You can install an inexpensive durable ramp for small boats without pouring concrete. Ramp is for light duty, foot traffic, not for motorized vehicles, and minimizes impact on waterline. To see my related Instructables, click on "unclesam" just below the title above or in the INFO box to the right. On the new page that appears, repeatedly click "NEXT" to see all of them.
This ramp design uses precast unreinforced pavers over a crushed stone bed that gradually slopes to the waterline and pavers on a pressure-treated wooden tray that runs into the water. I bought wet-cast pavers 2' by 3', 2" thick that have a nonslip surface cast into them, rather than dry-cast pavers that are not durable.
Each weighs 75 pounds, so it will remain in place, and I used two 2' by 2' pavers to transition between the overland section of the ramp and the section in the water. My tray is made from 12' lenths of 2" wood treated to 1.
It was so heavy I assembled in on skids near the water line at low tide and slid it into the water once the tide rose. A rim of pressure-treated wood strips contains the pavers on the tray, and cross-cleats underneath hold the boards together and keep the tray from sliding away from the shoreline.
End view of the overland portion of the ramp shows that no excavation was done. Landscaping fabric was placed on the ground and covered with enough crushed stone to level the gravel bed side-to-side. Heavy lawn edging was run alongside to contain the gravel. This produced a ramp that was level side-to-side but that progressed up the gradual slope away from the water to a line that would rarely become covered by the tides.
Cinder-block caps were added to keep wave action from scattering the gravel. This photo shows the ramp in place as it disappears down into the water. The nearest part of the path leading down to the ramp, the part that rarely is covered by tidal water, is not made of concrete. If I were to rebuild this walkway, I would use planks made of composite decking material instead of wood.
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