The picture I posted was a ball in Great Harbor on Jost (number 7). My novice crew tied into it and I came forward to inspect and saw it. Someone had actually tied another loop on the line before the damage (you can kind of see it in the pic). We untied from the pendent and tied into the makeshift loop. I sent the pics to the BB team. They responded quickly and said they were previously unaware of the problem. To their credit they got the local rep to come out asap and he attempted to replace the pendent but he was banging on the shackle with a wrench and didn't have any luck. He said they would need the professions to come in and replace it. The BB team said they would take it out of service as soon as I dropped off. They were appreciative that we notified them and offered to pay it forward and buy our next BB at our next stop. The BB team assumed that someone must have run over the pendent, causing the damage and of course didn't report it.

All good, although I was a bit nervous sleeping on that ball.