Just as wkearney99 mentioned there are a numer of "bungie" type anchors that work well for beaching. I had one for my previous boat but it was a jet-drive and only around 1800 lbs.
You drop anchor from your transom approx 40' from shore and then continue to the beach. When you get there you just let out your bowline and tie it off or use a sand auger. With a propped boat I am not to sure how you could do it without severing your bungie - I guess a ski-tow bridle would do it. Worked like a charm on the jet, but you need to be sure that you have the space to moore and I wouldn't use it if there was any significant wind.
Another cool thing is that if you use a beach auger you could actually tie off your bow line just under the water where your retrieval line is hidden so the more devious passers-by couldn't untie it or pull your boat in and make off with your stuff I guess.
Personally I only used it as a device to keep my rig off the beach - I never went anywhere I could not keep an eye on it.
http://www.waterskiworld.com/boataccess ... buddy.html
if he doesn't know what works best - well . . . . Incidentally, where did you get that shiny anchor Tx?