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Look closely and I think you'll see that's a rendering

(as is the Morris Jon points to below (or is it above?) . . . that shot was released before the boat was built, and somehow it's sailing in Portofino or wherever that is???.
On the Blue Jacket, look at the sheets for the roll-up genoa. If they are taut, as the port one appears to be, the starboard sheet would lie across the jib. And the clew of that roll-up sail isn't visible -- nor is there a sheet wrap around it, which you would expect if you couldn't see the clew. And there's something odd between the mast and the leech of the jib . . . Some of the shadows also look a bit funky . . . see how long a shadow the cabin trunk makes on the sidedeck, then see how short the shadow of the (much taller) hull is on the water . . . most of that lovely frothy white stuff should be in shadow!
Island Packet has a long history of putting out renderings of its new boats pasted onto a photo of a bit of sea . . . they got better every year so I would make a point of looking for the giveaways.

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