One way I have found to decrease kiting at anchor is to raise both my centerboard and my old-style ida-sail rudder. The underbody doesn't grab the water as well then, the boat stays more bow to wind, and sometimes as though hove to (if the wind is strong enough.) I often put a snatch block on the anchor rode, attached at the bow shackle, low down at the water line, which also makes pitching from waves less because of the angle of the rode being lower down. An 8 or 10 pound kellet can be put on the anchor line to decrease the rode angle even more. The 8 x 10 tarp I use as a boom tent, at times, seems to work a bit like a riding sail, when I have the cockpit covered with it. Another solution I use for kiting is a two anchor set, with the rodes on a swivel let down below keel level at the bow. That way my boat seems to go nowhere but head to wind, no matter if the wind changes through 360 degrees, of course. It is easy to put the rodes on bowline-on-a-bight knots on a substantial swivel, still secured to the boat at their bitter ends. The extra part of the rodes drape port and starboard along the bow. The swivel is secured on a mooring line (or two). The swivel makes for no tangles. Anchor recovery is only a bit slower. Sometimes this two anchor set is called a Bahamian moor, but that is actually referring to an anchor bow and stern to handle tidal flows, I believe. Look at Rousmaniere or Pardey or other sources for two anchor mooring and/or Bahamian mooring. Works well. Increases the sense of security too. The season can't come too soon, can it? David, Cloud Girl, M17 #393