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You sure that boat displaces 23 tons and not 23,000 lbs (11.5 tons)?
If 23 tons is correct, all your rope diameters and costs jump. A lot.
Here's what I have, and it's the minimum for a 41' twin-diesel that
displaces about 30,000 lbs fuelled, watered, and loaded for sheltered
coastal cruising in the north-west Pacific. If I were in the SE USA, i.e. in
hurricane country, this would be inadequate.
anchor rode - 25' of chain and 300' of 1/2" nylon 3-strand - nylon stretches
and makes for an easier ride at anchor
mooring - 3 lengths of 1/2" Dacron braid as long as the boat - Dacron
doesn't stretch
stern-tie line - a 300' spool of 3/8" poly braid, bright-coloured - floats
so dinghy drivers can see it
other - an extra 200' of anchor line for my second anchor and whatever
emergencies arise, flaked into a covered plastic bucket for no-tangle
retrieval; 100' of 1/4" nylon dinghy painter to reach logs or trees above
the tide-line; and the usual assorted pieces that I ought to throw out, but
...
Cheers, Garrett
