This delicate graphite drawing depicts a two-masted sailing vessel, or trawler, moored at a wooden dock. The artist renders the ship with assured linear strokes, capturing the graceful geometry of its rigging and hull, while figures on the dock suggest human activity and scale. Additional boats appear in the background, establishing a maritime scene typical of New England coastal life. The work exemplifies the regional artistic tradition of Provincetown and Cape Cod, where many early-to-mid twentieth-century American artists found inspiration in working waterfronts and nautical subjects.