This is like asking a parent to choose a favorite child!

My proclivities at this moment would be, maybe:

Billy Riley or Little Sally Racket for short hauls, for long hauls, Heave Away My Johnnie or Hilo John Brown or Sally Brown;for bunting, there's only one, Paddy Doyle. Pumping/windless shanties migh be All For Me Grog or Whup Jamboree. Forebitters include the Leaving of Liverpool, Paddy West, Ratcliffe Highway, Off to Sea Once More, Short Jacket and White Trousers, Outward Bound, Maggie May, and I think I'd better stop here -- Tom