I have a few small craft at my pond that I just manually drag up the bank when not using them, but it is a bit of goat rope exercise if things are slippery, etc. I am thinking of making some sort of a device, much like the tow/winch strap on a normal boat trailer, that I can use to pull the boat(s) up out of the water and onto the bank when not in use.

I have thought about just putting down some sand/gravel to drag them over OR creating a couple of skids with treated 4" x 4"s to pull them up on. I am looking for something "easy in, easy out".

Does anyone have any ideas for this or experience doing something similar? TIA.