A slightly distant view of four manual lifeboats alongside the accommodation ladder of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) for a boat race in Norwegian waters. Each manual lifeboat is crewed by eight male and eight female passengers under the supervision of two of the ship's seamen. The photographer is looking down from the deck of the Orontes (1929). A motor lifeboat is approaching to take the four boats in tow to the start of the race. A vertical format negative.