A passenger boat， its bright tan sails reflecting the sun， careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats and a town along the water’s edge in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

这是一张横幅风景画。画面上，波涛汹涌的大海中，一艘客运渡轮向一侧倾斜，黄褐色船帆因反射阳光而显得尤为明亮；海面上至少还有八艘帆船，远处海岸一线隐现一座城镇。

The water closest to us is muted slate blue， and it lightens as it extends to the horizon， which comes less than a quarter of the way up this composition.

近景的海水是柔和的灰蓝色，向地平线延伸时颜色越变越浅——地平线在画面由下往上不到四分之一处。

We look onto the long side of the passenger boat， at nine men， women， and children huddled in two groups there， in the lower center of the composition. The people wear black， white， red， or blue， and all seem to wear hats， though they are sketchily painted. Foamy， white crests lap at the long side of the tilted boat.

画面中下方，正对观画者的是那艘客运渡轮的船舷，船上九人有男有女还有小孩，他们分成两群各自聚拢。