A starboard quarter view of four manual lifeboats alongside the accommodation ladder of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) preparing to take part in a boat race in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway. The photographer is looking down from the deck of the ship showing the contestants embarking in the boats. Each manual lifeboat is crewed by eight male and eight female passengers under the supervision of two of the ship's seamen. All of the contestants are wearing distinguishing hats.