Sailing yachts of various types berthed bow-on to the shore at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The photographer is looking west-north-west along the foreshore showing various single and two-masted yachts in line abreast in the foreground with a small paddle steamer near the end of the line. A steamer is alongside a quayside crane in the right background and a large number of yachts and dinghies are morred or anchored in the river.