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Cape Dory Boats - View topic - Rocna Anchors Situation
That's a google.
At the moment the furor over the Rocna anchor deception is being aired only on forums and discussion sites.
With the laudable exception of West Marine who have sent postcards to customers about the situation and
the exception of Practical Sailor who have gone into the deception in some revealing depth and detail.
Reported in their Sept 2011 issue.
The Cape Dory site has a lead into the www.rocna.com/WMupdate on the Rocna Anchor home site.
It is titled by the writer as "UPDATE FOR WEST MARINE CUSTOMERS."
(Visited a few other vendors, including Azure, none make mention of the compromised anchors.)

IN THE ABOVE STATEMENT
Roncna says, quote: "the notification you received from West Marine is not a product recall. Neither Rocna nor West Marine have issued a product recall on any Rocna anchors."
Rocna goes on to say, "our manufacturing specifications have evolved over time, primarily to reflect material locally available...
"We have since updated this website content and we sincerely apologize...."
"The exact materials used are part of the proprietary intellectual property in our production specifications. Rest assured...."

"While the materials used to make the Rocna have evolved, our functional specification has remained the same throughout."
Rocnas "meet or exceed RINA's Super High Holding Power (SHHP) classification requirements."

This last bit has since been proven to be a lie in the Manson Destruction Challenge. Unanswered by Rocna.
There are NO tests, independantly conducted or otherwise, that can be said to prove the strength of an anchor if that anchor was supplied by the manufacturer for the test.
What anchor was it that was used in the D.M.Standen Ltd destruction test mentioned at the end of the Update piece?
Upshot, what Rocna is saying is that
ROCNA INTENDS TO CONTINUE MAKING ANCHORS AND DOING BUSINESS AS THEY HAVE BEEN -
with no intention of making any changes whatsoever.
That leads us to understand, I would think, that the anchors will "evolve" steadily into worse and worser Bambury Rocna's.

Watch it!
That mealy-mouthed garbage quoted above
matches exactly the mealy "locally available" material they used to make the Rocna on the end of your warp.

OK, Suppose you got your chain from an outfit that published chain specs like that unconscionable trash above:

'WE MANUFACTURE CHAIN WITH EVOLVED MATERIAL THAT'S AVAILABLE LOCALLY - G-20, G-WHIZZ, WHATEVER.....
IT'S OUR SECRET PROPRIETARY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
REST ASSURED, YOU DON'T HAVE NO STINKING RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT ALLOY OUR CHAIN IS MADE WITH.
TRUST US,
YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO COMPREHEND THE SPECS ANYWAY.

Golly, Miss Molly, gotta get me one of them rockin NEW DEGENERATE ANCHORS !


Rest assured "Rock Solid" Rocna is sinking like a rock.