Chain grapnel hooks are used for recovering an anchor and chains that have been detached from the buoy and have fallen to the seabed. The head eye of the grapnel is attached to the trawl cable and the tail eye may be attached to the trailing cable for the purpose of withdrawing the grapnel in the event that the flukes engage with an “immovable” object on the sea bed. Grapnel is designed with catch slots at the root of the flukes which will retain anchor chain up to 4 inches. Features of chain grapnel hook:
J Chain Chaser J chaser hook is used to retrieve an anchor from the seabed when the pennant is broken and the buoy drifted away. The chain chaser is well designed to avoid the damage to the wire and chain. It can handle anchors weighing 30tonnes and chains up to 4½ inches in diameter.
