Mega yacht docked in Marseille: is this buzzing photo fake?

Mega yacht docked in Marseille: is this buzzing photo fake?
Mega yacht docked in Marseille: is this buzzing photo fake?

By Writing Marseilles
Published on 15 Sep 22 at 11:31

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This photo has been circulating on social networks since yesterday, showing the yacht revamped in “Marseille baby” sauce… (©Twitter)

The Calex, 67 meters long, caused a sensation in the Old Port of Marseille since docking Tuesday morning.

News Marseille already presented the yacht to you yesterday along with its happy owner, David Wilson, a billionaire businessman residing in California. The yacht is domiciled in the tax haven of the Cayman Islands.

Last night, an image sparked a buzz on social media. We see the yacht, 90 million dollars for the purchase, tagged on several meters with this inscription in red: “souvenir of Marseille”.

A photo taken on Wednesday morning

This photo is the only existing shot which presents this graffiti, while the shots of passers-by showing the brand new yacht have multiplied on the web since Tuesday. Has the tag been deleted since? Or did it just never exist?

A few quick checks allow you to decide. It is the Calex that appears in the photo. Given the water covering the sidewalk and the light, we can imagine that the photo was taken on Wednesday morning, just after the storm that hit the city at dawn.

Too big to be true?

The first detail that poses a problem is the size of the calligraphy. In view of the -supposed- size of the letters, the graffiti artist should have a bomb much larger than those available on the market.

But above all, while all the details are reflected in the water of the port, the red inscriptions are not reflected. So we can clearly see that they were added afterwards, during the edit.

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In any case, the doubt persists for many Internet users and the subject continues to make people talk.

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