[Paddlewise] Beach Camping

The only beach camping I've ever done is under a beach umbrella with a 6
pack so I hope someone can help me.

If you've got nothing but sand and nothing to tie your tent to, what's the
preferred way of securing your tent against high winds?

Campmor offers tent stakes called 'Sand Hogs', a 12" heavy steel stake.

I had been thinking about fashioning some sort of cloth buckets I could fill
with sand and bury.  Then I saw in Kabloona that Victoria Jason had attached
some sort of skirt around her tent that, I guess, she covered with sand to
keep it tied down and to prevent wind from getting underneath the tent.

Any thoughts?
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