My thoughts and believe these are included in the thread - these are my beach construction plans:

Dig beach area down 12"
Apply landscape fabric to reduce weed growth and prevent mixing of sand with clay and use landscaping staples to secure [be sure to overlap material]
Build 6-12" ridge of clay around beach area underwater to prevent sand from spilling out of the area over time

From my notes of forum research this is plan I established. I think following these steps will ensure a long lived and clean beach area.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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