Manufacture method and apparatus for improved efficiency reduced cost rope for pelagic trawls

A braiding apparatus capable of forming a braided sheath about a central core, the braiding apparatus having both a support member and at least a first planetary carrier apparatus that has:

• a) a series of drivers carried by the support member and arranged so as to encircle an imaginary axis line (20) passing through a braiding point;
• b) a mechanism to rotate adjacent of said drivers in opposite directions;
• a plurality of cars, each car capable of
• i. carrying a quantity of a strand;
• and
• ii. being driven by the driver for travel in serpentine intersecting paths in opposite directions around the imaginary axis line (20),
• the braiding apparatus also having a second planetary carrier apparatus, the braiding apparatus characterized by the fact that the second planetary carrier apparatus includes a track (14) and a reverse curved track portion (24) that are sitioned at a height that is above a height that is positioned the first planetary carrier apparatus.