Stench may upset sailors (9)

I believe the answer is:

yachtsmen

'sailors' is the definition.
(type of sailors)

'stench may upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'stench'+'may'='stenchmay'
'stenchmay' anagrammed gives 'YACHTSMEN'.

(Another definition for yachtsmen that I've seen is " Sailors".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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