had my two crabs for over ten years, and they are jumbos now. They definitely don't molt as frequently as they used to. Last year, Cher went down for 3 months, came up for a couple of hours, then went down for 2 more months. Sonny was down for four months. That is one of the few times that I actually kept track of the actual number of months that they were under.
Cher just finished another molt (she is smaller than Sonny), and I think she was down for about three or four months this time.

[wodesorel]

Two for four months is normal for big guys. There seems to be an online competition these days over how long crabs stay down.