Yacht Rock a Dockumentary

superchuck500 said

I'd say Sailing is a symptom/reflection rather than a cause or origin. Sailing was 1979, well into the period and yachty elements were already there.

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right but your contention is that this era was named well after it came and (mostly) went
cause/origin might not have that much influence on the people categorizing it
Like if I want to post a picture of a yuppie, i'm not posting a picture of the first guy to wear his sweater with sleeves tied jauntily around his neck