This graphite sketch by Maurice Prendergast depicts a sailboat with two figures, capturing a moment of leisure activity in the artist's characteristic impressionistic style. The work demonstrates Prendergast's fluid draftsmanship and his interest in capturing light and movement through loose, gestural graphite marks. As a page from his sketchbook, the drawing reflects the artist's practice of quick observational studies that would inform his more finished paintings and reveal his ongoing engagement with figural composition and nautical subjects.