The horse' mouth, so to speak, spoke:

Hi there,

Unfortunately there are no unique identifiers on the affected anchors.
However, this issue only affected a small number of anchors made at the
start of 2010, and our expectation (and our experience) is that these
anchors have long been sold.

For further assurance, I would recommend speaking to your local chandlery
and asking them to confirm when they received their Rocna stock from our
North American distributor. If it was in 2011, then this is well outside the
affected time period.

You may also be interested to know that independent testing has confirmed
that all Rocna anchors, including those from the beginning of 2010 with
shanks that do not meet the design manufacturing specifications, do not pose
any safety concerns, still exceed industry classification proof load
strength requirements by over four times, and can withstand loads greater
over twice than that of the nominal breaking strength of the recommended G40
(high test) connecting chain. To reiterate, these anchors represent no
safety issue.

Kind regards,
Tina


Tina Kittelty
Rocna Anchors
t: +64 9 447 1961 | f: +64 9 480 9576
www.rocna.com | www.rocna.com/kb


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