a or through the entire diameter of the strands 22 of the rope structure 20 b in these cases the rope structure 20 a or strands 22 of the rope structure 20 b may be soaked for a longer period of time in the liquid coating material alternatively the liquid coating material may be forced into the rope structure 20 a or strands 22 of the rope structure 20 b by applying a mechanical or fluid pressure the following discussion will describe several particular example ropes constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention as generally discussed above referring now to fig2 3 and 4 those figures depict a first specific example of a rope 40 constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention as shown in fig2 the rope 40 comprises a rope core 42 and a rope jacket 44 fig2 also shows that the rope core 42 and rope jacket 44 comprise a plurality of strands 46 and 48 respectively fig4 shows that the strands 46 and 48 comprise a plurality of yarns 50 and 52 and that the yarns 50 and 52 in turn each comprise a plurality of fibers 54 and 56 respectively fig3 and 4 also show that the rope 40 further comprises a coating material 58 that forms a matrix that at least partially surrounds at least some of the fibers 54 and 56 the exemplary rope core 42 and rope jacket 44 are formed from the strands 46 and 48 using a braiding process the example rope 40 is thus the type of rope referred to in the industry as a double braided rope the strands 46 and 48 may be substantially identical in size and.