Hi Putershark!
I'm out on the boat fishing several days a week but weekends are for the family (wife,me & the dog) and we usually spend em anchored just off the beach at Picnic Island, near St James City, Pine Island. Its a nice place to hang out, have a few drinks, barbecue on the beach let the dog run etc but it gets rough and on most days there's an actual surf and its absolutely necessary to have the bow facing into it. Its sandy and we back in until the bottom of the boat at the stern is actually on the sand and anchoring is the only way. I use a line with a lot of stretch to minimize the hard shocks. Since we usually stay there 5 or 6 hours I end up adjusting the line a couple of times to compensate for the tide changes.
And I fish Pine Island Sound from north to south and it also gets rough and I use the anchor a lot. I think my best (only) option is to mount a cleat on the seat base and tie off to that. On the days that its particularly rough I'll make 2 loops thru the bow eye first. On still days or at slack tide, I'll just make 1 loop or tie off directly to the cleat. I think its worth a try and if for some unforeseen reason it doesn't work, just a matter of filling a couple of holes with set screws. I'll give it a try and report back, if it works I'll take some pictures. Thanks for the suggestions!
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