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turnturtle
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Topic: What class is this?Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:46pm |
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What's this class featured on the Paris Olympics sailing website page header?
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:50pm |
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Yngling I suspect. Or did you know that and were being ironic since its not a current Olympic class?
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:55pm |
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I didn't know if it was an Eliot or Yngling...
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:19pm |
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Elliot from 2012 London
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:26pm |
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Eliot 6 rather than Yngling given the flared topsides. It's a more modern shape than a Yngling, the latter has pretty vertical topsides.
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:39pm |
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So begs the question, why use the outdated photo?
They have given a photo credit at the bottom (Mason/Getty), which at least suggests there is someone on the web design team taking ownership of image rights Also why wouldn't World Sailing have politely suggested an amendment?
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:44pm |
Because the people doing the website understand about photo rights but know nothing of sailing ...
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:48pm |
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and the people at World Sailing who couldn't be arsed to raise the point...?
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Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:57pm |
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The people who care, know, and the people who don't know don't care. I imagine the artist picked the library image of Olympic sailing that best suited her/his layout idea.
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Posted: 29 Mar 22 at 7:57am |
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I'd imagine they also looked at what the image represents, which for whatever reason, is no longer reality for some aspirational olympic sailors
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