A scene from the starboard stern of the barque, 'Iquique'. The ship has just returned from a deep-sea voyage to Sydney and back. Figures can be seen on the poop deck: one man holds the wheel, another prepares to hoist flags and the third looks out at the tug 'Warrior' behind the ship. The approaching tug is the same that towed the ‘Iquique’ out from Gravesend at the start of Everett’s voyage and is shown here welcoming the ship back. The viewpoint is low as if from the deck of the ship. The sail of the 'Iquique' frames the top right of the painting and the red ensign flies above the figure at the wheel. On the far right the deck-house cuts off the figures and the artist has highlighted the decorative appearance of the rail around the ship. Behind, smoke from the tug’s stack trails into the sky. The sky dominates the space and a mass of cloud obscures the sun. Rays of diffused light fan out, echoing an art deco motif. It is possible that the figure at the wheel may be a self-portrait of Everett, directly meeting the gaze of the viewer. Made years after his voyage in the 'Iquique', it forms part of a series of paintings produced after he had ceased long-distance sailing and was at home working up paintings from his sketches. The composite nature of the work results in an unstable composition.

His first sea journey was in the sailing ship the 'Iquique', built in 1892. She went from London to Sydney via Cape Town, 17 May to October 1898, and Sydney to London, December 1898 to April 1899. Aged 21, Everett signed up on the ship as an ordinary seaman and after Cape Town a new crew was signed up and Everett became bosun. They averaged 300 miles a day and Everett worked hard at being a deep-water sailor. He also made his first shipboard drawings, some of which he later turned into etchings. He used the deck fittings with a conscious sense of composition and a stylized rendition of waves. The 'Iquique' became the 'Celtic Glen' in 1907 and then the 'Riverford' in 1915, before being sold to a Canadian firm. She hit an iceberg in the South Atlantic in 1921 and became a storage hulk in Durban before being towed out to sea and sunk in 1927.