Using wide, subtly suggestive brush strokes the painting depicts the activity in front of a white sailing ship docked in a port. Several people are working on and in front of the ship, although the brush strokes reveal neither their gender, nor exactly what they are doing. A horse and cart and a truck stand ready. Behind the sailing ship is a dock with boats, some of which are moored on the strip of land opposite. Houses can be seen there, mountains form the horizon. The palette of colours is bright and varied.