A starboard bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Sandpiper (1899) about to be launched from the beach at Walmer, Kent. edgar Tarry Adams is sitting in the stern with the oars at the ready. His passenger is a local clergyman. A crewman is pushing against the port bow top get the boat moving over the planks laid on the shingle. The upper part of the boat's mast is out of the picture.