I suppose what I tried is more of a Van Dyke look, than sepia. I get a feeling from your shot of a late 1800's sailing ship rounding a point on some desolate wind blasted far north vista, late in the season with winter coming on, trying to make as much headway as possible on the last run to home port of the season. I was thinking a Van Dyke treatment might be at least time appropriate for this, if not appropriate for the modern day emotional content of the setting, that you are trying to show. Anyway that is kind of where I was headed.
Still anyway you wish to treat the shot, it is a great scene.