Three drawings on one sheet, all perhaps made from a spot near the Pampus in the Zuiderzee (now the IJsselmeer). In the top section of the work is a distant view of a coast. It is probably a view south towards the coast of the Zuiderzee near Muiden, with the twin towers of the Muiderslot (castle) being shown among trees near the middle of the coastline. In the middle is a more distant view of the same coastline, perhaps made from near Scheteldouckshaven, with marshy land and a small jetty or revetment in the left foreground, and two flutes under sail off the land. At the bottom, there is a view, probably westward, from near the Pampus towards the village of Scheteldouckshaven (inscribed 'Schijteldouckx haven'). This village is now called Uitdam and lies between Monnikendam and Durgerdam in the south-western corner of the modern IJsslemeer. The name is supposed to have been given (in addition to Udam or Uitdam) on account of the linen hung up to dry from the houses and easily visible from the sea.

This work is one of a group of twelve drawings of shore scenes or distant views of the Dutch coastline in pen and brown ink (PAE5158, PAE5159, PAE5160, PAE5161, PAE5162, PAE5163, PAE5164, PAE5165, PAE5166, PAE5167, PAE5168, PAE5169). It is likely from the appearance of the ships in all these works that they were made in the 1650s. They were probably done in connection with the elder van de Velde's earliest pen-paintings, since he probably did not need such sketches later, and had passed as by several different artists until re-attributed by Sir Bruce Ingram.