Three women and a child on the quay stand in the foreground of this view of a crowded St Mary Port, with a two-masted schooner called Kate seen from off the port bow quarter being the most prominent of the many vessels in the harbour. Beyond the Kate a lugger rounds a pierhead in the distance, under sail. The centre of the image hosts a fleet of CT-regd luggers including CT9, the Cedar, CT73, the Mystic, CT105, the Isabella, and CT19, which has no name visible.