Application: J type chain chaser is used to recover anchors from the seabed when the anchor and the chains are detached from the buoy or the pennant has broken. For the purpose of avoiding the damage to the chain and wire, the material of the chaser is not as hard as the material of the wire and chain. J chain chaser is attached by a work wire to the winch of the anchor handling tug and at approximately 1/3 of the water depth. After “snagging ”the anchor chain, is towed into contact with the anchor shank and flukes enabling the tug to lift and board the anchor. It will handle anchors to 30 tonnes in weight and stud link chain up to 4-1/2 inches diameter.