The main subject of this photograph is a ca. 19ft gaff cutter rigged Selsey crabber with the name Whitewings, and its owners' names D Grant and L Lawrence, and home port of Littlehampton painted on its vertical transom. The Whitewings is seen beached at Selsey with the bow of the unrigged hull of a similar crabber beyond and the bows of two further crabbers to the right of the image. By the keel of the Whitewings are two wicker crab pots, and miscellaneous fishing gear. The boat is supported with legs lashed to the gunwale at the transom and at the shrouds.