There are designer hits (whose totes aren’t as bankrupting as their leather goods) such as Isabel Marant’s very smart, Darwen striped canvas-trimmed nylon tote, which will easily survive the sand.

Capri Everyday Stripe Tote After all, the ship has hardly sailed when it comes to the boat bag trend; even fashion icon June Ambrose told Page Six Style last year that a “good canvas garden tote ...