I'll just toss in a bit about the type of
rope any might consider using for shore lines...
Ideally, you want a floating line, and one highly resistant to abrasion. This stuff from Cajun Ropes is some of the nicest I've seen. Yale used to sell the same stuff they called "Lugger Line", but it's been discontinued, at least in the smaller sizes. But Cajun has the same thing, and the
price is right, way cheaper than stuff like Samson's floating
rope, and other equivalents...
Far better than the 3 strand polypro often used for shorelines, stronger and it won't unlay, and is dead simple to splice... Highly recommended, and the folks at Cajun were a pleasure to do business with, and they shipped mine to the States immediately, for what I felt was a surprisingly low
shipping charge...
Olectec - 12 - Cajunrope.com
Good luck, have fun, sounds like a wonderful trip...