This burgundy Maxi yacht is making her third visit to Australia. She has had some eventful incidents in her two previous starts — a grounding and protested line honours win in 1983, and a retirement with damaged steering in 1984. Condor has been competing against the new maxis overseas with disappointing results, which has forced owner Bob Bell to carry out some modifications which have not achieved the desired speed improvement. Nevertheless Bob Bell is keen to do this race, and she should give all the other Maxis something to worry about.