Dinghy development: What class is this?

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What class is this?

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Topic: What class is this?

Posted By: turnturtle
Subject: What class is this?
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:46pm

What's this class featured on the Paris Olympics sailing website page header?

https://www.paris2024.org/en/sport/sailing/" rel="nofollow - https://www.paris2024.org/en/sport/sailing/

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:50pm

Yngling I suspect. Or did you know that and were being ironic since its not a current Olympic class?

Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 2:55pm

I didn't know if it was an Eliot or Yngling...

Posted By: 2547
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:19pm

Elliot from 2012 London

Posted By: Sam.Spoons
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:26pm

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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Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:39pm

So begs the question, why use the outdated photo?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?

Posted By: 2547
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:44pm

Originally posted by turnturtle

So begs the question, why use the outdated photo?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?

Because the people doing the website understand about photo rights but know nothing of sailing ...

Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:48pm

and the people at World Sailing who couldn't be arsed to raise the point...?

Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 28 Mar 22 at 3:57pm

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.

Posted By: turnturtle
Date Posted: 29 Mar 22 at 7:57am

I'd imagine they also looked at what the image represents, which for whatever reason, is no longer reality for some aspirational olympic sailors