Seaworthiness is not a forgotten factor here !!!
Aspects that make Monsoon seaworthy are the strong, big and round 60 ton steel hull with lead ballasted long keel, the all over robust construction, the undersized masts and oversized standing rigging with the 4 fast and easy furlers, the big main engine with lots of fuel, the powerful and efficient Hundested propeller, (diameter 3 ft), the indestructible Wagner hydraulic rudder (SS rudder stock diameter 3 inch) and furthermore a full package of recent reliable electronics. (First the 3 GPS's, than the autopilot that relaxes the crew, third the Furuno 1833 NAVNET radar, sounder, plotter) This great comfortable hull with all her great gear in total make Monsoon into the absolute
NO NONSENSE WORLD CRUISER.

Anchors & the NEW Windlass
Dec 2007 horizontal dual type LOFRANS TITAN-B - 24V windlass for the two bow anchors: port 110 lbs Bruce on 330 ft 1/2"galv chain. stbd 140 lbs CQR on 330 ft 14mm galv chain. Docking lines and 6 big closed cell foam fenders.

Safety / Emergency gear:
 Handheld, parachute and pistol flares.
Plastimo 8 person TransOcean life raft NEW in Dec 2009
Icom 88 waterproof hand held VHF (2003)

Life lines w/ S.S. stanchions mounted on the cap rail

15 life jackets, Fire extinguishers. Automatic/ manual Fireboy in engine room.
A life sling.
A life ring with MOB light.
ACR 406 Epirb needs replacement of battery
Emergency tiller in lazarette.
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The notorious Pacific Fastnet storm
of June 1994, Kermadecs Pacific / New Zealand:
3 life's and 8 boats lost here.
And we? We just motor sailed with only triple reefed mainsail, 60 degrees upwind, direction NZ, away from the storm path and we enjoyed it. Arriving in Auckland we were direct on the 6 o'clock TV news. The storm and the rescue activities were big news in NZ.
On the photo: Screwing storm panels on the windows of the deckhouse because the seas were getting bigger. We estimated an ultimate height of approx 8 meters = 27 ft. At one point we were closer to the center than most others. In NZ we changed the window panes to 12 mm toughened glass.