Yacht Rock a Dockumentary

Interestingly, I don't think that Sailing is a good example of the genre from a musical stylistic standpoint. Certainly from a vibe and theme standpoint, yes, it's renowned. But it's a song with a solo vocal built on acoustic guitar and embellished with strings, in A major with pentatonic picking in a very steady tempo - that's not the primary yacht rock sound. Yacht rock is generally more about multi-piece instrumentation, with jazz elements in key/scale, varied tempo, and layered vocals. Deacon Blues, Minute by Minute, and Biggest Part of Me are far more quintessential yacht rock songs.

one instrument in particular- the Fender & Rhodes keyboard piano

What i found so fascinating is these guys were ALL session guys- Michael MacDonald, the Porcaro brothers ( the entire band Toto really ), Steely Dan duo, so many more that are on credits but not "band members" all in LA music scene that ended up creating some really long-lived music. ( and bonafide hits at that time )

Michael McDonald talks about this skit from SCTV- how it poked fun at his constant movement doing session work - saw it in a hotel room, high, and thought he was hallucinating ( Rick Moranis actually apologized to him for the portrayal lol )