Lifejacket Recalls v4 - January 13.pdf - Safety On The Water

XxxXXXxxxAll lifejackets with Hammar hydrostatic inflators manufactured before 2006Date: 9 August 2011The Hammar Hydrostatic Inflator is attached to the lifejacket with a sealing ring. In 2006, CMHammar upgraded the sealing ring with new state of the art raw materials, to eliminatepotential defects and increase long term durability. A small number of sealing ringsmanufactured before 2006 have suffered premature material degradation, most likely afterbeing exposed to extreme environmental conditions. When exposed to high temperature andhigh humidity for a long period of time, the sealing ring might become stiffer, change colourand in severe cases cracking of the plastic may occur. The change does not occur overnightand can be detected at the recommended service or inspections.CM Hammar are concerned that a damaged sealing ring might put the user at risk. Werecommend owners of lifejackets manufactured before 2006 that have not beenserviced recently to contact the nearest authorized service station for an annualservice. The date of manufacture can be identified on the inside of the lifejacket cover.Owners who still want to do the check of the sealing ring themselves are advised to visithttp://www.cmhammar.com/products/lifejacket-inflators/alert/ for further information. Watchthe re-arming video to see examples of faulty seals.Lifejackets manufactured after 2006 are not affected by this Safety Alert.XxxXXXxxx5 of 9 KC 17.01.13

Spinlock ISO DeckvestsDate: 20 October 2010At the beginning of this year, Spinlock redesigned the inflatable component of theDeckvest, to eliminate potential defects and increase its long term durability. As aresult, the warranty on each new Deckvest registered has been increased from 2years to 5 years.• Spinlock are concerned that some earlier Deckvests may have a defect that could putan owner at risk. To remove this possibility they have announced their commitment torecall all previous ISO certified Deckvests and update the component to the 2010standard.• Important Action Required: If you own an ISO Deckvest (with inspection window) youare strongly advised to enter its serial number at www.spinlock.co.uk/update• Precise instructions will be given if action needs to be taken.• Every Deckvest that qualifies for the update will be processed by the designatedDeckvest Service Centre, promptly and completely free of charge. It will be returnedto the owner, updated to the latest 2010 standard, with an extended 5 year warranty.• Deckvest owners are asked to apply for this update without delay and not later than 1April 2011• See www.spinlock.co.uk/update for full informationXxxXXXxxxMailspeed Charter Lifejackets & Seago 150N & 175N Lifejackets(Including Junior Lifejackets)Date: June 2008Some Mailspeed Charter Lifejackets & some Seago 150N & 175N Lifejackets may have adefect which could result in serious injury.The Lifejackets are marked with a manufacture date in Roman numerals, for instance the lastquarter of 2005 is shown as IV/05.If you own a Mailspeed Charter Lifejacket or a Seago 150N or Seago 175N Lifejacket thenplease check the manufacture date. The lifejackets were sold throughout the UnitedKingdom.If you have an affected lifejacket then PLEASE STOP USING IT IMMEDIATELY. Pleaseremove the gas cylinder manually and return the lifejacket only to:Seago Yachting Ltd,Mullany Business Park,6 of 9 KC 17.01.13

Golden Cross,Hailsham,East Sussex,BN27 3RPwith your full contact details for testing. Any faulty lifejackets will be replaced. Jackets whichare tested and found not to be faulty will be returned.Addendum – August 2008Lifejackets dated II/07 (ie second quarter) have subsequently also been added to therecall list.XxxXXXxxxCrewsaver United Moulders Mk3 Standard Automatic HeadDate: September 2007Our (Crewsaver) Lifejacket servicing department has brought to our attention a problem withthe United Moulders Mk3 Standard Automatic Head. This component was fitted toCrewsaver Crewfit and Survivor inflatable Lifejacketsmanufactured 12 years ago and older.Manufacturers tests indicate this component to be at the end ofits safe and usable life and should now be replaced.To determine if the Lifejacket is affected please view theimages on the left. If your Lifejacket is fitted with the Mk3Standard Automatic Head (shown left), then please contactCrewsaver.Providing your Lifejacket has been serviced annually andcorrectly maintained as per the user manual guidelines,replacement of the firing head will keep your Lifejacket in safeworking order.It is essential that the head replacement is undertaken byCrewsaver and on no account should you attempt toreplace this yourself.We strongly recommend owners of Crewsaver Crewfit or Survivor Lifejacket with a Mk3Standard Automatic Head fitted to contact Crewsaver direct on Tel. 02392 528621 or byemail sales@crewsaver.co.uk| to discuss the replacement process.NB: UM Mk 3 Automatic heads were also fitted to Barbour, Cosalt, Douglas Gill, Fox, Leeda,Musto or Marlin products.XxxXXXxxx7 of 9 KC 17.01.13

Halkey Roberts Automatic head BobbinsDate: August 1997Most of these should now be out of circulation but we include it in case you still come acrossany and for background information. The recall refers mainly to bobbins made in 1996 butalso effects older bobbins.Any bobbin made before 1997 should be replaced with one dated January 1997(01/97) onwards. The colour of the suspect, 1996 bobbins is salmon/dusky rose pinkand they are clearly date marked. If the bobbins are suspected of being faulty, then thelife-jackets should be withdrawn from service until the bobbins have been changed bysomeone who has been trained in the straightforward, user, pre-wear checks.Users of these life-jackets may well wish to continue using them relying on manual inflation.Inspectors should advise that automatically inflated life-jackets are suitable for those likely tofall into the water unexpectedly and that manually inflated life-jackets should only be used if itis certain that the wearer will have enough time to produce full buoyancy before enteringthe water. Halkey Roberts recommends that bobbins have a maximum shelf life (in goodstorage conditions) of 3 years and that they should be replaced as part of the routine, egannual inspection and test.XxxXXXxxx9 of 9 KC 17.01.13