I have a little fold-up anchor in my desk drawer that is 6 inches long and weighs 1.8 lbs. It doesn't take much to hold a Hobie 17. And you don't need a heavy line, either. Something like that is good to have on your boat all the time, just in case of a whole variety of situations. The reason it is in my desk drawer is that I know eventually somebody in the family is going to be in a bind at the last minute and need an anchor for a distance race. I like to be able to say, "I have it!"