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`` We 'll do it ; eh , Joe ? '' `` Sure thing ! '' `` You might , in fact , '' went on Mr. Ringold , `` show the whole process of fishing , from the launching of the boats until they come back filled with the day 's catch . '' This the boys arranged to do , and that noon , when the power boats were launched , they were on hand to make moving pictures . The craft , as I have explained , were `` eased down '' the sloping beach , by means of rollers and planks , until the stern was just at the edge of the surf . The motor was then started , the boat being still held fast by a rope . This rope was fastened in a peculiar knot , so that one man , standing near it , could loosen it with one pull when the word was given to `` cut loose . ''