
Thwarted desire is another key element that counters the "feelgood bounce" of yacht in the same song. She quoted the lyrics of Cross's " Ride Like the Wind" (1979), "to make it to the border of Mexico", as an example of the aspirational longing that demonstrates "the power of the genre". The "exhilaration of escape" is "essential to yacht", according to journalist and documentary-film maker Katie Puckrik.


Many "yacht rockers" included nautical references in their lyrics, videos, and album artwork, exemplified by Christopher Cross's anthemic track, " Sailing" (1979). Understood as a pejorative term, "yacht rock" referred, in part, to a stereotypical yuppie yacht owner enjoying smooth music while sailing.
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Ryznar et al.'s online video series of the same name.

It refers to " adult-oriented rock" (or "West Coast Sound") which became identified with yacht rock in 2005, when the term was coined in J. The term "yacht rock" did not exist contemporaneously with the music the term describes, from about 1975 to 1984.
