Leslie
Cameron was steamed.
Leslie Cameron
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Leslie
Cameron has spent a lot of her life on or near the water. She
has circumnavigated the globe. She has delivered boats. She
now works across the street from Oriental’s town dock where
sailors from away are a common sight. In all that time, Leslie
Cameron can’t recall seeing sailors of the sort depicted
on the cover of October’s SAIL magazine.
"What
were they THINKing?" she asked to anyone in earshot at
the Treasure Company, as she pointed to the tropical scene of
two women lounging on the foredeck of a multihull, their only
protection from the harsh elements, two strategically placed
towels.
"How
should I phrase this? " she asks. And in a second she answers,
"It is the most offensive thing they’ve put on a cover’".
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SAIL
magazine's October cover gets noticed
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A
Question of Timing
"SAIL
started as a racing magazine," Leslie notes. She wonders
if it has changed its focus. "The Amercia’s Cup Challenge
got underway this month. And what do they put on the cover??
Babes in Boyland!"
"Are
they trying to tell us "This is Auckland"?, asked
Leslie, who has sailed in that part of the world. "What
WERE they thinking? "
We can’t
know what SAIL was thinking. But Leslie’s line about Babes
in Boyland got TownDock.net to thinking.. what if we had Boys
in Babeland? What if the shoe were on the other foot? What if
we didn’t throw in the towel … but donned some of
our own?? What if…..
TownDock.net
proudly debuts an alternative magazine cover....click
here.
