Clear away the dingy and launch her from amidships, and send a line ashore.

Overboard with everything now, for beaching, capstan, chocks and all--the swell will wash them in.

As the keel grates on the pebbles, the men jump into the water from the high stern and catch the drifting wood.

Some plant the capstan, others pass the long hemp cable and reeve it through the fiddle block.

A hand forward to slack out the cable as the heavy boat slowly creeps up out of the water.