Pax wrote on Mar 29^th, 2009 at 5:11pm:

Old onion bag filled with rocks.  Does double-duty as a great place to cool down our drinks!!!

I've started using one of these too. I store it jammed into the end cap of the canoe so it's always handy when I want it. Also find that my 25' painter is often enough anchor rope. If not I add the 25' from the other end.