Busted! Is the Sailing Newspaper in favor of pollution?
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This is a chronicle of a glaring oversight. A “slip” brought to light by a loyal reader and who pointed out that, to illustrate a beautiful sea story, we could not have chosen worse photos.
Let’s go in order. In the “Last Page” column of the December/January issue (now on newsstands and in digital), on page 130, we tell you about Josh and Rachel’s beautiful story (we also told you about it HERE), two liveaboards who gave up their “earthy” occupations to explore the world aboard Agape, a 1984 Tayana Vancouver 42′.
In the photo chosen to accompany the piece (which we show you at the top) is Josh shaving in a pristine Polynesian bay. The problem was pointed out to us by Antonio De Giorgio who wrote to us:
“Dear Editor, I have been reading the magazine since the first issue. Always beautiful and interesting, but the December “last page” photo is unwatchable! A 1-kilowatt generator turned on to power an electric shaver, so much for the environment and everything the Newspaper has always stood for.
Let’s call it an “oversight”!“.
Antonio, and what an oversight! Inexcusable on the part of a paper that makes commitment to the environment one of its flags (think of the “Plastic hunting” summer campaigns promoted by Medplastic – initiative created within the Journal of Sailing – in collaboration with Navico), to the many insights that theThe Journal of Sailing dedicates to “eco” sailing. e to the topic of electric on board.
Thank you for “catching” us!
Out of all the beautiful photos we could choose (by the way, check them out here and tell us if you don’t feel envy for Josh and Rachel) we selected one that, by the way, doesn’t even do justice to the couple, who, around the world by boat, promote volunteer actions. And that choosing to live on a boat, it is good to remember, consumes an infinitesimal amount of energy compared to those living in the city! Finally, as liveaboard Fabio Portesan told us,“It’s definitely less polluting to turn on a 1 kW generator than a 50-horsepower engine throwing oil and diesel into the water!“.
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