I had a very good electric anchor on the nose of my boat, it could hold in moderate wind, while I enjoyed my auto pilot, I also had a rear mounted electric motor, I could use it to move an anchored boat a a moderate arc. Now anchors are expensive, and they get snagged often, I used cement blocks and carried several of them with me. I used this to fish the windy points, where the wave action drew some good fish closer to shallow water. A small winch is a wste of time,because some times you'd need a long anchor line to hold you. Anchors are a good fishing tool and there many ways to use them, no it's not glamerous, but man it worked for me.