“A few years ago we started using overbraided twine, but we weren’t sure that simply overbraiding standard Super-12 was the answer,” Jógvan S. Jacobsen of the company’s pelagic gear division said.
“There are plenty of factors to take into consideration, including hardness and softness. If it’s braided to hard, then the twine becomes too heavy and this also pushes up the price.”
He explained that getting just the right qualities is a balancing act and after a lot of experiments, Euronete came up with Capto, a version of Super-12 with a PE cover that meets all of the requirements and without sacrificing any of the qualities of Super-12 that has served well for many years and which is still in regular use alongside the new product.
Capto is manufactured in port and starboard red and green colours, yellow for the top sheet and in blue for the lower panels, all with white flecks, and with the blue rope also...
